Microsoft’s in the middle of an attempted renaissance, and leading the way is ol’ sweatstains himself, Steve Ballmer. Ashlee Vance at Businessweek has a nice, sprawling feature that’s as much about the tongue-wagging chrome dome as it is about the company he leads.
Microsoft just showed off their vision of what Office 365 in the cloud will look like. As you can see, it looks a lot like Google Apps! That’s not a bad thing.
Windows Phone 7 is not what we hoped it would be – yet. But the more we hear about its first major update, the better. And according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Mango’s going to be all kinds of juicy.
Wanna know what Microsoft’s announcing for the next year? Watch Steve Ballmer huff and puff and blow some stuff down, talking about the next version of Windows, new Kinect stuff and maybe some surprises. It’s right here: [Microsoft]
We’ve seen some leaked documents showing off potential Windows 8 features, and we expect to see the operating system in 2012, but now we know that it is going to be Microsoft’s “riskiest product bet”.
Today’s the big coming-out party for Windows Phone 7, with a gigantic Microsoft event starring Steve Ballmer. We’re here live, and you can watch it live too. Update: It’s official, Windows Phone 7 launches on November 8.
Two years on from taking over Old Billy Gates’s role, and Steve Ballmer’s not doing too badly. WP7 has got people excited, and Windows 7 is actually being used. Yet, he got half the usual bonus last year.
