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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...

Microsoft CEO calls the OS by name and talks about plans for 2012, but company then backpedals. Link Removed

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and VP Mike Anjiulo demo new Windows 7 PC form factors, including a new Acer touch-sensitive laptop and a new convertible laptop/tablet from Samsung. Link Removed

10 Fascinating Facebook Facts Link Removed - Invalid URL, staggeringly large user-base, and world's youngest self-made billionaire CEO make it one of the most fascinating companies around today. While everyone knows the basics about the service's Harvard dorm room origins, we've delved a...

Link Removed In Silicon Valley’s best-known David-and-Goliath story, Thomas McCoy was the guy who slung the stone. The general counsel of Advanced Micro Devices didn’t topple mighty Intel, but his impact was at least felt in the chip giant’s pocketbook. McCoy, 59, said Wednesday that he is...

http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12558_22-180846-1.html Well, sounds cool to me about that Office 14 beta might come out in 2008, and that adobe's ex CEO might join Microsoft. As for the zune phone, I think that will be comming next year, just as I thought that there was going to be a small...