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Portait photographer Platon on working with Bill Gates, Tim Cook, and other tech titans

By Tom Warren on May 8, 2013 08:20 am + 35 comments

British-born photographer Platon has traveled the globe to capture unique portraits of some of the Continue reading…
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Mark Zuckerberg adds Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer to his FWD.us lobbying group

By Tom Warren on April 26, 2013 06:34 am + 36 comments

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg launched an immigration reform group, FWD.us, earlier this month, Continue reading…
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Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs goes up against Steve Ballmer in fight to buy NBA's Sacramento Kings

By Jeff Blagdon on March 26, 2013 02:04 am + 25 comments

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs hopes to advance from mobile industry shot-caller to bona fide baller, Continue reading…
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Steve Ballmer admits Surface won't dominate PC sales, but is a 'real business'

By Tom Warren on February 20, 2013 03:01 am + 174 comments

After describing Surface as a "design point" to "prime the pump" and "sell a few million," Microsoft Continue reading…
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Bill Gates calls for more innovation at Microsoft after past mobile 'mistake'

By Tom Warren on February 18, 2013 12:52 pm + 381 comments

In an interview with CBS This Morning, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has admitted that the software Continue reading…
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Ballmer dismisses Dropbox as a 'little startup' with 100 million users

By Tom Warren on January 30, 2013 05:03 am + 340 comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has dismissed Dropbox as a "fine little startup" in an interview with B Continue reading…
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Steve Ballmer-led group to buy Sacramento Kings, bring basketball back to Seattle

By Tim Carmody on January 9, 2013 03:56 pm + 102 comments

A group led by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen are finalizing a deal Continue reading…
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Steve Ballmer makes surprise appearance at CES 2013, the show he abandoned

By Sean Hollister on January 7, 2013 09:49 pm + 185 comments

Right now, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer just rushed up on stage to steal the show from Qualcomm during Continue reading…
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HTC reportedly working on Windows RT tablets for 2013

By Bryan Bishop on December 20, 2012 09:36 pm + 76 comments

Bloomberg is reporting that HTC is working on a number of Windows tablets to take on Apple in 2013. Continue reading…
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Microsoft, HTC CEOs meet to lay out future Windows Phone plans

By Nathan Ingraham on December 19, 2012 12:45 pm + 56 comments

The fall announcement of HTC's Windows Phone 8X was a bold statement about the future of Windows Continue reading…