After conducting an annual performance review of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the software giant's Board of Directors took him to task for poor sales of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, dampened Windows revenue…

That's now two years in a row Steve Ballmer has been cut financially by the Board of Directors because of poor revenue from Microsoft's mobile department.

Surely the Board of Directors will appoint a new CEO within a year to replace Steve Ballmer and mould the company to be once again competitive in new markets like mobile.