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Ballmer on Tablets: We're Coming Full Guns
(Mashable)
Mashable - Apple has sold over 3.3 million iPads so far, but Microsoft is still waiting for those Windows-based tablets to start capturing the hearts and minds of users. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, however, is confident the company has a bright future in this space. |
Microsoft talks up tablets, shows off new phones
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp set out its ambitions to dominate the consumer electronics market on Thursday with Windows-powered tablet computers and smartphones designed to beat back advances by Apple Inc and Google Inc.
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Microsoft: We are leading 'cloud'
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The software giant's COO Kevin Turner vowed at a meeting with financial analysts that the company will become the industry leader in "cloud" computing technology. Microsoft (NMS:MSFT) said that Dow Chemical and Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, part of Hyatt Hotels , are among its big cloud customer wins. Analysts contend cloud computing will prove crucial to future Microsoft sales. Shares rose 0.3% to 26.03. |
Ballmer Pushes Slates but Reveals Few Details
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's chief executive on Thursday sought to address some common questions raised by analysts, but his answers may not have been exactly what they were looking for. |
Ballmer: Tablet coming 'as soon as we can'
(AP)
AP - Microsoft will compete with Apple's iPad, but it isn't saying when. |
Tablet computers 'job one urgency' at Microsoft: Ballmer
(AFP)
AFP - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that developing Windows-based tablet computers and getting them to market is "job one urgency" for the US software giant.
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Microsoft's Ballmer Wants to 'Make Things Happen' on Tablets
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The development of a Windows 7 slate or tablet is job number one at Microsoft, chief executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday. |
Microsoft to Push Harder for Cloud
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is shifting its strategy away from pitching itself as a company that can offer companies a choice of software or hosted services, toward pushing the cloud, an executive said on Thursday at the software giant's annual financial analyst meeting. |
Microsoft COO Admits Mistake, Pledges to 'Lead with the Cloud'
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft executives pledged to "lead with the cloud" on Thursday, acknowledging that offering business customers a choice between packaged software and cloud-based services had been a mistake. |
Microsoft hosts annual financial analyst meeting
(AP)
AP - Analysts will be looking for clues about the future of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile and online businesses and its strategy for Windows-based tablet computers at an annual meeting with the software maker on Thursday. |
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