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First Windows, now Xbox: Why Microsoft is listening to the masses

zdnet.com — Summary: Microsoft is actually listening and responding to customer feedback. That's a refreshing change from the policies of some divisions over the last few years. Covering Microsoft is giving me whiplash lately. After the last few years of watching certain parts of the company march forward, with a "we know best" attitude, the new Microsoft is bending to the will of the masses.
Yes, @maryjofoley is right about Microsoft "listening to the masses." Those Sony videos helped too zdnet.com/first-windows-…
Someone get @maryjofoley a neck brace. >> First Windows, now Xbox: Why Microsoft is listening to the masses zdnet.com/first-windows-…
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Telstra's copper could last 100 more years: Thodey

zdnet.com — Summary: Telstra CEO David Thodey has said he believes Telstra's copper network could last 100 more years. Telstra CEO David Thodey has said that the company's copper access network, which could be used under the Coalition's fibre-to-the-node (FttN) alternative National Broadband Network (NBN) policy, could last for 100 more years and would not decompose.
Telstra's copper could last 100 more years according to CEO David Thodey. zd.net/193Fh5u

Microsoft reportedly pondered buying Nokia, bailed

zdnet.com — Summary: The plan was to combine Microsoft with a device maker with scale and then go after the likes of Apple and Samsung. Microsoft reportedly was in talks to buy Nokia's device unit, but talks broke down.

Yahoo Mail surpasses 100 million active users, tweaks layout

zdnet.com — Summary: Although it's not exactly on par with the subscription counts at Facebook and Gmail, Yahoo Mail now has 100 million active users to call its own. Yahoo has hit two milestones as of late.

Structure 2013: Amazon CTO offers forecast for cloud market

zdnet.com — Summary: The "cloud father" also shares some lessons to be learned from the evidently winning strategy at Amazon Web Services. Closing out the end of the first day of GigaOM's 2013 Structure summit , there might not be anyone better to offer some thoughts on the state of the cloud industry than Amazon CTO Werner Vogels.
ZDNet: Structure 2013: Amazon CTO offers forecast for cloud market ow.ly/2xJaOt

Researchers able to predict Apple iOS-generated hotspot passwords

zdnet.com — Summary: Although iOS generates seemingly random passwords for its hotspots to eliminate the use of 'default' passwords, researchers at a German university have found that they are able to break these passwords in under a minute.
Researchers able to predict Apple iOS-generated hotspot passwords - zd.net/128klk1

Workday CEO on Oracle, Dropbox, and the CIO role at Structure 2013

zdnet.com — Summary: Workday's chief offers suggestions for the best approach for dumping legacy systems for the cloud. Considering that his company arguably became the poster child of successful enterprise software IPOs in 2012, Workday co-founder and co-CEO Aneel Bhusri would be a good person to turn to for tips about solving enterprise tech problems. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based company made a splash on the New York Stock Exchange when it went public last October.
ZDNet: Workday CEO on Oracle, Dropbox, and the CIO role at Structure 2013 ow.ly/2xJ7eG

Laptops give you HOLS (Hunched-Over-Laptop Syndrome) and tablets are a pain in the neck

zdnet.com — Summary: Portable computers, tablets and smartphones are damaging the heath of most of the people who use them extended periods of work, and we could be in for an epidemic of "iPad neck". However, there are ways to reduce the risk....
Laptops give you HOLS (Hunched-Over-Laptop Syndrome) and tablets are a pain in the neck, by me at @ZDNet ~ zd.net/13Rf6cE