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August 27, 2013
Hyper-V ice cream man shows up at VMworld to cool down the rhetoric

This week in San Francisco, just a block away from VMworld, you’ll find another breed of enthusiasts – Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center technical experts. VMworld attendees are invited to come by for a scoop of some of San Francisco’s finest frozen custard and get the scoop on Hyper-V features and stats that just might surprise you.

August 26, 2013
All right, Mr. DeMille, Skype’s ready for its close up

On Monday the Skype blog posted a collection of Skype’s star turns from the small screen to the big screen, with cameos from blockbusters like “Iron Man 3,” critical TV favorite “Homeland,” and perennial standbys such as “60 Minutes.”

August 26, 2013
Watch the new trailer for ‘Battlefield 4’ and check out the other goodies

At gamescom last week, Electronic Arts and DICE showed off a new “Battlefield 4” trailer that showcased the intense and dramatic naval combat that gamers can expect with the “Paracel Storm” map. “Battlefield 4” blurs the line between game and glory, with dynamic destructible environments, epic vehicular combat and the chaos of all-out war.

August 26, 2013
How many ways does the new Xbox One controller spell p-r-e-c-i-s-i-o-n?

Sometimes it’s better to let other people toot your horn for you. Take the new Xbox One controller. Stephen Totilo of Kotaku says, “…it’s hard to explain how much better the Xbox One rumble is than any other Xbox, Nintendo or PlayStation controller. On this, Microsoft has indisputably nailed it.”