The community votes on ideas, and those that surface to the top get a very close look by Dell.

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The IT arm of NYSE Euronext announced beta of Capital Markets Community Platform, its cloud computing offering this week, and the effort, on the surface, is a good example for other vertical markets to follow.

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If the Microsoft community, and their clients, embraces this new device as their primary business mobile tool it could place the Surface as a strong player in the tablet industry.

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On the surface, that's all there is to it, but scratch the surface and "The Weir" proves to be a profound meditation on the twin themes of loneliness and community, told so theatrically that you'll savor each peat-scented phrase.

WSJ: Truth Is Scarier | The Weir | Irish Repertory Theatre | The Master Builder | Brooklyn Academy of Music | By Terry Teachout