Hungarian student hurls eggs at Microsoft CEO Ballmer

May 21, 2008

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer scrambled for cover from an egg-hurling protester during a talk at a Hungarian university Monday.

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