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Transcript of Microsoft CEO Ballmer retirement announcement
In a unexpected, though perhaps not shocking, development, Microsoft early this morning announced that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, after a lifetime of work in Redmond, will be retiring in 12 months time. An internal email sent out to employees indicates that Ballmer will be leaving as soon as a successor is chosen. The full email reads: Read More

Steve Ballmer as emoticons
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. Read More

Who's who in the Microsoft shake-up?
Steve Ballmer has said he would retire from the company when his last kid goes to college, which means 2017 or so. Today's reorganization is probably his final chance to shape the company in his image -- or at least in a fashion that he thinks is necessary for the future. In a memo to the troops this morning, Ballmer said that the realignment is meant to create "One Microsoft" -- a single company aligned around delivering services and devices. Read More

Quiz: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said what?
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is famous for his colorful quotes and keeping people guessing about what he might say next as he spreads the word about Windows 8, Surface devices and upgrades to a range of Microsoft servers. Given the great number of public speaking engagements he conducts every year, he expresses thoughts on a wide range of other topics, too. Here are some of his words lined up against those of some major historical figures who have opined on similar subjects. On each slide can you figure out which quote fell from Ballmer's lips? Keep track and check your score at the end. Read More

Sinofsky captivated by Andreessen Horowitz, becomes board partner
Steven Sinofsky, who exited Microsoft abruptly weeks after his Windows 8 brainchild shipped, has found a new gig at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Read More

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