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Barbie Key Signings

If the upcoming Christmas season goes according to Mattel's plan, your pre-teen daughter might be spending their post-holiday week at her friend's houses doing what amounts to good, old-fashioned key signings. Mattel has a free virtual world for pre-teen girls called Barbie's World that let's friends talk...

Tags: Mattel Inc., Friend, Veronica, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Phil Windley

Blog posts 2007-11-09

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Inner8.com launches: Here are 100 early access invites to new stock site

Inner8.com, a new investing intelligence site, goes live today. I've got 100 invites, so if you'd like to try it out, click below. Inner8 started out as Jambaz.com more than a year ago. I participated in their early testing and, after they tried some ideas, the...

Tags: Stock, Investment, Finance, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Day 1: iPhone Dev Camp 2

iPhone development has been strong for over a year now. Ever since the device debuted in June of 2007, people have been hacking away at the platform. Now, in the summer of 2008, we have an SDK. We are now allowed to build and submit apps that...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., App, iPhone Development, iPhone App, Device, Tapulous, August Joki, 3G, Corporate Communications, XML, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-02

Is Microsoft's Danger play a poke at Apple? Google? (updated)

Is Microsoft's Danger play a poke at Apple? Google? updatednot what was statedIn the article, it was mentioned that MS was interested in their expertise with mobile hardware, not rebadging the sidekick into an iPhone competitor. The graphic on the page is just the old sidekick.With the cash MS...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Channel management, MSFT, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Zune, NPD, sales, Zune sale, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Blogger hit by Skype porn spam, plays along for a bit

Well, if Austin Powers happened to be on the Skype session that blogger Jeremy Wagstaff participated on the other day, "hey bybee" might have been his first reaction to a very solid citizen named Veronica Sexy popping up. Instead, it's Jeremy that fields...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Blogger, Jeremy Wagstaff, Instant Messaging, Blogging, Web Site Development, Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-12

30 years of 'Star Wars' brings fans of all ages

Generations of 'Star Wars' enthusiasts come togetherWhat better time to have a Star Wars convention than the 30th anniversary of the original films? Fans of all ages came together in Los Angeles this week to share their passion for the movies they say changed their lives. CNET.com's Veronica Belmont was...

Tags: Star Wars

Videos 2007-05-25

Microsoft joining the mashup world?

Demo of Microsoft's PopflyAt Maker Faire, Microsoft shows off the Alpha release of Popfly, an "easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, Web pages, and applications." CNET.com's Veronica Belmont asks for some clarification.

Tags: mashup, Microsoft Popfly, Microsoft Corp.

Videos 2007-05-21

Cell phones meet fashion

Cool clothes in hot OrlandoCNET's Veronica Belmont and Bonnie Cha survived a grueling week of new cell phones at the CTIA Wireless 2007 trade show in Orlando, Fla., and then took themselves to the "Fashion in Motion" show. Find out what bikinis have to do with mobile phones.

Tags: Cellular phones, telephone, cell phone

Videos 2007-03-29

Mario master reveals Nintendo's secrets to success

Nintendo guru's goal is gamers' happinessShigeru Miyamoto, general manager of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, speaks to the 5,300 exuberant attendees at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco about what sets Nintendo apart from its competitors. CNET.com's Veronica Belmont reports.

Tags: Games, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Videos 2007-03-08

Partying with ILM Oscar winners

ILM animators take home an OscarIndustrial Light & Magic's Hal Hickel and John Knoll took home an Oscar for visual effects on Sunday night. Their peers welcomed them back to San Francisco with a bash at the Letterman Digital Arts Center. CNET.com's Veronica Belmont was on hand to check out...

Tags: ILM Oscar

Videos 2007-02-27

ILM's Oscar-nominated animators

Lucasfilm superstars talk shopWith the 2007 Academy Awards approaching, two nominated animators from Industrial Light & Magic sat down with CNET.com's Veronica Belmont to discuss working on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Tags: ILM

Videos 2007-02-24

A tour of Lucasfilm data center

When a dozen petabytes is not enoughCNET's Veronica Belmont toured the cutting-edge data center at Lucasfilm in San Francisco. From Web sites to e-mail to graphic rendering, all the bytes pass through here at this high-tech movie production company.

Tags: Data centers, Storage, Lucasfilm, data center

Videos 2007-01-27

Industrial Light & Magic makes a villain

Davy Jones character is virtually realCNET's Veronica Belmont talks to two digital artists about how they created Davy Jones for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The result is some light, some industry and a lot of digital "magic."

Tags: Davy Jones

Videos 2007-01-26

Davy Jones in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'

Meet Industrial Light & Magic animator Hal HickelAt 12, Hal Hickel submitted a plot idea to Lucasfilm. It was politely rejected. Now the grown-up Hickel is animation supervisor for the Pirates movies series at Lucasfilm's ILM. That rejection letter hangs proudly in his office, and now he's hoping he'll have...

Tags: Hal Hickel

Videos 2007-01-25

Photoshop, in the beginning

Oscar nominee and his brother created PhotoshopMovie visual effects master John Knoll and his brother built Photoshop as the result of a hobby. At the time, Knoll was working full-time at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic. Knoll, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Pirates of the...

Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, John Knoll

Videos 2007-01-25

Industrial Light and Magic's brilliant pirate master

ILM gets Oscar nomination for John Knoll's computer workILM's visual effects supervisor oversees all the gruesome characters and supernatural transformations you see in the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Those effects have earned a 2007 Oscar nomination. Meanwhile, John Knoll is facing an April deadline for scenes...

Tags: nomination, John Knoll

Videos 2007-01-25

Must-have MP3 player: Apple iPod Nano

CNET's recommended holiday MP3 playerCNET's Veronica Belmont breaks down why she thinks Apple Computer's iPod Nano is the best pick for a portable music player this holiday season.

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Apple iPod Nano, Apple iPod, Apple Computer Inc.

Videos 2006-12-04

Sony's PS3 has 'em waiting in line

Launch of new console draws fans, speculatorsHours before the PS3 goes on sale Thursday, people in many American cities line up for a chance to buy. CNET's Veronica Belmont went to the San Francisco Metreon to talk to the hopeful gamers.

Tags: Games, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp.

Videos 2006-11-17

First Look at the Nintendo Wii

Game console put through its pacesCNET's Veronica Belmont puts Nintendo's Wii under close scrutiny. How does it compare with other consoles?

Tags: Games, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Videos 2006-10-26

Is MySpace no place? Some students unplug from social networks

The latest hot Internet trend for university students might be one that gives Mark Zuckerberg night sweats. The Facebook founder is rumored to have scoffed at offers close to $1 billion for his company, but Gabe Henderson has a hot tip for social networking tips: MySpace is no place.Henderson recently...

Tags: MySpace

Blog posts 2006-10-09