Microsoft to Hire New CEO by Year-End:

Microsoft to Hire New CEO by Year’s End:

Microsoft has being working to find a successor to current CEO Steve Ballmer since he announced his intention to retire in late August. Founder and current Chairman Bill Gates has already denied interest in the position. The company is currently narrowing the list of candidates. The short list includes Ford CEO Alan Mulally, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, and former microsfot executive now with Pivotal, Paul Maritz. Ebay chief John Donahoe has removed himself from contention. The next CEO will be the tech giant’s third in its 38 year history following Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft Offers $200 Gift Cards for Used iPads:

Microsoft Offers $200 Gift Cards for Used IPads:  In an effort to have their Surface Tablet gain market share, Microsoft will literally pay you to switch to their product. The intreiguing promotion runs from September 5th to October 27th and is limited to one iPad per person. While they will give you a minimum of $200 for your iPad, the Surface tablet starts at $349 and ranges to $799. I have a few questions: 1. if the Surface is so good, why are you paying me to switch? And more importantly, 2. What are they going to do with all the used iPads? I doubt they are going to ship them to a third world country like 2007, and 2011 Patriots Super Bowl gear. iPads have a very high resale value, so I can't believe that Microsoft is just going to have them destroyed, but they don't want them in circulation either. I feeling like Microsoft making a massive donation of iPads to a school somewhere would garner strange publicity they don't want. If you have an idea on what they might do with a huge supply of iPads leave it in the comments below.