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A report suggests that a group headed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and hedge fund manager Chris Hansen is buying the Sacramento Kings and bringing them to Seattle. [Read more]

As some of our readers might know, Microsoft is not attending this year's CES. The company doesn't have any plans to be present in future installments of the show either. However, that didn't stop Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, from making a surprise appearance during yesterday's Qualcomm keynote....

Qualcomm called on some big names Monday to ensure its opening-night keynote at the International CES wasn't a dud. Steve Ballmer, Big Bird, the pop group Maroon5, and even former Archbishop Desmond Tutu all made appearances to keep things rolling along.

Qualcomm called on some big names Monday to ensure its opening-night keynote at the International CES wasn’t a dud. Steve Ballmer, Big Bird, the pop group Maroon5, and even former Archbishop Desmond Tutu all made appearances to keep things rolling along. The chip company was under pressure to put...

For those unfamiliar, there is a difference between the Microsoft Surface RT tablet and the Surface Pro tablet. The former runs on an ARM processor and is powered by Windows RT, while the latter will run on an Intel processor with Windows 8 on board. To the layman we expect that this might be...

But there's room for improvement yet Jobs and career community website Glassdoor has named Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer its "most improved tech CEO" for 2012, though judging by the numbers it's a dubious honor, to say the least.…

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer's in a sharing mood: he's told investors that thanks to Windows Phone 8, Microsoft sold four times as many phones as it did this time last year. That's great, isn't it? Isn't it? It turns out that if you ask Steve Ballmer for actual figures, he gets all shifty. "How many...

Operating system is off to a good start

Microsoft held its annual shareholder meeting this morning and while we're sure it was exhilarating to hear CEO Steve Ballmer rattle off cash flow figures, there were some interesting tidbits to pick up. Notably, Ballmer told the gathered group that Windows Phone 8 , though young, is already...

CEO Steve Ballmer provided the latest tally of Windows 8 progress at shareholders meeting, but didn’t provide further details that might have clarified how the operating system is being received by customers.