Steve Jobs Goes to Microsoft
Steve Jobs, Apple’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, putting a single foot inside the Redmond campus, Microsoft’s fief, would be nothing short of a sacrilegious move.
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29.11.2007 Open Letter from Steve Jobs
The August 2006 appearance, one of Jobs' 'weakest'
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In what is one of the most surprising moves from Apple's CEO this year, Steve Jobs has posted an open letter to the Apple Community, admitting health issues had to do with his not attending the Macworld Expo this year.
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6.1.2009 Steve Jobs nearly died and lied about it
I did not intend to offend anyone, and I admit to a bias in favor of Steve Jobs. I thought long and hard before posting. But what if this had happened to Warren Buffett 25 years ago?
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24.6.2009 When Bill Gates met Steve Jobs
Here are some photos and cartoons of Bill Gates met Steve Jobs.
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29.5.2007 Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated
News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service.
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28.8.2008 Steve Jobs officially back at Apple
True to their word, Apple have had CEO Steve Jobs return back to work, at the end of June.
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29.6.2009 Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell Top List of IT Influencers
Gates was named by 84% of the participants, Jobs by 73%, and Dell by 53% of CompTIA voters.
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7.11.2007 Windows Live FolderShare Beta Refresh for PC-to-PC Sync
Today, the FolderShare Team is shipping a Beta Refresh of both the Windows Live FolderShare website and client that offers some great improvements to the Windows Live FolderShare service at http://www.foldershare.com/.
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11.3.2008 Jobs: Windows is hell
Apple Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs compared Windows to hell in an on-stage conversation with the Wall Street Journal's personal technology columnist Walt Mossberg at the newspaper's D: All Things Digital conference yesterday.
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1.6.2007 Jobs: iPhone is winning
Did you think Apple didn’t care that its former hardware guru Jon Rubinstein and a bunch of former Apple employees left the company to help Palm create an iPhone-competitor in the Palm Pre? Think again.
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22.6.2009 Study: Vista to Create Jobs, Revenue
A Microsoft-sponsored study says that Windows Vista will generate some $70 billion in revenue and create up to 100,000 jobs in the first year of its release.
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12.12.2006 Jobs unveils new iMacs, iLife and iWork
Steve Jobs is on stage at Apple’s headquarters introducing the new iMacs. I am sitting in the second row and prohibited from taking photos unless I move to the back row with the professional photographers snapping away with motor drives.
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7.8.2007 Microsoft set to cut 5,000 jobs
Microsoft announced its second quarter results today and as many had predicted there are some job cuts involved.
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23.1.2009 Gates and Jobs share stage, friendly banter at D5
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at the D5 conference Wednesday night for a rare joint appearance.
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31.5.2007 Steve Balmer visiting Australia
The outspoken Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is on a whirlwind tour of Australia, but don't expect to hear too much about him as he's being kept out of the limelight.
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26.5.2007 Open Letter to Steve Ballmer
Steve, I've heard you're making a tough decision about Yahoo. I know what you should do. It's time to step back and walk away. Yahoo's not worth the trouble. If you force an acquisition, your legacy will be mud not Mesh.
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2.5.2008 Steve Ballmer Egged in Hungary!
Everyone can remember the day Bill Gates got pie in his face in Belgium... Now Steve joined in on the action too.
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19.5.2008 IDC: 50,000 New Jobs in 2007 in Europe Due to Windows Vista
At a briefing in Brussels, Belgium, Microsoft and International Data Corporation (IDC) announced details of a study into the expected economic impact of Microsoft Windows Vista in six key European markets- Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the UK.
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18.9.2006 Steve Ballmer on Microsoft Project's competition
Microsoft has been showing the next versions of its Visio and Project programs at two conferences in Seattle this week, and CEO Steve Ballmer spoke to attendees at a joint session Thursday morning. (See this story for more details.) Afterward, during a question-and-answer period, one person asked about the Gartner research firm's characterization of Microsoft Project as a challenger, rather than a leader, in the market for project and portfolio management software.
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22.1.2006 Steve Ballmer believes it's ok to wait for Windows 7
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been at it again (no not the shouting) telling analysts that people can wait for Windows 7 if they like.
