Steve Ballmer

The software giant and three other tech companies top Great Place to Work's first list of top multinational workplaces.

Shares of Microsoft were flat Friday after the company reported record first-quarter revenue.

Microsoft's board of directors says CEO Steve Ballmer is underpaid. Here are some ideas for him to make up that shortfall.

Windows Phone's overall share of the smartphone market dropped by 66 percent between 2010 and 2011, according to IDC. 'Mango' edition introduced this morning may continue that trend.

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn's call for the dismissal of CEO Steve Ballmer stirs Microsoft's stock.

HP has come up with the perfect device for people who don't want a computer -- at least according to The Onion.

Bill Gates was guilty of "mercenary opportunism" when he schemed with Steve Ballmer to dilute Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's equity in the company while Allen was recovering from Hodgkin's disease.

Remember how Nokia CEO Stephen Elop likened the Finnish cellphone maker's disintegrating market situation to a man standing on a burning oil platform in the middle of the North Sea? And that when standing on a burning platform, making a leap into the unknown -- however foreboding -- is the only sensible option?

Microsoft has chosen a replacement for ousted Server & Tools Business (STB) division head Bob Muglia as the next step in chief executive Steve Ballmer's "let the geeks help me save my job" turnaround plan.

Under pressure from increasingly impatient board members and investors -- and probably still smarting because he left bonus money on the table last year -- Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is prepared to let geeks run the product show, Bloomberg reports.

Microsoft hasn't confirmed, but reports predicting it will debut Windows 8 and an ARM version of Windows both at CES this week. Coincidentally, CEO Steve Ballmer's keynote is at 6:30 Vegas time.