Microsoft’s week centered largely on CEO Steve Ballmers comments during the D8 conference, where he admitted that Microsoft had fallen behind in smartphones but that the company would continue to be a presence in multiple other segments, including tablets and traditional PCs. Microsoft also responded to Googles reported dumping of Windows from its employees computers, supposedly out of security concerns, by insisting that its flagship operating system was as armor-clad as possible. Meanwhile, market share for Microsofts Internet Explorer 8 continued to rise, even as users fled previous versions of the browser. – Microsofts week climaxed with CEO Steve
Ballmer taking the stage at the D8 conference June 3 to admit that the company
had made certain crucial mistakes in the smartphone space. At the same time,
Ballmer also suggested that Microsoft was well-positioned to take advantage of
the mobile market, al…