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  IN PICTURES: Microsoft World Partner Conference kicks off
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  Microsoft's Steve Ballmer as emoticons

• Microsoft's latest Windows Phone move: Changes at the top

  By Bob Brown | 14 December, 2011 05:24

  Getting a read on how well Microsoft Windows Phone has been doing has been tricky in recent months, with each indication of momentum seemingly offset with one or more negative market share or news reports. But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's memo sent within the company Monday and published publicly by Microsoft indicates Windows Phone 7 probably isn't living up to Microsoft's expectations.

• CEO Steve Ballmer 'underpaid,' Microsoft says

  By Ann Bednarz | 05 October, 2011 06:46

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received compensation valued at $1.38 million this year, according to documents filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His total package is up roughly 2% compared to 2010, when he received compensation valued at $1.35 million.

• Microsoft CEO: Windows key to growth

  By AAP | 15 September, 2011 12:25

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has assured analysts that Windows remains the software maker's financial foundation, even though slowing personal computer sales are raising worries about the operating system's ability to adapt.

• Windows 8 is coming in 2012: Ballmer

  By Robert McMillan | 24 May, 2011 09:33

  Microsoft's next version of the Windows operating system, dubbed Windows 8, will debut in 2012, company CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday.

• Ballmer plugs Windows 7 as an OS for all devices

  By Nancy Gohring | 06 January, 2011 15:59

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple.

• Ballmer: Success requires a balancing act

  By Nancy Gohring | 16 October, 2010 05:49

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was criticized for failing in markets where the company had been a pathfinder and being unattractive to recent graduates, during a conversation with students at the University of Washington.

• Wall Street Beat: Red Hat, Tibco and Apple lead tech charge

  By Marc Ferranti | 25 September, 2010 04:44

  Red Hat, Tibco and Apple helped buoy technology investor confidence this week even as economic concerns caused volatility in the markets.

• Cloud investment explodes - overhype or future vision?

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 03 August, 2010 09:48

  When Microsoft all but demands its partners ‘cloud up,’ and Japanese telecommunications provider, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Group (NTT Group), makes a $US3.2 billion acquisition on the premise of developing its cloud capabilities, it is obvious that there is an incredible buzz about the cloud. But is it realistic? And what about the lingering concerns that Australia is not quite ready to live up to the hyperbole?

• Ballmer On The Cloud, Google, Data Centers, Apple

  By Martin Veitch | 03 October, 2008 14:22

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered the keynote speech at his company's London conference "Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow's Strategies Today".

• Microsoft's Steve Ballmer as emoticons

  By Julie Bort | 13 July, 2010 14:50

  It's not often hard to guess what Steve Ballmer is feeling. The Microsoft CEO has one of the most recognized, and photographed, faces in the IT industry - and it's also one of the most expressive.