After the February 11 announcement by Nokia, about its strategic alliance with Microsoft, Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop made a surprise appearance during a presentation by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Mobile World Congress (MWC); and elaborated what he terms as “a war of ecosystems.”

In what clearly is a daringly slow move by Microsoft in the rapidly advancing tablets arena, the company disclosed at the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) that it intends making a deliberate advance in migrating its Windows OS onto tablets.

Steve Balmer, the CEO of Microsoft, announced that the year 2010 was a remarkable year for Microsoft as the company introduced the Xbox360 Kinect, Microsoft Office2010, Windows Phone7 and Internet Explorer9. Balmer demonstrated through a presentation the Windows Pnone7 and also it's in built Xbox multiplayer live facilities.

In keeping with the tradition of Microsoft kicking off the keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the company's CEO Steve Ballmer gave the keynote speech at the trade show Wednesday night.

With gadget makers gearing up for this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, it is being projected that the official attendance for the event will be around 125,000.

According to a Winrumors report, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will keynote at the Mobile World Congress in February 2011, where he will unveil the second update to the company's Windows Phone 7 mobile OS.

Addressing the audience at the Gartner Symposium earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that one of the company’s biggest strengths is the fact that it supports both consumers and business users.

At a Wednesday press conference with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that Microsoft’s Internet-based cloud technology will be used by dozens of government agencies for consolidating computer resources, enhancing information-sharing and reducing costs.

In an October 18-dated company-wide email, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the resignation of Ray Ozzie, the company’s Chief Software Architect (CSA). Though Ballmer did not mention any specific reason for Ozzie’s resignation, he did state that the position of CSA, which was earlier held by Bill Gates, will not be reassigned.

In an attempt to pitch Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, the company’s CEO Steve Ballmer recently unveiled nine new handsets that will run the new OS.