Ballmer Says Microsoft Can Experiment in Web Search (Update1)
bloomberg.com 3/20/2009 — March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Being the underdog in the Internet- search market has one advantage for Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer : He says his company can experiment, while rival Google Inc. plays it safe. “Google does have to be ...

D7 Interview: Steve Ballmer | D7 Highlights
d7.allthingsd.com 5/28/2009 — After another song from Jill Sobule and some introductory remarks, Walt welcomes Steve Ballmer to the stage. Walt kicks things off with a question about the souring economy. Ballmer’s opinion of it is apparently more sober than most. Ballmer says this ...

Ballmer: We need to be more disruptive in search | Beyond Binary - CNET News
news.cnet.com 5/8/2009 — PALO ALTO, Calif.--While trailing Google badly in search has lots of disadvantages, it also opens some doors, says Steve Ballmer. And, he said, it's time Microsoft starts walking through more of those doors. "We are going to have to be more ...

Exclusive Interview With Steve Ballmer: Products, Competition, The Road Ahead
techcrunch.com 9/25/2009 — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer visited Silicon Valley on Thursday for his annual meeting with top venture capitalists to talk about Microsoft product strategy. This was his first visit to Silicon Valley since announcing the search partnership with Yahoo ...

Steve Ballmer on the Microsoft - Yahoo deal
searchcowboys.com 7/29/2009 — It's a busy day for Steve Ballmer. The today announced deal will without a doubt fill up his day. In this video Ballmer talks about the deal. ...

Microsoft CEO Still Covets Yahoo's Search Audience
clickz.com 3/19/2009 — Steve Ballmer says Microsoft is more interested in the search volume and not the search technology. He doesn't rule out making another bid for Yahoo.

Steve Ballmer Says Microsoft Search Acquisitions Unlikely
blog.searchenginewatch.com 10/9/2009 — Steve Ballmer, after addressing Britain's CBI business lobby organization, said that search acquisitions were unlikely to be part of the strategy to knock Google off its rocker, according to Reuters . The clarification came after a false press ...

Ballmer Stunned Bartz Won’t Sell Search
marketingpilgrim.com 2/28/2009 — *pfffoooo!* Pardon the dust, folks. Just have to clean off this old story. . . . There. So, it looks like Steve Ballmer is still— still —interested in buying Yahoo search. Just one short year (plus three weeks) after an initial offer to ...

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Bartz and Microsoft’s Ballmer Finally Talking About Search and Advertising Partnership
kara.allthingsd.com 4/10/2009 — In early discussions that began in the last several weeks that apparently included a face-to-face meeting last week, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer are finally talking about search and also advertising partnerships the ...

How Google Shot Microsoft After It Took A Knife To A Gunfight
searchengineland.com 3/28/2009 — Google’s a split-personality company. On the one hand, it wants people to believe that it could lose its customers at any time, lest it get viewed as a monopoly. But question its ability on the technical front, and the Big G will go off on you ...

Microsoft's Ballmer: All Traditional Content Will Be Digital In 10 Years — paidContent
Steve Ballmer said Wednesday that the global advertising economy has been permanently “reset” at a lower level, warning that media companies should not plan for revenues to bounce back to pre-recession levels. Speaking at the Cannes Lions ...

Ballmer Mentions Yahoo Partnership For Umpteenth Time — Top News - WebProNews
First off: yes, at this point, we're all ready to slap Steve Ballmer and Carol Bartz with a fish every time they talk about a partnership or acquisition.  Just the same, millions of dollars are at stake, so it seems important to acknowledge that ...

Whom Do You Trust More On The Economy—Microsoft's Ballmer Or Google's Schmidt? — paidContent
Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) CEO Eric Schmidt and Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) CEO Steve Ballmer apparently don’t share the same view about the near-term prospects for the economy. Here’s what each said at the Cannes Lions International Advertising ...