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- Google's board member targeted by SEC
- Google director Ann Mather is facing civil charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection to an options backdating scandal at Pixar, where Mather used to be CFO from 1999 to 2004. In Google's filing, the company disclosed: On April 23, 2008, Ann was advised...
- Tags: Google Inc., Board, SEC, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Corporate Governance, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Pixar's next movie: Wall-E
- Pixar's next movie: Wall-ELooks Awesome!This looks great. I can't wait!
- Tags: Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Wall-E, movie
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- Pixar's next movie: Wall-E
- Pixar has posted a trailer for their next movie, Wall-E, which is slated to hit theaters in 27 June 2008. The teaser trailer was released at 8pm ET last night. Kottke.org asks "Does it make sense even if you don't speak French?" Yes, because the movie isn't...
- Tags: Robot, Movie, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Site, Kottke.org, Robots, Web Site Development, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-10-02
- Photos: Tech camp for kids
- Thousands of kids are attending iD Tech Camps on college campuses around the country this summer. Jimmy McChristy, 17, shows off video animations he''s created with Adobe AfterEffects for a four-minute film takeoff on the movie The Matrix.McChristy, a Santa Fe, N.M., high school senior, is one of thousands of...
- Tags: Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, It', photograph, game, iD Tech Camps, iD Tech, computer, Jimmy McChristy, Stanford University, camp, video game, hog, dorm, 3D modeling, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., programming, backward, Stanford, robotics, Web design, Universi
- Image galleries 2007-08-09
- Pixar options probe clears Jobs
- Although Disney discovered options backdating at Pixar the company has cleared Steve Jobs of any wrongdoing. According to SiliconValley.com:An internal investigation concluded that Pixar backdated stock options before Walt Disney acquired the film studio, but "no one currently associated with the Company engaged in any intentional or deliberate acts of...
- Tags: Stock options, job, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., stock option
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
- Disney finds backdated Pixar options
- Disney finds backdated Pixar optionsSo what is the common link...between Pixar back dated stock and Apple back dated stock? Oh yeah, Steve Jobs himself.Now, does anyone still believe his lies when he says he doesn't even remember it???A test run?Try it at Pixar, wait a bit, and if no...
- Tags: Investment, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Disney Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- Jobs challenged to remove DRM from Pixar films
- Jobs challenged to remove DRM from Pixar filmsyeah right... I bet Steve's quivering in his cave with OsamaWhat makes you think he'd actually follow through on any of that?particularly the Pixar stuff...maybe the indie music...if it really wants to be DRM freeHowever he's ultimately accountable to Disney shareholders...what's his motivation...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, job, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., DRM-free, Disney Corp., digital-rights management, music
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Jobs challenged to remove DRM from Pixar films
- DefectiveByDesign.org (a "broad-based anti-DRM campaign that is targeting Big Media, unhelpful manufacturers and DRM distributors") has challenged Steve Jobs to put his money where his mouth is regarding his February 6th open letter "Thoughts on Music." The group calls upon Apple to take three steps to demonstrate its commitment to...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, job, digital-rights management, Steve Jobs, Apple iTunes, Pixar Animation Studios Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-11
- Pixar buy dilutes Disney earnings
- Pixar buy dilutes Disney earningsSteve Jobs causes Disney film profits to fallIsn't that the headline you were supposed to be writing? Why is this news on a tech site? Buuuhhhhh... bECAUSE THEY HAD TO pay FOR pIXAR!The story somehow tries to make a good story into something bad,...
- Tags: Financial accounting, PC Magazine, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Disney Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-10
- Disney: Pixar integration better than dreamed
- Disney: Pixar integration better than dreamedBox Office Drops"should show whether box-office attendance dropped 9 percent worldwide in 2005 on the quality of films "or if...people are obtaining their entertainment in some other way."" "Some other way" is spending $1000 on a good projector, never going to the movies,...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, projector, Disney Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-12
- Photos: Pixar goes to London
- Disney-owned animation leader is exhibiting 300 original drawings, paintings and sculptures at Science Museum.
- Tags: leader, photograph, Disney Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc., London
- Image galleries 2006-03-31
- Photos: Pixar goes to London
- Disney-owned animation leader is exhibiting 300 original drawings, paintings and sculptures at Science Museum.
- Tags: leader, photograph, Disney Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc., London
- Image galleries 2006-03-31
- Images: Pixar's progress
- Images: Pixar's progressCool picturesPixar is funny. Disney isn't!
- Tags: Pixar Animation Studios Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
- Pixar to lead Disney's animation business
- Pixar to lead Disney's animation businessDisagree with this statement"But the deal also raises questions for movie fans who have flocked to Pixar films, and who are now worried that the company's unique vision might be diluted. "it doesn't raise this question at all. Disney, in its huge structure, has...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Disney Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc., animation business, Apple Inc., animation
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
- Disney board approves $7B Pixar acquisition
- Disney board approves $7B Pixar acquisitionWill the wave go "out" again?Will Pixar dump its macs for the second time and move to Linux? Now that Jobs control over the company is "diluted", it may make more sense to run commodity hardware render farms - than paying a premium to have...
- Tags: Corporate governance, acquisition, Disney board, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Disney Corp., board
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
- Images: Pixar's progress
- More than one observer has said that Pixar seems to be working the kind of revolutionary magic Disney once did.
- Tags: Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Disney Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-01-24
- Disney board approves $7B Pixar acquisition
- Its official. The Walt Disney Company today announced the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios, the blockbuster animation studio majority owned by Apple's Steve Jobs, for $7.4 billion.Jobs will take a seat on the Disney board and Pixar President Ed Catmull will serve as president of the new Pixar and Disney...
- Tags: Disney Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- Disney buys Pixar
- Disney buys PixarDisney buys PixarOh great, now who is going to make fun of Disney in their movies?Bigger clash than corporate culturesForget the clashes mentioned in the article, there are much bigger issues here.You've got Apple, owned and run by Steve Jobs who sell electronic devices like computers, iPods and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, Disney Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-24
- Microsoft offers early peek at designer tools
- Microsoft offers early peek at designer toolsVery, very nice[url=http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/interactive_designer/demos.mspx]These programs[/url] should advance user interface program design, a great, great deal.Adobe running scared...Adobe is officially finished now. We dumped Adobe tools years ago for Microsoft Publisher and Photo Draw. However, my rep said that not all companies have done this. My...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., Pixar Animation Studios Inc., SVG, rep, designer tool, Adobe Systems Inc., PostScript
- Discussion threads 2006-01-24
- Images: Pixar's progress
- More than one observer has said that Pixar seems to be working the kind of revolutionary magic Disney once did.
- Tags: Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Disney Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-01-24
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