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Microsoft chief defies pundits by hanging on - we reveal how Analysis Those who upgraded to Windows 8 aren't the only ones unhappy with the new touch-driven operating system - Wall Street is too. Just don't expect any of the criticism hurled at Steve "Teflon" Ballmer, Microsoft's shy and retiring...

Intui CEO Brad Smith and Sean Parker of Facebook and Napster also will join the Facebook CEO's group focused on immigration perform. [Read more]

Mark Zuckerberg showed he's more than just a social butterfly earlier this month, forming the tech-focused political lobby group FWD.us alongside some other big names in the industry. Now, according to AllThingsD , a few more heavy-hitters have signed up to offer their expertise, including...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg launched an immigration reform group , FWD.us, earlier this month, designed to promote innovation and investment in the US jobs market. After teaming up with some high-profile technology executives and venture capitalists to form the group, Zuckberg is adding some...

Mr. Zuckerberg isn’t the only tech titan scaling Capitol Hill this year — he brought friends. The Facebook CEO adds another impressive few names to the roster of his D.C. political advocacy group on Friday; Microsoft founder Bill Gates, current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Intuit CEO Brad Smith and...

Apple and Microsoft have posted poor stock performance under their current leaders, despite substantial growth in revenue and profits.

PC makers may not be satisfied with Windows 8 hardware sales, but at least they needn't worry about Microsoft's Surface tablets swallowing the industry whole. According to AdDuplex , Microsoft's Surface RT only accounts for 6.8 percent of Windows 8/RT devices, at least among those that accessed the...

Microsoft's CEO doesn't expect blockbuster sales from Surface but says the tablet is important, according to an interview with MIT Technology Review. [Read more]

After describing Surface as a "design point" to " prime the pump " and " sell a few million ," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is describing the company's tablets as a "real business" this week. In a brief interview with MIT technology Review , Ballmer avoids answering Surface sales questions, but says...

In a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning, Microsoft Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates made a little news — or a lot of it if you are a reader of internal tea leaves at the software giant — in noting that the company’s early mobile strategy was “clearly a mistake.” But,...