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  Well Microsoft didn’t really show any devices as speculated but Steve Ballmer in his pre-CES keynote confirmed that the next version of Windows will support the ARM architecture. This will make the world’s widely used operating system compatible with the world’s widely used architecture, which is used in mobile phones, tablets etc. Microsoft also [...]

  One thing that has kept Microsoft out of the tablet race is the uptake of its operating system. In order to give a full PC experience, manufacturers were forced to adopt Intel or AMD CPUs for their devices but compromise on the device’s battery life, which is a big factor while considering a tablet. [...]

  Microsoft’s Windows OS may be down in the tablet arena but that is going to change from next month, if NYTimes latest report is to be believed. The paper’s source claims that Steve Ballmer will unveil few Windows-based tablets when he’ll take the stage at CES in January. Amongst various devices, Ballmer will show [...]

  At the Worldwide Partner Conference, Steve Ballmer confirmed Windows 7 tablets will flood the market this year. He said this to 14,000 partners in his keynote indicating many big players like Asus, Dell, LG, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba will bring Windows 7-powered tablet PCs by end of this year. Although tablets today target the leisure [...]

  Steve Ballmer was in Mumbai today to deliver his keynote speech at the IndiMix 2010. While his address was basically to give a gist of web technologies to designers and developers, one slide showcasing Microsoft’s milestones on the web caught our attention. According to it, 50 Windows Phone models were launched last year and [...]

  As much as it sounded implausible, there was little hope in our minds to see Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer share the same stage. But that hope has been thrashed as Microsoft’s official tweet confirms about Ballmer’s no show at Apple’s developer conference. Ballmer is currently in India and will give a keynote speech [...]

  Even though Microsoft bluntly refuted the possibility of an Xbox 360 with Blu-ray, the hopes are again rejuvenated with a statement given by Microsoft’s honcho, Steve Ballmer to Gizmodo. In an interview, the site popped up a question of Blu-ray on Xbox and this is what Ballmer said. “Well I don’t know if we [...]

  Being one of the best technology blogs in the world, do have some perks. At the D7 conference, Engadget managed to convince Ballmer to show them the recently announced Zune HD and even pose with it. For now, there’s nothing much to tell except to ogle its lovely OLED screen. Maybe there is, it’s [...]

  Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer showed a short preview of the upcoming Windows 7 at the D6 Conference. There’s not much to say about the OS right now other than its Multi-Touch support. Ballmer hinted the probable launch of Windows 7 in 2010.