Confirmed: Zune Integration Coming in Windows Mobile 7

Ballmer just confirmed to Engadget that Zune integration IS coming to Windows Mobile 7, as was implied by these leaked screenshots earlier this year. [Engadget]

Ballmer: "The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone"

Is it State the Obvious Day? Steve Ballmer proclaims that the Internet was not designed for a device that wasn't even a glimmer in Steve Jobs' eye when the Internet came to be. More »

PC Makers May Have Too Much Stock, Deals On the Way?

Sounds like PC makers might have missed Ballmer's call for tempered Windows 7 expectations. There's a chance that they're sitting on a glut of inventory now, is there any hope that excess stock will translate to even better holiday deals? More »

Can You Endure 14 Steve Ballmer Videos Back to Back?

Here's your chance to find out my friends. Oobject has complied 14 examples of Steve Ballmer selling Microsoft with a side order of crazy. Check it out—if you dare. [Oobject]

Microsoft's Last Financial Quarter Could've Used a Service Pack

Results for last quarter are in, and with revenues reported well below already cautious estimates, it was a nasty few months for Microsoft. It's almost as if they're sitting on new generations of products in every single space they inhabit. More »

Google Loses Guy Who Caused Steve Ballmer To Throw a Chair

Remember the incident back in 2004 where Steve Ballmer threw a chair across the room when he heard an employee was leaving Microsoft to go to Google? That guy, Mark Lucovsky, is leaving Google for VMWare. More »

Ballmer Goes Nuts Again, Gets Confused As to What Type of Venue He's At

Steve Ballmer loves to play a lot of roles at Microsoft, and one that he takes great pleasure in is being a cheerleader to everyone who reports to someone who reports to someone under him. This ain't the right way. More »

Ballmer Thinks Microsoft's Biggest Mistake is Search

Asked if he could have just one do-over, Ballmer replied, "I would probably say I would start sooner on search." More »

Microsoft's Ballmer on His Brain

Steve Ballmer talks about how fast his brain works and how he needs to do a better job of showing that he's hearing you. More »

Microsoft's Ballmer On Being Bubbly

Here, Ballmer talks about being bubbly, his energy and what type of personality it takes to lead a large organization. More »

Even Steve Ballmer Says to Pay Attention to Microsoft's E3 Announcements

Microsoft's really pushing out the hype for their E3 announcements, getting Steve Ballmer to say that people should really pay attention to what they're going to reveal. This makes the rumor of an Xbox 360 motion sensing accessory seem all the more real. [Dallas News via Kotaku]

Ballmer, the Evil Cylon, Finally Revealed

Boing Boing Gadgets discovered the best way to tell whether you're talking to real Ballmer or his (slightly more) evil Cylon clone in their neat RROD photoshop. It's in the eyes. [BBG]

Steve Ballmer on Macs vs. PC in the Recession

Ballmer discussing Windows in the economic climate that led Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs: "The price premiums that people pay for Macintoshes over PCs will be looked at more carefully." Hmm. Guess we'll see.

Windows 7 Beta Now Available

As I mentioned perhaps all too subtly in my Ballmer keynote post, Windows 7 Beta is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with wide availability on Friday, January 9. [Microsoft]

Steve Ballmer Looks Younger, More Handsome In 3G Juice Parody

Remember Steve Ballmer's Windows 1 infomercial? Here's our buddy Richard Blakeley in his 3G Juice spoof. More »

Ballmer On a Microsoft App Store: Sure, Why Not?

