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OSCAR: Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime AOL's internal project name for AOL Instant Messenger AIM. The core functions of OSCAR, known as the Basic OSCAR Services BOS, include...; Full OSCAR Definition >>

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A scientific Oscar goes to Stanford: On February 9, 2008, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give its ten Scientific and Technical Academy Awards for the year. One of them will go to a professor of computer science at Stanford University who worked with scientists from Industrial Light & Magic. They'll receive this...; Tags: Method, Particle, Stanford, Computer, Oscar, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-04
Photos: Celebrating 'Pirates' Oscar win: Hundreds of Industrial Light & Magic employees gathered in San Francisco to celebrate their Oscar for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.; Tags: OSCAR, piracy, San Francisco, photograph; Image galleries 2007-02-27
Yahoo: Cast YOUR Oscar Academy Awards Ballot!: Yahoo is doing what it does best at its dedicated micro-site for the "Countdown to the 79th Annual Academy Awards."The Yahoo Movies special theme feature showcases non-stop Oscar news, profiles of nominees, photos and videos, a blog, Oscars history...AND unique interactive activities:Yahoo Avatars hit the red carpet: Dress your onlone...; Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Yahoo, Blogs, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, Amateur Content, Brands, TV, Television, Movies, Social Networking; Blog posts 2007-02-24
Oscars.org attracted audience of 100,000 on Oscars night: ComScore analyzed the Web traffic trends on Oscars night. Even though the Internet Movie Database, (IMDB.com), attracted 2.5 mln visitors worldwide on Oscar Sunday, the Academy Awards show did not produce a significant jump for this site and traffic rose only 3% versus the previous Sunday (February 26, 2006). Worldwide...; Tags: OSCAR; Blog posts 2006-03-13
IMDB.com top movie site on Oscars night: IMDB.com also drew more US visitors on Oscar Sunday than any other site measured by ComScore, but it attracted less than 1 mln US visitors, with traffic virtually unaffected by the awards show. As with worldwide Internet users, sites bearing the Oscar name experienced the strongest traffic gains of...; Tags: OSCAR; Blog posts 2006-03-13

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diversITy: can being gay hold your career back?: Edit: Just a couple of grammatical tweaks. This series of entries, called diversITy, continues from the previous topic, all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. This time, I'd like to put forward: sexual orientation in the workplace, can it set you back? ...; Tags: Workplace, Career, Diversity, U.K., IT Industry, LGBT, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Will those with "brain cooties" find equality?: A new mental health parity act is sailing through Congress and should be enacted this summer. I should be happy with this. As I've noted here previously, I have a family history of ADHD. But as with the previous such act, which passed in 1996, parity depends...; Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-01
Pidgin (exe): Pidgin formerly known as Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for BSD and Windows. It is compatible with AIM Oscar and TOC protocols, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks. Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that...; Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, IRC, IM, Plug-in, Pidgin, Instant Messaging, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Internet, Online Communications; Software downloads 2008-05-19
Images: In 'Iron Man,' CGI is a major element: Paramount's new film based on the popular comic book hero is heavy on the computer-generated imagery provided by Industrial Light & Magic.Iron Monger faces down Gwyneth Paltrow in a scene from Iron Man. :ILM visual effects supervisor Ben Snow, who led the visual effects team on Iron Man,...; Tags: Team, Film, Animation, CGI, Computer, Paramount, Scripting Languages, Productivity, Software/Web Development, Web Development, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-01
Gore Lawsuit Over Inconvenient Untruths?: Will Gore be in court over his movie, "Inconvenient Truths?" For those who find the fuss over global warming to be inconvenient, the thought is delightful. The idea was publicly aired last week by the founder of the Weather Channel who agrees with those who see "global warming"...; Tags: Lawsuit, Global Warming, Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-13
AOL puts OpenAIM on Aggro license: My English friends have a term for it -- aggro. As in aggravating. That's the best way to describe the Open AIM developer program announced yesterday by AOL. Sure it's open but is it open source? Or is it an attempt to get some...; Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Usage Limit, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Oscars emcee Jon Stewart plays with his iPhone, Wii too!: Seems like Academy Awards emcee Jon Stewart managed to include iPhone and Wii-related compedy bits in last night's Oscar telecasts. Engadget has posted a grab from one of those moments. Doesn't tell us much about the iPhone except for the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Engadget, Nintendo Wii, Jon Stewart, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Jon Stewart's iPhone: Product placement or pop culture?: Last night I was watching the Oscars (go Ratatouille!) frantically adding movies to my Netflix queue when host Jon Stewart did a bit about his iPhone. It occurred during a long reel of previous Oscar winners I think, when the camera cut back to Stewart he joked...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Jon Stewart, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Into the Wild wallpaper (jpg): Decorate your desktop with scenes from the Oscar nominated film Into the Wild.; Tags: Wallpaper, Scene, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-02-14
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street desktop (jpg): Put Johnny Depp on your desktop with scenes from his Oscar nominated film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.; Tags: DreamWorks SKG, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-02-13
No Country for Old Men screensaver (zip): Get the screensaver from the Coen brothers Oscar nominated film No Country for Old Men.; Tags: Screensaver; Software downloads 2008-02-13
Michael Clayton wallpaper (jpg): Decorate your desktop with scenes from George Clooneys Oscar nominated film Michael Clayton.; Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Publication, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-02-13
In the Valley of Elah screenplay (pdf): Read the screenplay for the Oscar nominated film starring Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones.; Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Publication; Software downloads 2008-02-13
Global+warming%3A+bringing+it+home: Global+warming%3A+bringing+it+homeReal scienceEver hear of Sun cycles? Might want to look that one up and seriously consider the real science, not the "green" Al Gore pap science, that applies to why the climate is in a warming trend!global warming: chicken little lives onGlobal warming probably is taking place. What is...; Tags: global warming; Discussion threads 2008-02-06
News to know: Windows Server 2008; MySpace developers; Zimbra: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: What will run on Windows Server 2008--and when No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-March Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 are good to go Ballmer outlines Microsoft's eight long-term growth bets Vista marketing...; Tags: Developer, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Server, Zimbra, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, MySpace, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-02-05