onxo (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
NSA, the premiere spy agency in the United States...no, no...the world, helped Steve his latest version of OS. Not that Steve. This Steve. Steve Balmer. The NSA confirmed that they worked with Microsoft in beefing up Windows 7's security. The reason, after all, is because as the government continue to rely on private sector software, it is integral that the spy agency,...
AppleInsider (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Shareholders questioned Microsoft execs at their annual meeting about Apple's growing reputation among the "next generation" of technology consumers.Microsoft held its yearly shareholders' meeting Thursday with CEO Steve Balmer along with Chairman Bill Gates in attendance. While Gates did not take or answer any questions, Balmer took questions on a variety of topics from Apple...
Frequently Asked Q (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Microsoft is disputing the claim - by an employee - that the UI of Windows was copied from Mac OS X . I wonder if they are also disputing the claim - from the same employee - that Windows 7 is more stable than Mac OS X . As the post from Microsoft says, this employee's " comments were inaccurate and uninformed. " Memo to Steve Balmer: You gotta get your people under control....
Trizle (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... windowless offices, cheap carpeting, and resembling a cheap motel. Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer have ~100-square foot offices, with desks that you could buy on Craigslist. Rent is a cost. Businesses that thrive reduce their costs as much as possible, and invest in as many appreciating assets as possible (e.g., sales-oriented staff, technology that helps the team become...
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As always, these type of product pitch conferences start out with a tough crowd and caffeine hyper introduction speaker. (Remember bouncing Steve Balmer?) My estimated guess is that Paypal put a whopping 2 million dollar into the conference to launch their new X platform. Just spending 300K on gifts alone, must give you an idea of [...]
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
By Hunter. A few months ago, I read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and Geoff Colvin's Talent is Overrated. Both books explore what it takes to become an expert, or even the best at something. Examples such as Tiger Woods, Grandmaster Chess Players, Steve Balmer and Bill Gates, fill the pages of the books. Did you know when Tiger Woods was an infant, like 6 months old, his father would sit...
eLearning Technology (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Great post by Dion Hinchcliffe - Twenty-two power laws of the emerging social economy where he discusses what Steve Balmer calls “the new normal”. Balmer talks about how a reset of economic expectations during the downturn has created an environment that is putting pressure on business to do more with less. Some of the specifics of this transformation are captured in...
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
AlterSlash ~ the unofficial digest, by .Published: Sun Nov 1 01:06:17 2009 UTC. : / ContentsMicrosoft’s Lost Decade - by kdawson (29% noise) theodp writes “Newsweek’s Daniel Lyons (that’s Fake Steve to you) explains , arguing that what most hurt Microsoft was BillG’s decision to step down as CEO in January 2000: ’ He understood technology. Ballmer is a business guy.’ And the , concludes Lyons,...
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Yes, I have to agree with Grant , the list of the "most influential people in Open Source" is perplexing, at the very least, containing names like Steve Balmer, Scott Mcnealy, and Mårten Gustaf Mickos, while missing the blindingly obvious names like Linus Torvalds, Brian Behlendorf, Michael Widenius, and either Larry Wall or Rasmus Lerdorf (you've heard of LAMP, right')...
Platform Nation (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... compute? Fable 3 will have microtransactions and Project Natal support. Major Nelson c orrects Steve Balmer in public . Balmer make boom-boom in his pants! Nannies say Dante’s Inferno’s “Bad Nanny” achievement belittles their profession . Random stuff, email and more, more more! Enjoy!
Mazine (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... the girl raises her left and right hand, than as show girls must do, she announces the big guy. Steve Balmer comes on stage, wants to touch her, but stops suddenly, some chit chat starts the child says several times PC and surprise surprise Balmer gives here an laptop as present. What a show, like Adams family, a cute outspoken child blames Balmer that he came late,...
Fear and Loathing (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
If you find the title of this blog familiar, it should be. Mike Fitz used it when he posted his first remarks about SharePoint 2007 back on September 14, 2005. Here we are in 2009 with a product releasing in about 6 months. Amazing what a journey it’s been, and things are just starting to heat up. Right now Steve Balmer is probably on-stage in Vegas and 7000 SharePoint nerds are...
Agile Sharepoint development by 21apps and Andrew... (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The build up to this event has been growing, it sold out with over 7400 people attending, making this probably the biggest Microsoft Conference ever! This is probably the best social networking conference, with the biggest beach party in Mandalay Bay hotel on Tuesday night.. with room for dancing (or to quote Tom Rizzo) to sway! 7.5 miles of network cabling to support the Wireless network Steve...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... IT decision makers to do what they are naturally predisposed to do — stick with what they know. Steve Balmer is not going make that mistake again, judging from a published Thursday by Forrester analyst Benjamin Gray."Factors are converging," he writes, "that will provide IT managers with a compelling reason to shake the status quo, finally ending Windows XP’s corporate reign."Gray,...
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... IT decision makers to do what they are naturally predisposed to do — stick with what they know. Steve Balmer is not going make that mistake again, judging from a report published Thursday by Forrester analyst Benjamin Gray. "Factors are converging," he writes, "that will provide IT managers with a compelling reason to shake the status quo, finally ending Windows XP’s corporate reign."...
