The Inquirer posted a story that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been awarded only half of his allowable maximum bonus after having overseen lower than expected Windows Phone 7 sales.

A filing at the US Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Ballmer was paid $1.38m for 2011. This includes a bonus equal to 100 per cent of his salary, the report adds, but was only half of what he could have won, which is set at twice his annual pay.
The Microsoft board added in the filing that Ballmer had been underpaid. Something that a lot of other people might argue with.

  Windows Phone sales dampen Ballmer's bonus