Microsoft CEO: Computers will figure you outThe next focus of research, Ballmer tells Charlotte audience, is machines that intuit what user wants.By Andrew Dunn https://www.charlotteobserver.com/ In the next 10 years, computers as flexible as a sheet of paper will replace notepads and newspapers, while others will be able to intuit what you’re trying to find online, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Friday to a group of Charlotte technology workers.Ballmer’s speech and question-and-answer session kicked off the N.C. Technology Association conference in uptown Charlotte. He discussed topics including health care costs and the future of Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing.“Nothing ever slows down,” he said, highlighting the need for research and…