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Ballmer calls Google's growth plans 'insane'
March 15, 2007
Speaking at Stanford's business school, Microsoft CEO characterizes Google as a one-trick pony, calls activities beyond search "cute." Video: Ballmer on Google
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Court docs: Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google
September 2, 2005
Papers in a case involving Google's hiring of a Microsoft exec say Microsoft's Ballmer vowed to "bury" Google's Eric Schmidt.
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Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo
February 1, 2008
Offer--described by Yahoo as "unsolicited"--amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday.
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Ballmer: Trusting Vista, battling Google
October 19, 2005
Microsoft's product pipeline is ready to pump out "12 months of the greatest innovation," CEO says. And no, he doesn't throw chairs. Photo: Ballmer on the record
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Ballmer: 'We'll catch Google'
June 27, 2005
At a partner conference, the CEO defends Redmond's search efforts but admits that the .Net effort has been at a standstill.
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Ballmer: Google wants special treatment in IE
May 11, 2006
The Microsoft chief says there could be more behind Google's gripes about the Web browser's default settings.
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Ballmer: Microsoft's behind Google in ads, search
October 11, 2007
"We have a lot of work to do in search and advertising," software giant's CEO acknowledges. "Google is the leader; we're an aspirant."Video: Microsoft's post-Gates plan
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Ballmer on car insurance and gay rights
May 12, 2005
In speech to Stanford grad students, Microsoft CEO says he might have ended up in auto insurance if he hadn't joined buddy Bill Gates.
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Microsoft looks beyond Gates for new ideas
June 19, 2006
The company is developing an internal technology that will let more of its employees have a say in the company's technical direction.
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Ballmer: Not the time to scale back
May 1, 2006
In a memo, Microsoft chief tells employees the company's made its mark from big bets and it needs to make another one now.
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Can Microsoft pull one more rabbit out of its hat?
September 23, 2005
If company's reorg can't clear corporate arteries, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says, the future could be all Google's.
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At Gartner gathering, Ballmer and Hurd look ahead
October 19, 2005
Microsoft's CEO touts "the greatest innovation pipeline we've ever had," while HP's Hurd plans to stick to the basics.
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Ballmer on PC's role in Web services world
October 10, 2006
Microsoft CEO argues that "software plus services" idea takes advantage of local processing on PCs.
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Microsoft to Google: Hands off enterprise search
July 13, 2006
COO Kevin Turner says Redmond will fight to win the corporate search market--"it's our house."
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Google anticipated Microsoft legal tussle
August 4, 2005
Expecting legal action, Google had countermeasures in place when it hired former Microsoft exec Kai-Fu Lee, court documents say.
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Week in review: Yahoo in Microsoft's sights
February 8, 2008
The two companies give us a few clues on their prospective deal; Washington takes on file swapping at colleges; and iPhone storage grows.
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Microsoft walks tightrope with business services
February 22, 2007
The company has good reason to expand into services and hosted software, but it must be careful not to alienate partners.
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This week in Microsoft
October 21, 2005
Steve Ballmer touts a big year ahead for Microsoft--and makes it clear he doesn't throw chairs.
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Microsoft reorg a bulwark against Google?
September 20, 2005
Search giant's expanding roster of Windows-free Web services may be factor in shuffle. Software on demand is an issue too.
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Microsoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombs
February 1, 2008
To pull this off, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer will need to throw one hell of a hail mary pass, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper.
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