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<title>Dell executive warned Ballmer to avoid Windows RT branding</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/17/windows.seen.as.too.important.not.to.use.in.rt.name/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1340064831_Surface-Teaser.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Dell executive urged Microsoft to not use Windows branding for its ARM-based operating system, according to reports. Jeffrey Clarke of Dell apparently told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that it should have been called something else other than Windows RT, but Ballmer deemed the Windows brand to be too important to not be used in the new devices....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ballmer: Surface RT off to modest initial sales</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/11/ballmer.gives.no.specifics.says.wp.will.ramp.up.quickly/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1210/surface-wrt-lg.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has described sales of the software giant's new keyboard-enabled tablet as "modest" in an interview with a French publication. It is the first time since the device's release late last month that Microsoft has given any indication of the popularity of the Surface RT tablet, though it was previously believed to be selling well due to sell-outs in online availability. Off...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ballmer:  4 million Windows 8 Upgrades sold, new apps</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/30/demonstrates.82.inch.slate.paypal.in.app.purchasing/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351617969_microsoftwindows8keynote1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft has sold over four million upgrades for Windows 8 in the first few days after its launch. Speaking at the Build developers event on the Microsoft campus, CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed the number in his keynote speech, alongside announcements for more Windows 8 apps, such as PayPal, Dropbox, and ESPN....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft hints at lower fourth quarter earnings</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/11/blames.drive.shortages.from.thailand.floods/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1109/windows8-start.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In two separate conferences in Las Vegas yesterday, Microsoft executives predicted that PC shipments industrywide for the fourth quarter of 2011 will be lower than expected. Tami Reller, chief financial officer and chief marketing officer of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live Division, said that estimates of overall PC shipments were about one percent lower than expected. Reller made the remarks...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Andy Lees moved to 'time-critical' Windows 8, Phone project</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/12/microsoft.moves.windows.phone.lead.to.special.work/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/microsoft-andylees.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft's Windows Phone leader Andy Lees is being moved out of his existing role to work on a special cross-platform project, a leaked memo uncovered Monday.  CEO Steve Ballmer told staff that Lees was working on a special project for next year that ZDNet understood would involve Microsoft support across PCs, phones, and tablets.  The exact details weren't uncovered other than that Windows 8 and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Steve Ballmer: 'we always will be' in a Windows era</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/15/microsoft.ceo.shrugs.off.threat.to.windows/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/microsoft-steveballmerwindows8.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer during the company's annual shareholder's meeting made the declaration that Windows would never go away.  When asked if the company was in a post-PC era, as Apple's late Steve Jobs said, he denied it completely, saying that Windows would always be at the forefront.  The expansion of smartphones and tablets was a "fantastic thing," he said, since it only helped Microso...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Courier axed over Bill Gates' 'allergic reaction'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/01/leak.shows.courier.killed.for.lack.of.office.tech/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/microsoftcourier-5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft's decision to kill the Courier tablet came after a meeting with former CEO Bill Gates himself, according to a new leak on Tuesday.  Not willing to decide on his own whether Microsoft should embrace the book-like Courier or a more conventional tablet, current CEO Steve Ballmer turned to a presentation with Gates judging a presentation by Courier architect J Allard, then Entertainment &amp; De...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft reportedly blocked datacenter head from Apple work</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/28/microsoft.may.have.forced.staffer.out.of.apple/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/apple-kevintimmons2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft may have blackballed Apple's choice of datacenter head in the moves that ultimately led to Apple hiring from Yahoo, according an unusually detailed rumor.  After fighting opposition from his immediate management on his way out, Kevin Timmons was supposedly met by CEO Steve Ballmer, SAI heard.  Timmons may have had an "attitude" during the meeting that led to Ballmer reaching Apple direct...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft considering making own phones?</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/18/ballmer.doesnt.rule.out.in.house.hardware/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1109/radarsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has hinted that his company is not ruling out the possibility of creating its own smartphones. Although third-party manufacturers currently produce all of the devices running Windows Phone, the executive carefully skirted around a question from a Web 2.0 Summit attendee who asked if the company would build its own phone....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft gives Ballmer full pay bonus despite iPad's damage</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/03/microsoft.sec.filing.claims.ballmer.underpaid/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/htc-ballmerchou2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft in an SEC filing confirmed that CEO Steve Ballmer had been given his full possible rewards in his past year's pay.  His regularly salary increased two percent to $682,500 for the fiscal year that ended in June but was also matched by a 100 percent bonus, giving him nearly $1.37 million for the year.  Even combining this with a 3.95 percent share stake in the company, the committee determ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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