Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dismissed interest in his company producing an e-reader, saying during a trip to Europe that PCs will suffice for reading digital books. However, Ballmer also suggested that he would be open to collaborating with Amazon.com or Barnes Noble on digital books. The e-reader space has grown increasingly competitive, with Amazon.com attempting to head off threats from Sony, Plastic Logic and other players.
– Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that Redmond will not manufacture an e-reader device
to compete with Amazon.com’s popular Kindle line.

quot;We have a device for reading. Its the most popular device
in the world. Its the PC, quot; Ballmer said at Erasmus University in the
Netherlands, a…