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Microsoft hasn’t disclosed initial sales figures for its new Surface tablet, and don’t expect it to until the company has fully ramped up the device’s distribution. Speaking to France’s Le Parisien , Ballmer said Surface sales “are starting modestly.” But the reason for that, he said, isn’t...

But that's not the story. Let's talk Intel fondletops! Sales of Microsoft’s Windows RT-based Surface tablet are off to a “modest” start according to chief executive Steve Ballmer.…

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has told a French newspaper that sales of Redmond’s shiny new Windows 8 tablet PC, Surface , have gotten off to a modest start. Talking to French daily Le Parisien, published on Saturday, Ballmer is quoted as saying Surface sales “are starting modestly” but would not...

Sales of Microsoft’s first Surface tablet have started “modestly,” CEO Steve Ballmer has conceded, though the outspoken exec is confident that demand will surge when the Surface Pro drops in early 2013. Having previously been bombastic about Surface’s appeal to the market, Ballmer was apparently...

In an interview with a French publication, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that sales of the Microsoft Surface tablet are off to a modest start and while actual sales have not been released, the entry-level version of the tablet was briefly sold out online...

Microsoft's been holding Surface for Windows RT sales figures close to its chest so far, but CEO Steve Ballmer has allowed in an interview with Le Parisien that the much ballyhooed tablet is off to a "modest" start. The bombastic exec gave that appraisal while touting the imminent arrival of the...

Microsoft CEO says Surface tablet sales are modest while touting the coming availability of a high-end Intel-based version. [Read more]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Windows Phone will grow quickly in the global smartphone market.

Man says thing it was most unlikely he would not say In an unsurprising vote of confidence in his own company and its latest product, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer predicts that Windows Phone 8 will create a strong third player in the mobile market and sell quickly.…

Expects Windows Phone sales to ramp up quickly