Monthly Archives: February 2012

Facebook pushes advertisers to get creative and social with ads

Facebook showed off a new suite of premium ads Wednesday that it thinks will allow advertisers to interact more directly with their customers and finally brings marketing to Facebook’s mobile properties. The premium ads, some details of which were first … Continue reading

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Windows 8 woes got you down? We have your support forum ready

With the launch of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you are likely to have more questions than answers. If you need some help, or want to chat about Windows 8, check out our support forum. Read more… Neowin.net

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Windows 8 integrates Xbox games like Pinball FX2

Windows 8 looks to tie into Xbox Live, giving gamers who purchase titles the ability to play them across multiple platforms. It remains to be seen if cross platform titles will be free or discounted. Read more… Neowin.net

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Cisco’s servers now tuned for Hadoop

Cisco’s UCS server. Server makers of all stripes have been trying to capitalize on the big data buzz by pushing Hadoop-optimized systems, and now we can count Cisco among them thanks to its latest partnership with EMC. The companies have … Continue reading

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Amazon cloud moves spook partners and customers

AWS CTO Werner Vogels The more features that Amazon Web Services adds, the more nervous its partners — and even some of its customers — get. AWS is the go-to public cloud infrastructure for many businesses. But as the company adds … Continue reading

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