Steve Ballmer thought tablets needed the full capabilities of a desktop PC. ... In 2010, Ballmer and Steve Jobs appeared at an All Things D conference hosted by Walt Mossberg.

Steve Ballmer shows off a Windows-based tablet PC in this file photo. Ballmer also admitted that although no release date has been slated yet, smartphones were now a priority.

"The operating system is called Windows," claimed Steve Ballmer when asked about Microsoft's plans for the tablet/slate/pad form factor at the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday.

Microsoft’s stock performance under Steve Ballmer: Not so good. Cellphone users may opt out of robo-calls, court says in Dell ruling. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire in 2014; no successor ...

LAS VEGAS--Although tablet PCs represent just a sliver of the PC market today, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says the new category could eventually account for one-third of all computers ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insinuated that the company is working on a version of Office for the iPad and for Android tablets when he addressed Wall Street analysts on Thursday. Speaking about ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CRN that the company’s new Surface tablet is anything but a publicity stunt. ’It is not a publicity stunt,’ said Ballmer responding to a question on whether ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally admitted that its Surface RT Tablet was a huge mistake. The tech giant last week revealed that it had lost more than $900 million on the tablet which has exp… ...

While Apple’s iPad runs away with the tablet market, Windows slates are still preparing for battle, with the first wave to appear by Christmas, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said ...

In part two of CNET interview, Microsoft's CEO says even one iPad is one too many, but demurs on whether his company must do more than customize full-blown Windows to compete in tablets.

Microsoft built its business on the back of Windows, but by insisting that tablets use Windows, CEO Steve Ballmer Microsoft has helped kill its chances at succeeding with tablets. So concludes a ...

Sales of the Surface tablet have gotten off to a modest start, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has told a French newspaper. The Surface is Microsoft’s flagship Windows 8 device and its ...