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RSS fanFacebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News Facebook's experiments in social-media advertising turned instead to "engagement ads", which have come under some scrutiny themselves, and the "fan pages" that it encourages brands, organisations, and celebrities to create. [21 Sep 2009]
Back @ you, Twitter: Facebook adopts 'at links' tagging
News As you type the name of what you would like to reference, a drop-down menu will appear that allows you to choose from your list of friends and other connections, including groups, events, applications, and [fan] pages. [11 Sep 2009]
Salesforce.com tech to turn customers' Twittering into useful feedback
News The service also integrates with a Facebook fan page. For companies that want to turn all those customer tweets and updates on Twitter and Facebook into something more constructive, Salesforce.com is bringing some new... [10 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: Why Apple was smart to OK 'iTunes killer'
Comment I am a long-time fan of the service, which allows you to stream music at will from a huge online database for free, as long as you don't mind a few adverts. Though Apple has rejected many iPhone apps that may threaten... [03 Sep 2009]
MGM Creates Virtual Online Tour to Expand Fan Base, Drive New Revenue
White Paper To give fans the ultimate preview of its Stargate Universe television series, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) worked with Microsoft to create a three-dimensional virtual tour of the show's set. The team used Microsoft Photosynth to stitch... [28 Aug 2009]
Italian Car Maker Forms Stronger Customer, Fan Connection With Top-Performing Web Site
White Paper Ferrari wanted to make its Web site as state-of-the-art and captivating as the cars it manufactures. The company migrated from a Java-based infrastructure to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to streamline development, simplify... [28 Aug 2009]
Facebook Fans can now Twitter their updates
News In a post on the company blog, Facebook announced that updates to "fan pages" - public profiles for celebrities, brands, organisations, etc can now be sent out through Twitter. The fact that Facebook's first Twitter app... [24 Aug 2009]
Thermal Design of the Dell PowerEdge T610, R610, and R710 Servers
White Paper Flexible BIOS options, dynamic fan speed control, custom heat sinks, efficient fans, and airflow management are some of the ways Dell provides an efficient, reliable thermal solution. Dell wants to simplify IT for its... [15 Aug 2009]
There's just one problem with tablets: No one wants them
Comment Tablet computers - elegant slates that you operate with a touchscreen - are attractive if you're a sci-fi fan. With rumours abounding that hardware makers are falling over themselves to make tablets, Rafe Needleman asks... [05 Aug 2009]
Naked CIO: Why Google's OS is dead in the water
Comment While I am no great fan of Microsoft or Apple - and have expressed rather opinionated views on the total cost of ownership of Linux environments - I have been recently perplexed by Google's decision to enter the... [03 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.07.09
Round-Up James Bond become a fan of Walther PPKs Yes, personality counts but unless you've got a lot of stickers on your side telling the world how official and accredited you are, there's just no point showing up in the office. [10 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up The Round-Up is a big fan of Scandinavian countries. They've got some of the most stirring landscapes, tastiest beer and best reindeer steaks in the world. Granted, there's not a lot of competition in the reindeer steak... [26 Jun 2009]
iPhone has no place in business say CIOs
News Another iPhone fan is Mike Roberts, IT director of The London Clinic, who spoke up for the iPhone's Outlook connectivity skills. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury, IT chiefs were asked whether they're planning to offer... [16 Jun 2009]
Small Tahoe Truckee School District Makes Big Improvements in Communications, Efficiency With Cost-Effective Advanced Technology
White Paper Yet their responsibility extends over 720 square miles that fan out from Lake Tahoe, all of it high mountain terrain, much of its winter access covered by ice or deep snow. Tahoe Truckee Unified, a K-12 school district... [12 Jun 2009]
Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformV FICON Express 4 Mainframe Systems Performance
White Paper It shows the overall the test series shows that that not only can the USP-V handle extreme IO conditions in a typical channel configuration, but the FICON PCB design provides matchless performance in a SYSPLEX environment where port... [11 Jun 2009]
