Suril is a scientist, journalist and obsessive Microsoft observer. He holds an advanced degree in Biotechnology with minors in Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology. Send him tips on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/surilamin
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Windows 8 & Windows 7 OS Market Share Rises as Windows XP Continues to Decline
by surilamin
5 years
New numbers from Net Applications for the month of May show growing OS market for Windows 7 and Windows 8 while Windows XP continues to decline. Windows 7 continues to dominate at the top with the OS now over 50% marketshare, up f...
Man Who Hired Satya Nadella Promoted to Head Corporate Strategy at Microsoft
by surilamin
5 years
Longtime Microsoft employee Jeff Teper, well known for his work on the Office team, was promoted to head  of corporate strategy to work in areas such as acquisitions and development. Microsoft confirmed Teper was promoted last m...
Microsoft-Salesforce Partnership Is Now Official, CEOs Satya Nadella & Mark Benioff Gush Over New Partner...
by surilamin
5 years
It was as if two long lost brothers had been reunited. Audibly excited Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Salforce.com CEO Mark Benioff celebrated their strategic partnership in a joint conference call earlier this afternoon. Histor...
Report: Steve Ballmer Has NOT Bought the L.A. Clippers Yet (Updated)
by surilamin
5 years
While a number of mainstream news outlets have reported the L.A. Clippers have been bought by ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion, it appears this is untrue. Mr. Ballmer’s bid is said to be very strong and is heavi...
Steve Ballmer Considering Buying the L.A. Clippers
by surilamin
5 years
TMZ reports Shirley Sterling met with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Sunday afternoon to discuss the sale of the Clippers (a professional American Basketball team). The NBA (National Basketball Association) is forcing the Clip...
Microsoft Successfully Challenges Illegal FBI Letter
by surilamin
5 years
A federal court has unsealed court documents stemming from Microsoft’s challenge to an FBI National Security Letter Microsoft recieved late last year. The FBI’s letter in this case sought information about an account belon...
Google’s Chromebook Pixel Makes the Surface Pro 3 Look Like a Bargain
by surilamin
5 years
We’ve all complained about the price of the Surface Pro 3, myself included. It’s frustrating that the keyboard is an extra $130 and comparatively spec’d ultrabooks are less expensive. Maybe one lesson is that co...
Microsoft Takes Subtle Jabs At Apple During Surface Pro Event
by surilamin
5 years
At a press event in New York earlier today Microsoft executives took subtle jabs at Apple. The Redmond software giant’s CEO Satya Nadella addressed a comment made by Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2012 about Windows 8: “You can con...
Embarrassing: Microsoft Meeks Out Only 115,000 Xbox One Sales in April
by surilamin
5 years
Sony’s PS4 dominated the Xbox One for the fourth month in a row. New numbers from NPD show Microsoft only sold 115,000 units of their Xbox One console for the month of April. These numbers do not specify if they are sales di...
Yahoo’s Core Business Nearly Worthless As Alibaba IPO Comes Closer
by surilamin
5 years
There has been a lot of buzz about Alibaba lately. Their upcoming IPO is set to make a few people billionaires and many more millionaires. It may in fact be the biggest IPO ever in recent history. Analysts estimate the company is ...