Microsoft today is like the old IBM…

The movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley” released in 1999 has a scene where IBM employees are shown in the 1970′s – all dressed in black suits and tie – basking in the glory of their supremacy in the computer market. IBM employees work in their fancy offices and laugh at the idea of Windows while Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are shown as  youngsters, wearing jeans and running around, creating their businesses our of garages. At today’s launch of the new Micorsoft Office 2010 in New Delhi, India I was reminded of that scene. All the Microsoft employees were wearing black suits and the event was in a star hotel with elaborate decorations etc. It looked exactly like the scene in the movie – except the sides had changed. While the...

Latest Nokia N8 and Apple iPhone’s lost !

It’s strange that days after Apple claimed that it’s latest iPhone prototype was lost / stolen, Nokia has claimed the same for its new Nokia N8. It’s also strange that Apple’s lost iPhone found it’s way to a blog site www.gizmodo.com and Nokia’s N8 found it’s way to another site www.mobile-review.com. What are the chances of 2 such prototypes being lost almost around the same time, then being found by almost similar review sites ? Gizmodo stripped the iPhone open and did a through review of the new iPhone, you can read it here. This lead to an immediate jump is Apple share prices ! However, apple wasn’t too happy,  they fired the employee who lost it, chased the gizmodo editor to return the phone and the cops...