Ballmer's phone blunder cost Microsoft $10B

Computerworld Wrap-Up August 04, 2015 Ballmer's phone blunder cost Microsoft $10B Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's decision to buy the Nokia phone business ultimately cost Microsoft $10 billion in its 2015 fiscal year. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The cloud helps enterprises break chains shackling IT 2. Sprint sees record low customer loss rate, but drops to 4th place behind T-Mobile 3. So long (Vista), it's been good to know yah 4. NOW ON CIO: How millennials challenge traditional leadership 5. Review: Ikea wireless-charging furniture is stylish and functional but not without issues 6. India reverses ban on porn websites 7. INSIDER How to ask for a raise: 7 things your boss wants you to know 8. NOW ON CSO: How to kill Remote Access Trojans 9. Acer's new Windows 10 laptops arrive with Chromebook-like prices 10. Terracotta VPN hijacks servers for commercial gain 11. INSIDER Who is buying the weird, new top-level domains? And why you might (or might not) want to 12. EFF-led group wants to give do-not-track some bite 13. JR Raphael: 48 hours with the ZTE Axon -- and I'm still scratching my head White Paper: Apprenda 5 Ways Private PaaS Helps Boost Developer Productivity Digital business has become essential to the success of the enterprise. Custom applications have become a gateway to revenue creation, customer satisfaction, and cost control. This metamorphosis has put line of business developers in a position of strategic importance within the enterprise. Learn More The cloud helps enterprises break chains shackling IT At Nordstrom, the cloud is all about freeing up IT workers so they can focus on getting new apps and features into customers' hands instead of wasting time putting servers into racks. READ MORE Sprint sees record low customer loss rate, but drops to 4th place behind T-Mobile Sprint announced on Tuesday its lowest rate of postpaid customer losses in its history, even as the company officially dropped a notch to fourth place, behind T-Mobile, among U.S. wireless carriers. READ MORE So long (Vista), it's been good to know yah Windows Vista, the perception-plagued OS Microsoft debuted to the general public in 2007, has sunk to near insignificance, powering just two out of every 100 Windows PCs. READ MORE NOW ON CIO: How millennials challenge traditional leadership Millennials say they don't care about money, legacy or hierarchy, and instead aspire to be collaborative, empowering and transformational leaders. They also say their organizations lack the necessary corporate training programs to get them there. READ MORE Review: Ikea wireless-charging furniture is stylish and functional but not without issues Ikea's new line of furniture is following an industry trend toward embedding wireless charging into products, including automobiles. I found Ikea's flavor of this quite well built and stylish, but I did take issue with a couple things. READ MORE India reverses ban on porn websites India has decided to remove a block on porn websites that it introduced over the weekend, but will continue blocking sites that promote child pornography. READ MORE White Paper: Apprenda Enterprise Platform as a Service for App Architectures Apprenda is the only Enterprise PaaS on the market that supports both new and existing application architectures. In this whitepaper you'll learn how Apprenda supports your existing applications, how the applications are cloud enabled, and how they are on-boarded with Apprenda, using production customer examples. Learn More INSIDER How to ask for a raise: 7 things your boss wants you to know Asking for a raise can be a nerve-wracking experience -- especially if you're not sure what to expect. Here are seven things CIOs and hiring managers want you to know about asking for a raise so you can better position yourself for success. READ MORE NOW ON CSO: How to kill Remote Access Trojans Detecting Remote Access Trojans can be very challenging because they mimic legitimate commercial remote administration tools, open legitimate network ports, and perform very surgical operations that don't resemble typical malware techniques. READ MORE Acer's new Windows 10 laptops arrive with Chromebook-like prices The 11-inch model will launch in August in North America. READ MORE Terracotta VPN hijacks servers for commercial gain The Terracotta commercial VPN, marketed in China under a number of different brand names, uses hacked servers to power its network. READ MORE INSIDER Who is buying the weird, new top-level domains? And why you might (or might not) want to Expressing yourself? Protecting yourself? Goofing around with a major brand's trademark? Everything is possible. READ MORE EFF-led group wants to give do-not-track some bite For years, checking the "do-not-track" option on your browser has been little more than wishful thinking on the part of users who care about privacy online. Now a group led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to make that a more meaningful action. READ MORE JR Raphael: 48 hours with the ZTE Axon -- and I'm still scratching my head This unlocked metal-clad Android phone looks interesting from the outside -- but take it out into the real world, and you discover some really strange stuff. READ MORE White Paper: Apprenda Accelerating Your Enterprise Docker Strategy Enterprise Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) helps you accelerate your organization's Docker strategy and deliver the benefits developers want, all while maintaining the control IT operations needs. Learn more about how Apprenda integrated Docker into its Enterprise PaaS. Learn More Peruse our library of free digital magazines! Choose from a collection of smartly designed digital magazines, which include our most popular departments -- News Analysis, Features, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. These digital magazines also feature Computerworld signature packages, including our IT Careers 2015 Special Report, with the latest on hot skills and hiring trends, and our Forecast 2015 report, with unique insights into the IT budgets, project priorities and staffing strategies of top IT leaders. 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