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16.10.2008 Steve Ballmer Launches Windows 7 in The Hague
Thursday Steven Ballmer visited The Hague in The Netherlands for the Windows 7 launch and also Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010.
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9.10.2009 The Wall Street Journal interviews Steve Ballmer
For 26 years, the chief executive of Microsoft Corp. had worked hand in hand with Bill Gates to guide a tiny personal-computer-software maker into a technology behemoth whose products are at the center of the world's businesses and homes. But the day before, Mr. Gates had announced plans to step away from Microsoft in two years. The duo would become a solo act.
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30.7.2006 Steve Ballmer demonstrates Zune HD for Engadget
Our friends over at Engadget got a sneak peak of the new Zune HD when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed the gadget off to them during the D7 conference.
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29.5.2009 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Bans Google & iPods
In a recent Fortune interview with Steve Ballmer, the newer kinder Microsoft CEO is not only ready to take on the videogaming, search, music download and mobile markets - but he's also laying down the law in his own house. Steve says that his kids are not allowed to use Google or have an iPod.
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29.3.2006 Steve Ballmer Vista gave Microsoft some hard lessons
Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, has his hands full. The next version of the Windows operating system, Vista, is about to arrive, years late and clouded by doubts that it might violate antitrust rules in Europe.
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17.10.2006 Steve Ballmer Live Webcast at the Worldwide Partner Conference
Live Webcast On Tuesday, July 10th at 11:15 a.m. Mountain Time.
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11.7.2007 Steve Ballmer talks about Microsoft Views on New Management and Security Solutions in The Netherlands
Schiphol-Rijk, the Netherlands, April 23, 2007 - Today, during a visit to the Netherlands, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corp., talked about Microsoft views on new, integrated management and security products for business users.
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23.4.2007 IE7 Virtual PC Image and IE6 Virtual PC Image Refresh
From the IEBlog: Hello! Just wanted to give you a quick update that we’ve dropped two new VPC images that you can use with the free copy of Virtual PC 2007.
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19.4.2007 New PC model
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Steve Wozniak: Steve Jobs sounds "healthy, energetic"
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said Steve Jobs sounds "healthy, energetic" a month before he is expected to return to the company, reports The Wall
Street Journal. "Mr. Jobs doesn't sound like he's sick, nor did he seem to be in a health crisis.", he said. Back in January, Steve Jobs
admitted poor health. and took a medical leave of absence. He was also too weak to attend a city council meeting. Steve Jobs health has been the
subject of widespread speculation.
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01.06.2009Steve Jobs: One letter can raise shares almost 6%
Just about everyone knows that Steve Jobs is the face and lifeblood of Apple, and while some Apple-lovers claim that this is not the case, investors
think otherwise. Following the last few keynotes and what seemed to be a final blow, investors felt "on ice" about Steve Jobs and the future of the
company, and their money held in stock. Steve Jobs' letter to the public has lightened the hearts of his fans around the world and will allow the
keynote at Macworld 2009 to be free of mourners and speculation about Steve's health. But, what does this all mean?
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06.01.2009Steve Jobs officially back at Apple
True to their word, Apple have had CEO Steve Jobs return back to work, at the end of June. Jobs had been seen around the campus last week, but it
seems he wasn't officially working then; only now, according to CNN, is he properly working again. A spokesman for Apple, Steve Dowling, said,
"Steve Jobs is back to work. He is at Apple a few days a week and working from home the other days. We're glad to have him back," and
wouldn't comment any further. Steve Jobs had left Apple in January due to health concerns, and it seems that two months ago he may even have had a
liver transplant.
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30.06.2009Steve Jobs attributes weight loss to hormone imbalance
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has been suffering from a "hormone imbalance" throughout 2008 but plans to stay on as the company CEO. In a letter
posted by Jobs and addressed to the Apple Community, Jobs confirms he has been suffering from weight loss and ill health for a number of months. Apple
fans are desperately hoping Jobs will make a surprise appearance at this weeks MacWorld expo. Jobs was due to keynote at the expo but Apple announced
this year is their last MacWorld and no Steve Jobs this time around. Last week popular gadget blog Gizmodo, posted an article stating Steve Jobs'
health was declining rapidly.
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05.01.2009Steve Jobs to make a surprise appearance at WWDC?
