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- The mania behind Toy Story Mania!
- Pixar fans rejoice: Southern California's Disneyland has opened the doors to its new Toy Story-themed ride. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi travels to the "happiest place on earth" for a look at the technology behind the multidimensional experience and why diehard fans are willing to spend the better part of a...
- Tags: Pixar Animation Studios Inc., News, kara tsuboi, disneyland, toy story, california adventure, mickey mouse, roller coaster, movies, pixar, animation, studio
- Videos 2008-06-19
- 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
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- Why you should care about Apple's Snow Leopard
- How about security?Update: I have answered my own questions with the precious few details found here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/Are there any security improvements in Snow Leopard? yes, a fewWill the NX/DEP finally be switched on in Safari and all other internet facing programs?Presumably it will be switched on for 64bit programs. All...
- Tags: OSX, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, security
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- The media is dead. Long live the media
- The media is dead. Long live the mediaInteresting comment about ads.Jeremy,I found your rejection of TV due to advertising very interesting, considering the revenues of your employer (and I presume your salary?), are utterly dependent on the same model.I would like the option of ad-free content. I understand that ads...
- Tags: TVs, Advertising & Promotion, ghosting, advertisement, ad-free content, media, TV, Godzilla
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Netpal netbook: consumers only
- Netpal netbook: consumers onlyProbably could have done this...Probably could have done this in a linux-based OS packed with educational applications, games, and maybe some media playback.I've considered writing my own UI similar to what I've experienced back in the day on the original iMac used in schools. Log into the...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Desktops, Branding, NetPal, Disney Corp., netbook, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Netpal netbook: consumers only
- I've spent the last day and half immersed in Intel's Classmate PC Eco System Summit, talking to Intel developers, folks from Microsoft and Canonical, local OEMs handling Classmate sales and distribution, and hardware and software vendors developing for the Classmate platform. Scanning Google News tonight, however, I came across...
- Tags: ASUS, Disney Corp., Parental Control, Netbook, Classmate, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Acer to launch 3D notebook at end of October
- Acer to launch 3D notebook at end of OctoberMuch rather play games.Movies? Bah, I'd much rather play games ;).Converted movies likely will be wonky when the software tries to guess the 3D from the 2D.Movies that are already 3D and 3D games will benefit the most since they already have...
- Tags: Games, Acer Inc., notebook, 3D, game
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Images: Pixar hits the 10-film milestone
- The studio, little-known at the time, released its first feature, "Toy Story," in 1995. Its tenth film, "Up," comes out Friday. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Pixar Animation Studios Inc., CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-05-28
- Photos: How to animate 10,000 digital balloons
- In creating its newest animated film, "Up," Pixar had to develop a technique for animating more than 10,000 interdependent balloons. The studio turned to its computers to make it work. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Balloon, Photograph, Productivity, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-05-27
- Photos: Getting an armchair off the ground
- Pixar's new film, "Up," centers around a house towed by thousands of balloons. What better way to promote it than with an armchair tugged by a cluster of balloons? by CNET News.com
- Tags: Armchair, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-05-08
- Apple should acquire...
- Yesterday's rumor from Gawker that Apple is in negotiations to acquire Twitter for $700 million made me smile. Not because I think that it would be a great acquisition (I don't) but because it's just one of the many companies that Cupertino has been rumored to...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Free Trade, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe
- Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafeIt's still a long long way......before cloud computing will become the norm. Issues like this illustrate one reason why. It can be hard enough to get a closed network totally secure enough to completely trust it. To get any big...
- Tags: Government, SECURITY, Cayble, Google Inc., FTC
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Can Apple survive Jobs?
- Can Apple survive Jobs?The headline was clear enoughIf he didn't have a storage story for today but felt that this was worth writing about, then he can write about it it's his blog.NZ, like all of us you have the right NOT to read a blog. You are obviously...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Phil, Tim, Apple Inc., job
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- Second Life's Linden Labs adds execs from Intuit, McKinsey
- Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, announced today the appointments of Brian Michon, formerly VP of Engineering at Intuit, as Vice President of Core Development and Judy Wade, formerly a partner at McKinsey...
- Tags: Second Life, Intuit Inc., McKinsey & Co., Virtual World, Linden Lab, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Forget MacWorld and the keynote. Jobs as Obama's CTO? No.
- So Mike Contaxis at MacSoda had the "real reason" why Steve Jobs was not going to give the keynote today at MacWorld. This was before Jobs' disclosure of the "hormonal imbalance" that his medical team has determined is leading him to lose weight. Jobs is set to...
- Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, CTO, Macworld, Obama, Internet, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Sony: What went wrong (and is still going wrong)
- Sony: What went wrong and is still going wrongI tend to agreeSony is far too big, like many companies. I also agree that they should self-split as well. Why is it they have to be under one major dinosaur company? Why not a big company, but with small "franchises" of...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Memory, Flash memory, Branding, Companies, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Get matriculated at Apple University (updated)
- Apple has hired Joel Podolny, Yale's business school dean, to start "Apple University," according to the WSJ. The company declined to provide details about the university or the position. Mr. Podolny will be stepping down as dean on Nov. 1, but will stay at Yale until year end,...
- Tags: Yale University, Apple Inc., Retail, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated
- News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service. Although the service quickly retracted the release, it's an eerily-fascinating read complete with XXXX marks for the cause and...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Apple's coming notebook transition
- Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Apple: Perception is Reality
- Apple: Perception is RealityRE: Apple: Perception is RealityAbsolutely, Apple's response will do nothing to allay investors fears and in many cases will accelerate the rumour mill.Apple need to come out a flatly confirm or deny Steve's current health and produce, at the very least, a barebones succession plan to restore...
- Tags: Warren Buffet, Apple Inc., Perception IS reality
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
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