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Microsoft Microsoft CEO Ballmer pay slips 4 pct to $1.3M
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's pay package fell 4 percent after his bonus was trimmed partly due to slower-than-planned progress in the software company's online business and a drop in revenue at its Windows division.
Microsoft Bill Gates: New Windows 8 system is 'very exciting' Bill Gates: New Windows 8 system is 'very exciting' (Video)
Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month "a very exciting new product" and "a very big deal" for the world's largest software maker.
Microsoft Sesame Street's next chapter: Elmo talks back Sesame Street's next chapter: Elmo talks back
Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the "Sesame Street" crew have always talked to kids. Now, they'll try to have a two-way conversation with their pint-sized audience using Kinect, the motion and voice-sensing controller created by Microsoft.
Microsoft Microsoft tablet risks alienating PC makers Microsoft tablet risks alienating PC makers
With the unveiling of the Surface tablet, Microsoft is heading into unusual territory: competing with its partners, the very same companies that make Windows PCs. But Microsoft has little to lose, since PC manufacturers have so far had very little success with their own tablets.
Microsoft Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad rise Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad rise
A test, or "beta", version of the revamped operating system will be unveiled Wednesday in Barcelona, nudging Windows 8 a step closer to its anticipated mass market release in September or October.