According to the Wall Street Journal Steve Jobs may be making a surprise appearance at this year's WWDC on June 8th. This, if you think about it,
makes perfect sense for Jobs to return and announce the new version of the iPhone. Stemming from reports that Jobs had been seen on Apple's
campus and the fact that Steve Wozniak has said himself that Jobs sounds fine all leads up to a triumphant return at the WWDC. The WSJ reiterates
this as well too by saying that "Two people who do business with Apple said senior Apple managers have told them the company is now trying to
coordinate Mr.
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05.06.2009Steve Jobs still involved with Apple, working on tablet
Steve Jobs may be off work at the moment, folks, but that doesn't mean he isn't working. That's right, even after taking a leave of
absence from Apple, co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is still involved with the major projects that Apple is working on right now. According to
AppleInsider, Jobs played a big part in the recent iPhone OS 3.0 release, and is apparently working on a tablet-size device, bigger than an iPhone but
smaller than a MacBook. Rumors about an Apple tablet have been flying around for ages, even more so lately, but if sources close to Jobs himself say
he's working on it, then there's a good chance that there's something going on.
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12.04.2009Apple's Steve Jobs Calls for End of DRM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has made
a surprise call for the end of
digital rights management
technology, which is designed
to stop copyrighted music from
being shared illicitly. Jobs
says Apple would sell only
DRM-free music on iTunes if it
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07.02.2007So it was a health problem after all, admits Steve Jobs
Addressing the recent announcement that he will not deliver the Macworld keynote this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs released a statement this morning
about his mysterious health condition...
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05.01.2009Steve Jobs back at Apple?
Our Apple-loving pals over at CNBC have confirmed that Steve Jobs, who was away from work due to health complications, is now back working at the
Cupertino company. There's been a few employees who have seen Jobs around the campus, and although there's yet to be an official announcement
by Apple, this is the next best thing. Jobs has been facing health complications recently, and it was even reported that he had had a liver
transplant; he has been sick for a while due to pancreatic cancer, and he stepped down from his position at Apple earlier this year (letting Tim Cook
take the reigns), but he did announce that he'd be back at the end of June.
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23.06.2009Apple finishes with Think Secret, targets Fake Steve Jobs
Apple Incorporated’s lawyers have found a new target: the fake Steve Jobs. Daniel Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes, is the author of the blog
“The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs”, which is written by him in first person, as if it were Jobs himself writing. Most blog entries are
simply little snippets of what’s happening in the tech world, usually completely irrelevant to Jobs or even Apple. The lawyers are, however,
interested in three posts that they “deem to be actionable”. They emphasize, of course, that they don’t want to take any legal
action and that it’s all up to Lyons. Apparently, the lawyers just want to talk about the problem and not actually take anyone to court or send
them a cease-and-desist letter.
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23.12.2007Rumor: Steve Jobs scheduled for surgery on Monday
Valleywag has reported that Apple CEO Steve Jobs scheduled for a surgery at Stanford Hospital on Monday. No further details are known about the type
of medical procedure Jobs was supposed to undergo and there is no comment from Apple's side to Valleywag's enquiries. Jobs is currently on a
6 months medical leave from Apple, but he remains the company's CEO and would remain involved in major strategic decisions of Apple. The company
is being run by Apple COO Tim Cook. Jobs admitted to poor health in a letter to Apple employees recently. Jobs first learned of his pancreatic cancer
in 2003, but did not disclose it publicly until July 2004, when he announced his decision to undergo surgery.
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27.01.2009Steve Jobs Still Involved in Apple, Still Expected to Return in June
The Wall Street Journal reports that despite his medical leave, Steve Jobs has remained very involved in Apple's strategies and planning:
Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook runs the day-to-day operations at Apple, these people say. But Mr. Jobs has continued to work on the company's
most important strategies and products from home, they say. He regularly reviews products and product plans, and was particularly involved in the user
interface of the new iPhone operating system that Apple unveiled last month, these people say. Apple announced in January that Steve
Jobs would take a medical leave of absence from the company until June and that Tim Cook would take over day-to-day operations.
