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Jim Allchin and his Windows legacy: How Jim Allchin put his imprint on WindowsPerhaps more than any single executive at Microsoft--including Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer--Jim Allchin's reputation will be forever linked to his stewardship over the development of Windows. Now, with the imminent shipment of the Vista operating system, Allchin is finishing his...; Tags: Jim Allchin; Videos 2007-01-20
Ballmer: Palm and BlackBerry are niche players: Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com, had a chance to sit down and chat with Steve Ballmer about Life after Vista and on page 3 of the conversation we find some talk about mobile devices. When asked to talk a bit more about Windows Mobile, Ballmer stated: When it comes to...; Tags: RIM BlackBerry, palmOne Inc., niche player, Microsoft, Nokia, BlackBerry, Smartphone, Symbian, Windows Mobile; Blog posts 2006-12-08
Microsoft COO talks tough on enterprise search: "Enterprise search is our business, it's our house and Google is not going to take that business," said Kevin Turner, Microsoft's new (11 months) chief operating officer and former Wal-Mart executive. Mike Ricciuti of News.com has the story on Turner's remarks.Turner said the company is also gearing up to...; Tags: Kevin Turner, enterprise search; Blog posts 2006-07-13
What does Gates' exit mean for Microsoft?: Reporter Roundtable examines Bill Gates' departureReporter roundtable : The world's richest technology baron is taking leave of the company he co-founded. Is this a turning point in Microsoft's history and what impact will Bill Gates' exit have? Join Charlie Cooper, Dan Farber, Jim Kerstetter and Mike Ricciuti for this week's...; Tags: Reporter, Reporter Roundtable; Videos 2006-06-16
Reporter Roundtable: Is Google trying to squeeze Microsoft?: Google takes on Microsoft with latest productsIs Google out to doom Microsoft Office? With its move into the spreadsheet business -- and an earlier acquisition of a word processing company -- Google is firing a very obvious shot across Microsoft's bow. What are its ambitions and how might Microsoft respond?...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Videos 2006-06-10

The $100 PC? When hell freezes over.: News.com's Mike Ricciuti has penned a commentary that discusses Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's remark about a $100 computer. "One way to stem piracy is to offer consumers in emerging countries a low-cost PC," Ballmer said. "There has to be...a $100 computer to go down-market in some of these countries. We have to...; Tags: monitor, PC, thin client; Blog posts 2004-11-12
How many companies are in the Fortune 1000?: Now that the Fortune 1000 is flush with ERP solutions, ERP vendors like SAP and Peoplesoft are trying to figure out how to stay on the trajectory that made them high fliers. News.com's Mike Ricciuti observes that market realities are forcing companies like SAP and Microsoft to consider the "M" word.; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Fortune 1000; Blog posts 2004-07-06