Read more Steve Ballmer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14658/steve-ballmer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:59:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62765/ballmer-old-media-wont-last-a-decade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe ad revenue media companies lost in the downturn won't be coming back when things turn around, Steve Ballmer told an advertising conference yesterday. The Microsoft boss said the industry has been "reset" at a lower level, and media companies are going to have to learn to survive on less...http://www.newser.com/story/62765/ballmer-old-media-wont-last-a-decade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 7:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61381/microsoft-blows-it-with-bizarre-bing-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft is thrashing Google in new TV spots for its "decision engine" Bing—understandably, since from Microsoft's perspective their rival is single-handedly responsible for the global financial crisis. "While everyone was searching, there was bailing," says an announcer, as images of fleeting Internet memes give way to frenzied traders and...http://www.newser.com/story/61381/microsoft-blows-it-with-bizarre-bing-ads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 8:22:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60366/microsofts-new-search-engine-bing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft wants “Bing” to replace “Google” as your verb of choice for Internet search, PC World reports, with CEO Steve Ballmer unveiling the search engine today at a conference in California. Bing—already available for a test run—will be fully rolled out by Wednesday. The runner-up name was Kumo,...http://www.newser.com/story/60366/microsofts-new-search-engine-bing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 13:29:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48081/years-of-search-and-destroy-get-microsoft-back-to-yahoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new CEO at Yahoo has many speculating Microsoft will renew its bid for Yahoo’s Web-search unit, the Wall Street Journal reports. But Microsoft’s quest isn’t a mere attempt to better compete with Google in the $12.3 billion paid-search market; it’s the rectification of years of missed opportunities and...http://www.newser.com/story/48081/years-of-search-and-destroy-get-microsoft-back-to-yahoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 11:00:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47963/even-microsoft-is-weighing-layoffs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft could be considering the first large-scale layoff in its history, as it looks for ways to trim costs, reports the Wall Street Journal. Up to 15,000 positions are rumored to be at risk—6% of its workforce—but insiders say the cuts, across all divisions, are likely to...http://www.newser.com/story/47963/even-microsoft-is-weighing-layoffs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 9:23:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47533/high-traffic-delays-windows-7-beta-rollout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter promising the world Windows 7 Beta on Wednesday, Microsoft had to pull the plug on its download site due to cripplingly high traffic, CNET reports today. “We are adding some additional infrastructure support,” Microsoft said, “before we post the public beta.” Microsoft hopes to have millions of testers for...http://www.newser.com/story/47533/high-traffic-delays-windows-7-beta-rollout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 17:09:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47348/ballmer-opens-up-windows-7-beta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWindows 7 Beta will be launched to the public tomorrow, Steve Ballmer told the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday. The Microsoft chief, filling the keynote slot held by Bill Gates in the previous 11 years, told the audience that the operating system would be a return to the "special sauce" that...http://www.newser.com/story/47348/ballmer-opens-up-windows-7-beta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 5:25:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43999/20b-yahoo-search-deal-total-fiction-exec.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report that Microsoft will buy Yahoo's search business and give two Internet execs a 30% share is "total fiction," one of the execs tells Kara Swisher at AllThingsDigital. Swisher agrees that the $20 billion deal, reported by the London Times , is likely non-existent. After all, board member Carl Icahn...http://www.newser.com/story/43999/20b-yahoo-search-deal-total-fiction-exec.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Nov 2008 20:03:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43120/ballmer-quashes-yahoo-bid-rumors-open-to-partnership.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteve Ballmer quashed the rumor that Microsoft would make another offer to buy Yahoo now that Jerry Yang has quit as CEO, CNET reports. “We are done with all acquisition discussions with Yahoo,” the chief executive said today. “We did our best; we’ve moved on.”http://www.newser.com/story/43120/ballmer-quashes-yahoo-bid-rumors-open-to-partnership.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Nov 2008 12:42:10 CST