Tucked away in Steve Ballmer's Webkit lip service from Friday was this gem about the potential for an Apple-esque Microsoft App Store. "I actually will agree that there's some good work, particularly at Facebook and also with the iPhone, where both of those companies have made it easier for developers to distribute their applications," he said. The chair chucker went on to say there's "not much money being made" with those platforms, but he agreed with the concept, and confirmed there's something coming from Redmond on this front soon. So, Microsoft emulate Apple? I'll believe it when I see it... [Computerworld]

Ballmer on WebKit: "We May Look at That"

I kinda feel like Steve Ballmer's biographer lately, but whenever the guy opens his mouth (which is a lot) something interesting always spills out. When talking about why it's worth still spending tons of money on Internet Explorer when open source browsers are more nimble in responding to changing web standards, Ballmer said that while "there will still be a lot of proprietary innovation in the browser itself... open source is interesting." He continued "Apple has embraced Webkit and we may look at that, but we will continue to build extensions for IE 8." More »

Steve Ballmer Doesn't Get Android

At Australian carrier Telstra's annual investment day, Steve Ballmer did what he does best: talk crap about the competition. The target? Android. "I don't really understand their strategy. Maybe somebody else does." You see, it doesn't make any money, and that's why it baffles him. It actually kind of baffles me that it baffles him, since Google's approach is not so dissimilar from how Windows took over the world, just adapted to the wild 'n' crazy mobile market. More »

Ballmer: It's Okay to Wait for Windows 7, Which "Will Be Vista, But a Lot Better"

Say what you want about Steve Ballmer, but whenever he opens his mouth, good stuff comes out. Like that Microsoft is sorta kinda at peace with people skipping Vista for Windows 7: “If people want to wait they really can... but I’d definitely deploy Vista.” He was talking about the enterprise space in this horrible economy, but you're poor too, right? After all, even he admits that "Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better." More »

Steve Ballmer Says That Vista Capable Debacle Totally Not His Fault

Bailing on his court appearance in the class-action lawsuit over the fact that "Vista Capable" computers were utter pieces of crap packed with sucky chips that were "capable" of running Vista in only the thinnest, most literal interpretation of term, Steve Ballmer delivered a written deposition that excused himself of all responsibility. More »

Zune on Windows Mobile Confirmed by Steve Ballmer

Microsoft's Ballmer has just confirmed that Zune software will be coming to Windows Mobile devices as well as other phones, as sort of a really late follow-up to Robbie Bach's comments on the same subject. Ballmer goes one step further than Robbie, who just made vague comments on the platform, and said this: More »

WSJ on the Gates/Ballmer Power Struggle at Microsoft

The WSJ has an article looking at the struggle Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer had in switching around their Junior/Senior relationship. More »

Caption Contest: Steve Ballmer's Whiteboard From All Things Digital

During their interview last night at All Things D, Walt Mossberg called Steve Ballmer the "maestro of the whiteboard" and presented him with a fresh one to explain how online advertising works. We know what it is. You can see words like Publisher and Advertise and Data in the fringes, but what does it look like to you?

Steve Baller Honored on the TIME 100 List by Guy Kawasaki

We make fun of Microsoft's Steve Ballmer all the time—we just did it again just now—but there's no denying what an influential figure he is. Even Guy Kawasaki, a guy who used to be Apple's chief evangelist, can't deny that he gets stuff done. Guy puts it this way: More »

Microsoft's Yahoo Bid Deadline Passes, World Doesn't End

Yahoo! and Microsoft have failed to agree on a takeover deal. The deadline for the deal was last weekend, and Saturday came and went without so much as a peep from either party. This means two things: a hostile takeover, which would mean kicking out the Yahoo! board at the shareholders' meeting; or Ballmer et al will quietly drop the proposal. So, will we be seeing the launch of Microhoo!, or has the fat lady just sung on the tie-up? [MacWorld]

Ballmer Says Microsoft Ready for Future Without Yahoo

According to Steve yesterday, that $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo is "a lot of money," which comes as no surprise to anyone. But he followed it up by saying Microsoft is "prepared to move forward alone without Yahoo." Is he threatening to walk away? One suggestion to explain this is that employees inside Microsoft are uncomfortable: online services staff are wary about job futures, and others are worried the take-over will divert manager's attention off the key Microsoft business itself. What do you think guys? Is this it for the deal? Or is it just another tactic in the game? [WSJ]