According
to the Wall Street Journal's sources, Apple remains "much the same" as before Steve Jobs' departure and Jobs is still expected to return to Apple
in June. Jobs reportedly did not respond to requests for comment but Apple spokesman Steve Dowling is quoted as saying "Steve continues to look
forward to returning to Apple at the end of June."
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11.04.2009Identity of 'Fake Steve Jobs' Revealed
The identity of Fake Steve
Jobs is a secret no more. The
author of the popular Web log
that for the past year has
taken a candid look at the
world of CEO blogs has finally
revealed himself...
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06.08.2007Jobs: iTunes Served 2 Billion Songs
Starting off his yearly
keynote at MacWorld 2007 in
San Francisco, Steve Jobs said
"we're going to make
history." Indeed the
company has -- with Jobs
noting nearly half of the new
Macs sold at retail have been
to new Macintosh customers...
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09.01.2007Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: historic discussion live from D 2007
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are
sharing the stage at the All
Things Digital conference with
Walt Mossberg and Kara
Swisher.
Soon the
great Silicon Valley soap
opera will come full circle.
Not since Apple CEO Steve Jobs
famously interviewed Microsoft
Chairman Bill Gates as a
possible suitor during the
śMacintosh Dating Gameť back
in 1984 have the two men
appeared in a joint bill. And
in a few moments, the two will
share a stage tonight for the
first time in more than 20
years for what promises to be
a historic discussion.
Live coverage is
available at the following
sites:
˘
http://d5.allthingsd.com/live/
>All Things Digital
˘
http://www.engadget.com/2007/0
5/30/steve-jobs-and-bill-gates
-historic-discussion-live-from
-d-2007/>Engadget
˘
http://www.macworld.com/news/2
007/05/30/jobsgates/index.php>
Macworld
˘
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/all
-things-d/live-rumble-bill-gat
es-vs-steve-jobs-vs-swisher-vs
-mossberg-264694.php>Gizmodo
Summary / Highlights:
˘ "In a certain sense we
build the products we want to
use ourselves.
really pursued that with an
incredible taste and elegance
and had a huge impact on the
industry. Apple literally was
failing when Steve went back
and reinfused innovation and
risk-taking that have been
phenomenal. So the industry
has benefitted immensely from
his work. I'd say he's
contributed as much as
anyone," said Gates. -
Macworld
˘ "Bill talking
about developing Mac apps.
Steve: Microsoft is one of our
best developer partners. Kara:
Are you competitors? I have to
admit, I really like PC guy.
Steve: The art of those
commercials isn't to be mean,
it's for those guys to like
each other. PC guy is great.
PC guy is what makes it work!
Big laughs." - Engadget
˘
Apple's goal is much more
modest than world domination,
said Jobs. "We don't think
we're going to have 80
percent of the market," he
said, doubtlessly
disappointing legions of Mac
enthusiasts. "We're happy
when our market share goes up
a point." - Macworld
winbeta.org - 31.05.2007
Breaking: Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email to all Apple employees: Team, I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something
very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my
family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I
originally thought.
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neowin.net - 15.01.2009
Jobs to duck Macworld keynote, drawing concern
Apple CEO Steve Jobs won't be delivering the keynote at next month's Macworld, a revelation that's sounding off new alarm bells about Jobs' health
and Apple's succession plans...
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Fortune names Steve Jobs 'CEO of the decade'
Fortune magazine has named Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, as "CEO of the decade". In an article confirming the title, Fortune wrote: "How's this for
a gripping corporate story line: Youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns in the 1990s, and in the following decade
survives two brushes with death, one securities-law scandal, an also-ran product lineup, and his own often unpleasant demeanor to become the dominant
personality in four distinct industries, a billionaire many times over, and CEO of the most valuable company in Silicon Valley." Jobs has certainly
turned Apple around.
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neowin.net - 06.11.2009
Steve Jobs Shows Off More of Leopard
WWDC 2007 - At its
annual Worldwide Developer
Conference Monday, Apple CEO
Steve Jobs provided the final
look at Mac OS X 10.5,
code-named "Leopard,"
before the new operating
system ships in October. He
demoed 10 out of what he says
are 300 new features...
betanews.com - 11.06.2007
Steve Jobs Subpoenaed in Apple Options Case
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to testify in a options case against his former general counsel
Nancy Heinen, sources say...
betanews.com - 21.09.2007
