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ILM snags Oscar nods for visual effects

How do you make a 30-foot robot/semi-truck appear lifelike? What about a creature with tentacles for a face? Those were some of the challenges for the visual-effects teams at San Francisco-based Industrial Light & Magic. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with the designers behind Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean:...

Tags: News.com, Effect, Team Management, Management, ilm, transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, george lucas, san francisco, kara tsuboi, oscars

Videos 2008-01-23

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Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me

Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), App£e, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...

DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...Continuing Saga to show how great D* is now adayFrom a 7+ year customer and I am a paper thin from calling it for D*.http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=133090RE: DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...I've been with DTV since December 1994. I am also a FCC certified card carrying...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, DirectTV, Ma'am, Well HERE, DirecTV, closet

Discussion threads 2008-07-20

Mystery Stories: Island of Hope (exe)

Top New York journalist Michelle Deanfield is finally taking a much needed Caribbean vacation. Join her on the white sands amidst the magic of the Mayan culture, steeped in legend and divinity. Not to mention, a good-looking diving instructor in her view. Everything is rosy for Michelle, that is, until...

Tags: Curse, SpinTop Games, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-07-17

Game Package (exe)

Game Package 1 is 5 humorous games in one package. Whatever your tastes, at least one is bound to tickle your funny bone. A drunk Santa, a Benny Hill mouse, a celebrity basher, pirates with character and a war between turkeys and potatoes. This version is the first release on...

Tags: Making Video Games, Game Package 1, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-07-17

Where to ditch that old iPhone? Recycling and mobile phones

This story from the Environmental Leader is perfectly timed, considering the overwhelming media din over today's iPhone launch. According to a timed survey released by Nokia, it seems that only three percent of people opting for a new mobile phone actually recycle the old ones when...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Recycling, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Phillips DC912

When it comes to iPod speaker systems, there are at least three criteria for most shoppers: compatibility it needs to work with your particular iPod model; form factor (it needs to fit into a given space, be it a spacious shelf or tiny nightstand); and value (good sound for the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Phillips DC912, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2008-07-03

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users loseCompetition?Does Viacom think that a 10 minute pixellated clip of a show or movie is really competition for seeing the entire show/movie on a TV or big screen? This is getting ridiculous. If anything, having these clips on YouTube is free...

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Viacom Inc., Google IP, YouTube Inc., IP, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Microsoft targets password stealers

Microsoft targets password stealersSeeing is believing[i]Those are some staggering numbers, and show just how far and wide this kind of malware has spread.[/i]Ain't it the truth, but seeing is believing. Malware in all its dingy stripes is worse than rust in that it refuses to sleep, and spreads like locust...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Patches, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, password, MSRT, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Discussion threads 2008-06-21

Sea Copter (dmg)

After a powerful freak storm, close to a coast guard base, a mysterious sea vortex has formed from the ocean depths, a giant whirlpool that consumes everything in its radius. Merchant ships caught off guard in the mysterious storm have drifted into the vortex's watery grip. Some ships escaped the...

Tags: Ship, Reliabit, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-06-17

Study: MP3 generation still a bunch of pirates

Study: MP3 generation still a bunch of piratesAnd if the study was done before MP3'sYou would have probably gotten similar stats for copies of cassettes. Where the record industry messed up at was not selling MP3 music online sooner.Music industry cartel propaganda.How many people were surveyed? 3? 100? A million?...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, MP3, music, MP3 generation, piracy

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

International MP3 Songs (gadget)

Introducing the Amazon International MP3 Song Gadget. The MP3 Song gadget lets you play music samples in Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Caribbean, Cuba, Celtic, Compilations, Europe, Far East & Asia, General, India & Pakistan, Latin Music, Middle East, North America, Pacific Islands, Reggae from Amazons DRM-free catalog of over...

Tags: Song, MP3, Sidebar Gadgets, Digital Music, Digital Media, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-29

Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google

Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than GoogleCreative distruction makes us all stongerI think Ray is right. His biggest competitor is open source. I'm not sure Microsoft will recover unless they learn how to embrace open source. The patent wars they have started make them toxic...

Tags: PDC, open source, Microsoft Corp., Ozzie, disruptive competitor, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

What is the U.S. doing about security?

I've been terrible busy lately.  Hopefully you all here haven't noticed, as I've been working hard to still keep my posts flowing, but I've just got time to catch up with several blogs that I read often.  One of those blogs is the Emergent Chaos blog...

Tags: Card, Database, President, Blog, Passport Card, RFID, Government, Security, Wireless, Biometrics, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-20

News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Pirate Ship 3D Screensaver (exe)

Just a few centuries ago the seas were ruled by bloodthirsty and greedy pirates. They not only robbed the civilian fleet but also battled each other for the stolen loot. A lot of their ships sank in the Caribbean and still remain their. In this screensaver we get an awesome...

Tags: 3D, Astro Gemini Software, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-05-13

A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic

The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...

Tags: Pinta, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-11

iTunes FairPlay DRM - Protecting artists and labels, or helping Apple sell more iPods?

iTunes FairPlay DRM - Protecting artists and labels, or helping Apple sell more iPods?Adrian, I do not think it is a lack of ....motivation as much of lack of knowing that DRM even exist until they are trapped by it.Oh, come on man...You think people are stupid about this in...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., digital-rights management, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory

Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theoryNiceOK so if I buy a CD and let strangers walk in my house and listen to them I'm infringing on copyright! hahahaha!This judge probablydissented just to get his name in the paper. Because hundreds of other judges have upheld the theory, because it's pretty...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Copyright-Infringement, theory, legal theory, RIAA, music

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Indian techies snubbing US jobs to stay home

Indian techies snubbing US jobs to stay homeThat's What Locusts Do.They destroy one place and move on to the next one. Indians destroyed the job market in America and they are moving on to the next place to gut out and leave to die.RE: Indian techies snubbing US jobs...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, family network, Indian techy, job

Discussion threads 2008-04-29