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s. Nathan Mhyrvold, thirty-four, who as a graduate student at Cambridge University interpreted for Stephen Hawking, is in charge of new technology. Steve Ballmer, thirty- seven, who is Gates' best friend, runs the numbers side of the business. He and Gates met during freshman year at Harvard, when they lived

e to sleep on my rocking horse, and I think that addicted me." 5. Gates does not have the physical charisma of, say, Steve Jobs, the co-thunder of Apple Computer. Like Lenin, Gates leads by sheer force of intellect. He looks like a teen-ager, but not because he actually looks younger than thirty-eight. In som

ho led its Windows 95 development effort. Some Microsoft watchers place Mr. Sinofsky on a shordist of internal candidates to succeed Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. But some people close to the company say concerns about his ability to cooperate with other executives might hurt Mr. Sinofsky's chances of eventua

ng test: whether his radical overhaul of Windows can restore Microsoft's relevance on the high-tech scene and win over consumers who have flocked to Apple Inc.'s AAP, .3 60%iPad and other mobile devices. If Windows 8. which arrives Friday. proves to be a success. it would be a major milestone in Mr. Sinofskys

asked Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:20:09 +0000 Microsoft CEO bonus lags on phone, tablet results Bill Rigby - Reuters Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer failed to clinch his maximum bonus for the second year running due to the company's slow progress in mobile phones and adapting to the tablet comput

f Windows Phone 7 software and "the need for further progress in new form factors," a reference to Microsoft's inability to counter runaway sales of Apple Inc's iPad. It also pointed to a 2 percent dip in sales at its key Windows unit, which was in line with global personal computer sales, but also shows th