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Nadella new Microsoft CEO, Gates steps down as chair
Microsoft has named company veteran Satya Nadella its next chief executive, with Bill Gates stepping down as chairperson to become a "tech adviser".
Going a bit (Micro)soft
Microsoft’s glory days are behind it, and its days of making investors into millionaires are long gone, writes Alistair Fairweather.
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…
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…
Microsoft not bidding to buy Yahoo!
Microsoft is not looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo! but is in talks about other types of deals with the United States number two search engine, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said…
Investors eye Yahoo!’s alternatives to Microsoft
Yahoo! faced growing pressure on Sunday to find an alternative strategy to Microsoft’s ,5-billion takeover offer after the software maker walked away over a disagreement on…
Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo!
Microsoft walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo! on Saturday after the internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by -billion to ,5-billion. Microsoft’s offer was…