That film is part of DreamWorks’ effort to produce only stereoscopic 3D feature films beginning next year.
“Technology plays a significant role in enabling our artists to tell great stories. By utilizing Intel’s industry-leading computing products, we will create a new and innovative way for moviegoers to experience our films in 3D,” Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks’ chief [...]
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Independent Natural Resources)
The company last week said that Texas A&M University at Galveston’s Marine Engineering Technology Department had evaluated a demonstration machine in the Gulf of Mexico. The university found that the Seadog Pump was able to convert 22 percent of ocean wave energy into usable energy.
Independent Natural Resources plans to have an 18-pump field [...]
And as the fourth quarter begins, the outlook for the full year is one that is expected to post a drop in M&A spending–which would end four consecutive years of annual increases.
Advisers to prospective buyers are shaken because of investment companies like Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch disappearing off Wall Street to financial institutions like [...]
The device, called the Pocket Yoga, features a tablet screen with a digitizing pen and a tiny leather belt that wraps around the entire unit for travel, then folds up to become some sort of travel mouse. Also interesting (and further differentiation from the Vaio P) is the shot showing the display flipped over like [...]
Downloading Shazam from the Apple App Store is free for the time being. No charges are mentioned in the terms as far as I can see, but the company reserves the right to begin charging for its service later (after notifying users). Using Shazam from other phones generally costs half a U.K. pound (about $1) [...]
In 2001, there was a new
PlayStation game console, and DVD and CD sales were still on the upswing.
Of those surveyed, 37 percent of U.S. consumers say they plan to cut back when it comes to entertainment purchases this year, according to an upcoming report from The NPD Group, “Entertainment Trends in America.” Just under [...]
Jerry Yang and Roy Bostock either believe Microsoft’s brain trust is incompetent when it comes to M&A–or simply malevolent. There is a school of thought which believes that Microsoft’s real aim is to drag this out in order to embarrass and weaken Yahoo to the point where fed-up shareholders can’t take it any longer and [...]
By default users can upload files one at a time. There’s also a Java-based desktop applet you can simply drag files over to akin to Box.net’s mass uploader. The only thing missing from ProofHQ is some of the real-time collaboration found on some other tools, most notably Octopz. There’s no live video conferencing or text [...]
You can read about the other panelists on the SXSW site, but I’ve met Panos Panay, the moderator, and talked to him at length about the music business and his company, Sonicbids.
If you’re interested in such questions, and you’re heading to the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, this year, check out [...]
China Mobile has opened a wireless service center and Internet cafe at an altitude of 17,000 feet at the Everest base camp, making it the world’s highest such site, according to People’s Daily Online.
According to reports, the Internet cafe is aiming to effectively protect the Olympic torch relay teams’ communications needs at Mount Qomolangma in [...]
