Ballmer On Yahoo: 'I Wouldn't Say Anything'; Chambers On Google: Good For Hardware

Here’s the scene via Tiernan Ray of Barron’s: Charlie Rose interviewing Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Cisco Systems’ John Chambers at the Mandarin in NYC. Rose to Ballmer: Why doesn’t Microsoft buy Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) given the acquisition of aQuantive? Baller says he talks a lot with new Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and “looks to new ways to partner with those guys.” Not enough for Rose, who pushed again, asking if Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo. Ballmer: “