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Ballmer: We can catch Google in five years; we just dont know which five

Speaking to a Silicon Valley audience at the Churchill Club two years ago, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer said the battle to surpass Google in the search market was a five-year job. At the same venue last night, Ballmer said it was still a five-year task, though he didn’t specify if the clock had been reset. As in 2006, Microsoft remains third in the search race, still behind floundering Yahoo, which remains a distant second to Google. The keys to catching up, Ballmer said, are time, lots of money and the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that enabled James T. Kirk to beat the Kobayashi Maru scenario. “You have to redefine the category,� Ballmer said. “We’ve taken some steps in that direction. … You don’t really brute force your way into any market.

Steve Ballmer on the Cloud, Google, data centres and the cult of Apple

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered the keynote speech at his company’s London conference “Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today�.CIO editor Martin Veitch interviewed Ballmer directly after his keynote.

Microsoft To Release Cloud-Oriented Windows OS

CWmike writes "Within a month, Microsoft will unveil what CEO Steve Ballmer called 'Windows Cloud.' The operating system, which will likely have a different name, is intended for developers writing cloud-computing applications, said Ballmer, who spoke to an auditorium of IT managers at a Microsoft-sponsored conference in London. Ballmer was short on details, saying more information would spoil the announcement. Windows Cloud is a separate project from Windows 7, the operating system that Microsoft is developing to succeed Windows Vista."

Ballmer: it'll take a while to catch up with Google

Steve Ballmer has admitted that Microsoft faces an uphill task to catch up with search leader Google - but claims his company is the only one that can do it.

Ballmer on Apple, Google and cloud computing

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered the keynote speech at his company's London conference "Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow's Strategies Today".

Ballmer needn't fear the Mac - just yet

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Dennis Howlett

Ballmer says Microsoft is David to Google's Goliath

In an interview with the BBC, Steve Ballmer has said that Microsoft is a David to Google's Goliath, and acknowledged that the company's share of search "is in the single-digit range, and noted how Google is now the "cute darling" of the technology world. You know, as Microsoft was before those "legal things". (He'd have to narrow it down. Which legal thing? The first or second antitrust row?)

Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

Microsoft is the only company in a position to challenge Google in online search, CEO Steve has Ballmer said.

Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

Microsoft may be the only company in a position to provide "any real competition" for Google in the online search business, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. But first it will need to figure out a way to do it.

Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

Microsoft may be the only company in a position to provide "any real competition" for Google in the online search business, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. But first it will need to figure out a way to do it.

Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google

Microsoft may be the only company in a position to provide "any real competition" for Google in the online search business, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. But first it will need to figure out a way to do it.

Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

Microsoft may be the only company in a position to provide "any real competition" for Google in the online search business, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. But first it will need to figure out a way to do it.

Ballmer Talks Vista, Smartphones, Apple & More

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Microsoft's normally exuberant CEO didn't disappoint a packed hall of over 500 attendees at an event here Thursday night. Steve Ballmer was largely upbeat about Microsoft's products and cheerfully responded to questions about product deficiencies and competitive threats as "challenges."

Steve Ballmer on the Cloud, Google, data centres and the cult of Apple

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered the keynote speech at his company’s London conference “Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today”.

Steve Ballmer Visits Silicon Valley, Talks About Microsoft?s Future In Software, Search And Mobile

The early part of the discussion focused on Microsoft’s views on web based software offerings from companies like Google and Salesforce. Ballmer says apps don’t really belong solely on the client or in the cloud, but rather a “software plus services” approach that distributes processing and storage across the cloud and the local machine or device. This hybrid approach, known as Windows Live Wave 3, is being rolled out now and major announcements will be made at the upcoming Microsoft PDC conference in Los Angeles. Windows 7 will also be available for the first time at the PDC.

Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Microsoft Corp. may be the only company in a position to provide "any real competition" for Google Inc. in the online search business, CEO Steve Ballmer said yesterday. But first it will need to figure out a way to do it.

Microsoft fights Ballmer testimony in 'Vista Capable' suit

The only thing CEO Steve Ballmer knew about Microsoft's Windows Vista Capable marketing campaign was what he was told by subordinates, and he should not have to testify in the class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of deceiving customers, the company said Friday.

Microsoft's Ballmer talks search, virtualization

(InfoWorld Daily Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday evening emphasized the company's ambitions in search and virtualization while offering his perspective on the current nervous U.S. economic situation.

Microsoft's Stevie Ballmer, Sony's Sir Howie Stringer Headlining CES Keynotes

With Bill Gates' part time transition in full effect, Steve Ballmer will be picking up Keynote duties at 2009's CES, but only for the pre show speech. Opening night honors go to the charming and witty Sir Howard Stringer, who is like Sony's CEO answer to Benny Hill. I'd say I'm satisfied with these two as speakers, considering how entertaining they've been on previous occasions. [CES]

Microsoft, Sony, and Ford CEOs to keynote CES 2009

The Consumer Electronics Association today announced the lineup of keynote address speakers for the 2009 CES tradeshow to be held in Las Vegas from January 8-11; Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Sony's Sir Howard Stringer, and Ford's Alan Mulally.The change of Microsoft's representative speaker is symbolic of Gate's retirement, announced at his 11th and final keynote address at the 2008 CES. The torch has been officially handed to Ballmer as Gates continues his two year transition from full time participation.

Ballmer: Xbox 360 'an Unqualified Success'

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Ballmer Talks Vista, Smartphones, Apple & More

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Ballmer still searching for an answer to Google

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Microsofts Steve Ballmer talks about search in the Cloud (Weekend Wrap-up Oct 5 2008)

The truth is, it's just not a level playing field unless you know the secrets of the pros. Yet, the income potential of having your site listed at the top of the engines is just too huge to ignore.

Microsoft CEO Ballmer: Apples iPhone and Mac will lose

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