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It makes one wonder. Should Bill Gates come back to steer the good ship Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft needs a Jerry Yang of Yahoo fame to help out. No matter what your opinion of Microsoft might be, the once mighty corporation is feeling the sting of the Microsoft - Yahoo deal gone sour. In fact we […]

Steve Ballmer, the new spokes person for the mighty software empire from Redmond aka Microsoft, is now making predictions about the future of newspapers and magazines. In his wisdom he believes that within 10 years we will no longer be able to view newspapers or magazines in print form. But in an article over at […]

Over at ZD-Net they are having a meeting of the minds trying to figure out why Microsoft is being silent about the next version of Windows dubbed 7, as in Windows 7. There is also some discussion that testers and those in the groove are being left out as well. But one could conclude that […]

We will fight them on the beaches, in the trenches, in the air and under the sea. No matter where they try to hide, we will destroy them! A famous speech from a WWII leader. Nope just the mind set of Microsoft while they attempt to swallow up Yahoo. You may have noticed that Bill […]

Steve Ballmer was addressing a group of MVPs attending a summit meeting in Redmond when he asked the following questions:
“How many of you use Live Search as your default?” Ballmer asked.
A smattering of hands went up. Tepid applause.
“How many of you use Yahoo search as your default?”
Far fewer hands went up and […]

Seems that the friendly atmosphere that Microsoft was trying to present to Yahoo! for an acquisition proposition amounting to a $44.6 billion offer is now turning aggressive. It seems that the gloves are coming off and Microsoft has stated in a press release that the board of directors for Yahoo! may be wish to reconsider. […]

In a rare interview, Steve Ballmer was up front and personal as he described where he wants Microsoft to head in the future. The interview took place at the at the company’s MIX08 conference Thursday. What was interesting is that interviewer Guy Kawasaki was actually appointed by Microsoft to grill Ballmer and grill he […]