Steve vs Steve: A tale of two CEOs

Few people can name the CEO of Toyota, or LG. But how many of us know who runs Apple? Most ordinary folks have no trouble naming him.

Microsoft chief under pressure in Lord of the Flies world

Steve Ballmer is a fighter, but he works for a ruthless capitalist in Bill Gates -- and now a Wall Street hedge fund manager says he has to go.

Bing to be default search engine on BlackBerry

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer announced on Tuesday Bing search engine and maps would be the default service on BlackBerry devices.

Arm deal 'will end Microsoft and Intel's dominance'

Microsoft's decision to make its new operating system run on Arm chips will leave it playing catch-up in the growing tablet computer market.

Microsoft unveils new mobile platform

Microsoft unveiled a new mobile phone operating system on Monday as it seeks to regain ground lost to the iPhone and Blackberry.

No one immune to global crisis, says Microsoft CEO

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday no company was immune to the global financial crisis.

Veteran leaves in Microsoft shake-up

The head of Microsoft's Windows and web operations is leaving the Seattle-based software empire.

Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft's helm

Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates.

Microsoft says in talks with Yahoo!, but not 're-bidding'

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said his company was still holding talks with Yahoo!, although no longer about efforts to take over the internet giant. Ballmer, speaking during a conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, recalled that Microsoft had dropped its bid to buy Yahoo! after Yahoo! rejected its takeover offer.

Next Microsoft operating system has touch controls

Microsoft plans to give users of the next version of its Windows operating system touch screen controls as one option for controlling the software, its top executives said on Tuesday. Chairperson Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer showed off new Windows features based on software it calls "multi-touch" that will be part of Windows 7.

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