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Business

Apple Vs Microsoft Wars Reach MS Shareholder Meeting

1:40AM Jesus Diaz | This year’s Microsoft shareholder meeting wasn’t a lot of fun for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, thanks to shareholders grilling him about Apple and the iPhone with questions like the above. Ballmer smacked him right back: More »
Business

Eric Schmidt Takes The Gloves Off With Microsoft

4:17AM Adam Frucci | There’s no love lost between Google and Microsoft, at least based on a recent interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. More »
Business

Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview

6:30PM Wilson Rothman | Most of you may not have 16 minutes to spare on this and probably don’t care anyway, but I promised to post the full video, if only so you can understand the context of our five highlighted segments. More »
Software

The Today Show Helps Microsoft Launch Win 7 On A MacBook Pro

5:40AM Sean Fallon | Good thing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t turn around during his spot on The Today Show. Clearly, someone at NBC either really loves Macs or can’t tell the difference between a MacBook and a PC. More »
Software

Ballmer Optimistic About Win 7, But Says Vista Is “Very Popular”

1:00PM Wilson Rothman | As you know, I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to chat about all of his projects this year. Windows 7 was obviously the biggie, so we talked about it and its less beloved predecessor. More »
Games

Microsoft Says No Xbox Blu-ray Drives Period

10:45AM Wilson Rothman | In a revised statement, Microsoft says it has “no plans” to introduce any Blu-ray add-on for the Xbox 360. But—despite the fact they watched the same video you did—they claim Ballmer was referring to the PC. More »
Business

Ballmer On Those Crazy Ballmer YouTube Videos

6:45AM Wilson Rothman | This is the one you’ve waited for, where I get Steve to talk about his animalistic YouTube persona. But how do you ask calm collected Steve about crazy sweaty Steve? Very carefully. More »
Music

Ballmer On Zune: Sometimes You Get It Right The Third Time?

4:40AM Wilson Rothman | Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer defended notorious products like Windows Vista and Windows Mobile throughout our interview, but when it came to Zune, he did seem to admit that Zune HD nailed what previous Zunes simply couldn’t. More »
Software

Live From The Windows 7 Launch

1:43AM Matt Buchanan | We’re at the official Windows 7 launch. The Ballmer, of course, is going to be doing a WAHOO speech. We’re told there’ll some surprises, too. Updated live. More »
Phones

Ballmer On Smartphones: “It Doesn’t Matter What The Critics Say”

1:00AM Wilson Rothman | In this segment of my exclusive interview series with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, I brought up the sore subject of Windows Mobile 6.5. After defending it, he cited another product that did well but suffers mounting criticism: Nokia smartphones. More »