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BALLMER’S HI-TECH VISION

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MICROSOFT chief executive Steve Ballmer yesterday predicted the IT industry will play a key role in bringing the world out of the recession, creating 78,000 new jobs in the UK by 2013. Speaking at a lecture organised by employers’ organisation the CBI, Ballmer said: “These next few years are going to be the best yet.”