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  1. CEO regrets messing with the IT crowd

    Walter Powell, 52, the fire IT manager apparently used all that knowledge he had of the company's system, hacked into it, and replaced a CEO's Powerpoint presentation to the board with porn. After being fired, he accessed the site from home and placed keyloggers on the system. How he thought...
  2. ARM to own 40% share in 2015 notebook market with help from Windows 8, says ARM presi

    ARM CEO Tudor Brown, during an exclusive interview with Digitimes, pointed out that he estimates that ARM will be able to take a 40% share of the global notebook market in 2015, helping the company to compete against CPU giant Intel. Source: Yahoo! News
  3. Acer CEO: Windows 8 Tablet Requirements 'Troublesome'

    As you all know, Microsoft is hard at work making sure Windows 8 runs well on tablets, including a completely new, Windows Phone 7-like Metro user interface. Another similarity between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 7, apparently, is that Microsoft will be controlling the hardware experience rather...
  4. Windows Phone Mango Update, Windows 8 Rumors Marked Microsoft Week

    Microsoft detailed its upcoming "Mango" update for Windows Phones, and tried to push back against its own CEO’s comments about Windows 8. Link Removed
  5. Microsoft Prepping Windows 8 Glimpse: Report

    Microsoft will offer a glimpse of Windows 8 on tablets, according to a report. And yet Microsoft is still pushing back against CEO Ballmer's own Windows 8 revelations. Link Removed
  6. Microsoft CEO Leaks Windows 8 Announcement

    It appears the head of Microsoft may have some loose lips. Link Removed
  7. Ballmer: 'Windows 8 Coming' Microsoft: 'Eek'

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this week let slip what was already a poorly kept secret: Windows 8 will go on sale next year. Link Removed
  8. Microsoft CEO leaks Windows 8 announcement

    It appears the head of Microsoft may have some loose lips, CEO Steve Ballmer said in Tokyo this week that Windows 8 will go on sale next year. Link Removed
  9. Ballmer goes off-message with Windows 8 timing hint

    Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer has indicated that the next version of Windows will arrive in 2012, only to be... Link Removed
  10. Microsoft backtracks on Ballmer Windows 8 confirmations

    Microsoft took an unusual step Tuesday and issued a statement in an attempt to retract its own CEO Steve Ballmer's confirmation of Windows 8 launching in 2012. A representative insisted there was a "misstatement" and that it hadn't committed to launch plans. It tried to spin InfoWorld by...
  11. Ballmer discusses – or mistates – plans for 'Windows 8'

    Microsoft CEO calls the OS by name and talks about plans for 2012, but company then backpedals. Link Removed
  12. Microsoft Backtracks from Ballmer's Windows 8 Comments

    Microsoft says it hasn't officially announced any 'timing or naming for the next version of Windows,' and that its CEO misspoke about Windows 8 gadgets coming out next year. Source: Yahoo! News
  13. Microsoft CEO: Windows 8 due in 2012

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in Tokyo on Monday that the next version of the Windows operating system will be called Windows 8 and that it will become available in 2012. Source: Yahoo! News
  14. Ballmer: Windows 8 Coming In 2012

    Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system will ship in 2012, company CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday at the Microsoft Developer Forum in Japan. Link Removed
  15. It's Official - Microsoft to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion

    Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will acquire VoIP service Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will purchase the company from investor group Silver Lake, which—along with Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz Ventures, and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—acquired a majority stake in Skype...
  16. Microsoft to raise pay for employees to retain top talent

    Link Removed due to 404 Error Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivers a speech in Las Vegas. Microsoft said Friday it was raising pay for employees to retain "top talent" in the fiercely competitive market for skilled technology workers. Via Link...
  17. Microsoft bumps Ballmer, brings back Bill

    Company founder Bill Gates pledges to rescue company from 'third-world' fate Microsoft today announced that company founder Bill Gates is resuming his former role as CEO effective immediately. The fate of his successor and now predecessor Steve Ballmer remains unclear; for the time being, he...
  18. Windows Vista FLASHBACK: Departing Acer CEO Was One Of The First To Slam Windows Vista

    Gianfranco Lanci, the CEO of number-three PC maker Acer, has resigned in the wake of the company's warning that sales would be off 10% in the first quarter. More...
  19. HP jumps into WebOS lifeboat from sinking Windows ship !

    HP's new CEO, Léo Apotheker has told his company that all Hewlett-Packard PCs will ship with WebOS in 2012 along with Windows (at least for a while), according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. If so, it's a major slap in the face to Microsoft, serving as HP's public vote of no-confidence in...
  20. Windows 7 Western Digital to buy Hitachi disk division for $4.3B

    Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...