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microsoft is getting a reboot I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the hunt for a new head of Microsoft has begun Steve Ballmer announced he will retire as Microsoft CEO as soon as the board of directors finds a replacement for him within the next 12 months Bill Gates is not coming back but as chairman of the board of Microsoft he will certainly have a hand in picking a replacement bomber has led Microsoft for the past 13 years there have been many hit products like Windows XP xbox 360 the Kinect and Windows 7 he also ushered in the era of the microsoft retail store but Microsoft has had its problems windows was late to the game in the smartphone race and there have been mixed reactions to windows 8 and it's dramatically different interface the surface tablet has seen poor sales and oh yeah there's this guy poor little zune but it's worth noting that Ballmer isn't the only executive to leave recently the head of Xbox don mattrick he jumped to Zynga after the xbox one was announced and the former head of Windows Steven Sinofsky he left right after windows 8 was launched Ballmer wrote in a memo that now is the right time for a transition but he was working on reshaping the company to put more of a focus on hardware as well as software it'll be interesting to see if his replacement continues that mission but no matter who gets the gig I don't think we'll have another CEO who will be as eccentric as bomber you may recall moments like this ah Elmo PC and I love this company Bella purrs developers developers developers developers also getting buzz is Pandora the music streaming app is lifting its 40 our monthly listening limit for mobile users and for those of you that like to listen to music when you go to sleep the apps have a new sleep timer feature so it turns off after a set time Google wants to be your dictionary if you're looking for the meaning of a word first type in the word define then the word you're looking for and Google replies with the meaning origin and translations and there's a new app worth checking out it's called front back as in take a photo with the front camera and then the back camera that's it yeah it's simple it's silly but like vine it's inspiring people to think differently when telling a story this time with two pictures instead of one that's your tech news update for more details head to cnet com / update and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey