Virtually tuned in and vitally tuned out

Source: Guelph Mercury

Man, what a gorgeous day. Clear skies, sunny with a cool breeze. The kind of weather that makes you grateful to be alive. Trouble is, I’m stuck at the office, staring at a computer monitor. It’s a familiar scenario. As a m ...
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Tata Elxsi sets up centres to boost gaming, ad sectors

Source: Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Tata Elxsi, the product design arm of Tata group, is betting big on sectors like gaming and advertising to boost its revenues and has set up dedicated centres for catering to the burgeoning de ...
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A crazy dream to build a computer animation industry in Argentina

Source: Earth2Tech

Behind the doors of Catmandu studios, on a quiet street in the Capital Federal district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, dozens of young animators stare intently at their computer screens in a couple of low lit rooms, obsessing over the way a gras ...
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Your Summer Movie Preview

Source: CBS Philly

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The calendar says that summer’s ahead of us, but Hollywood says that some of it is already behind us. With May now officially part of the Dream Factory’s summer and quickly disappearing from our rear-view mirror, we’re al ...
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Leisure Life: Coming to a theater near you this summer: action for all ages

Source: Abilene Reporter News

Iron Man, Spider-Man, Batman and the battleship from the 1960s board game are the summer's most prominent movie characters. Summer 2012, like all summers, will be filled with popcorn movies. But it also will ...
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‘The Simpsons’ Short Film Hits Theaters This Summer

Source: ScreenRant

As many fans of Fox’s perennial animated sitcom The Simpsons know, the above question was posed by baby Maggie during the end credits of 2007’s The Simpsons Movie. While America’s favorite yellow-skinned family has not since made a return to the big scre ...
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Source: Kaedrin Weblog

« SF Book Review, Part 11: The Vorkosigan Saga Ends | Main Apologies for the extended absence from the blog, but there were technical difficulties that have since been resolved and tonight was a busy one, so here are some fu ...
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Fave Disney Pixar films hit Dallas-area AMC screens Memorial Day weekend

Source: Dallas Morning News

Someone at AMC Theatres noticed a dearth of kid-friendly movies opening this Memorial Day weekend and decided to do something about it. The chain’s offering exclusive daily screenings of four of my favorite Disney-Pixar films, Wall-E, Ratatouille, Up ...
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May 26-June 1: Including The Town and Jar City

Source: New Zealand Listener

Meet the Robinsons (TV2, 7.30pm). Underwhelming yet frenetic Disney animation that is not a patch on Pixar. A 12-year-old orphan inventor trying to find his mother winds up in the future with the eponymous family. The film’s se ...
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