Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off the 2011 International CES at the preshow CES opening keynote address on Jan. 5, 2011, in Las Vegas. This will be Ballmer’s third opening keynote address at CES, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show. Keynote Information: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011...

Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with tiny Global Equities Research, contends that 7 minutes of the June 7 keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been blocked off for a presentation by Microsoft (MSFT) to talk about Visual Studio 2010, the company’s suite of development tools. Chowdhry says the new version of...

This year marks the 14th annual Microsoft CEO Summit, a world-class forum where business leaders gather to share insights about pressing business challenges. More than 125 CEOs and other leaders from companies and organizations representing 27 countries and 11 million employees are expected to attend...

In a speech to fellow CEOs at Microsoft’s 14th annual CEO Summit, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer said something that gives us an insight into what went wrong with Vista. Taking about the operating system, he said: “We tried too big a task and in the process wound up losing thousands of man hours of innovation...

On April 28 in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer previewed the new Windows Live Messenger in his “Five Dimensions of the Cloud” presentation at the Universidade de Sao Paulo. This is the first official announcement around new features in the next generation of Windows Live. Video: Watch...

"There's no good answer to this question. If you say yes you seem like you're arrogant and if you say no it looks like you have no faith. So the answer is yes, someday," Ballmer said."The truth is, the number one thing Google benefits from is they did it right first," he said...

The Engadget Show including then interview with Steve Ballmer recorded on launch day, is now available. Can you spot me in the audience :-)? Download the Show: The Engadget Show - 002 (HD) / The Engadget Show - 002 (iPod / iPhone / Zune formatted)

As you know Steve Ballmer was in The Netherlands last week to launch Windows 7, right after the keynote in The Hague he went to Rotterdam to record a TV show "Nova College Tour" at the Erasmus University. The show has a host and students as an audience, both ask questions. Again very interesting...

Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft , will be named media person of the year at the Cannes International Advertising festival in June. Ballmer, who took control of the direction of the world's largest software company following founder Bill Gates's retirement last summer, follows...

The Microsoft (MSFT) boss is sitting down with BusinessWeek editor Stephen Adler at the McGraw-Hill media conference. Expect at least some chatter about Yahoo (YHOO) and its new boss Carol Bartz, who just happens to be visiting New York this week as well. Following is paraphrased live notes, unless in...