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Special-effects masters put magic in ILM

News Even [computer graphics] mavens were fooled into thinking that Davy Jones was [actor] Bill Nighy wearing makeup and rubber tentacles," wrote Animation Magazine in its pre-Oscar nominations reviews of the year's best visual effects.

26 January 2007, 10:07

Is YouTube too unpolished for ads?

News Ads called pre-rolls, usually 15-second commercials that appear prior to the featured video, can generate big fees, Stein said. Research shows that audiences watch the pre-rolls and that their messages stick with them longer than other ads, Stein...

24 April 2006, 9:47

How can YouTube cough up for clips?

News YouTube doesn't do any pre-screening. You need banners or pre-roll advertisements [ads that appear prior to a video clip] and YouTube has resisted pre-rolls. Fans had posted the clip, 'The Diet Coke & Mentos Experiment', at YouTube without permission.

1 February 2007, 10:17

Bracing for the Xbox 360 stampede

News Meanwhile, as countless thousands of Xbox buyers get their consoles at retailers, many others have pre-ordered from Web sites belonging to Circuit City, Wal-Mart and Amazon. The advantage of pre-ordering, said Tate, is that those who did so were...

21 November 2005, 9:31

Vista set for retail release 30 January 2007

News Following months of speculation, Microsoft has revealed that Vista will be on shelves and pre-installed on new computers on the second-to-last day of January. Mark 30 January 2007 in your diary because that's when the average consumer will be able...

10 November 2006, 11:30

Dell's Linux PCs held back from UK

News The PC supplier said on Tuesday it would sell machines with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed later this month. Dell's customers have waited a long time for a pre-installed Linux operating system. Over 130,000 users of Dell's IdeaStorm forum have...

4 May 2007, 9:44

BenQ inks mobile deal with Google

News Mobile phone maker BenQ has secured an agreement that will allow it to pre-install a range of Google search applications on its handsets. BenQ announced the deal at a press launch at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, where it also launched six new...

8 March 2006, 14:15

News.blog: How to win a ChiliPod

News If you pre-order the band's new double album, Stadium Arcadium, from Apple's iTunes Music Store, you'll be entered to win a Chili Peppers iPod. Pre-ordering also gets you an immediate download of the track Dani California, a bonus video on the...

13 April 2006, 9:21

UN report challenges US control of Internet

News The report says that "no single government should have a pre-eminent role in relation to international Internet governance" -- which runs directly contrary to the Bush administration's position announced last month.

18 July 2005, 8:38

Google to bid for AOL?

News Google could try to bid for AOL in order to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover and protect the $380m in revenue Google gets from its biggest partner, according to an analyst. We believe it is entirely possible that Google could consider making a bid for...

20 September 2005, 10:14

Dell offers savings on Linux PCs

News The figure applies to Dell's Inspiron 1420 laptop, which offers the Ubuntu Linux distribution pre-installed. Dell refuses to say whether, or when, UK users will be able to purchase laptops with Linux pre-installed.

5 July 2007, 8:45

Vista marketing confused Microsoft, say lawyers

News Lawyers for plaintiffs in a case brought against Microsoft over Vista's marketing have claimed that even the software giant's marketing director was confused by the pre-launch campaign in the US. The case involves the way Microsoft marketed PCs as...

Tags: operating system, marketing, director, consumer

29 November 2007, 8:59

Asus to ship most Eee PCs with XP

News Asus has said that around 60 per cent of its Eee PCs shipped this year will come with Windows XP pre-installed, according to reports. The Taiwanese manufacturer announced last week that it would be putting

Tags: xp, cent, windows xp, linux

14 March 2008, 9:27

Linux fans put pressure on Dell

News In late May, the computer manufacturer started selling three models pre-loaded with the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but only in the US. The decision to sell PCs with pre-loaded Linux came as a result of pressure from visitors to the IdeaStorm Web...

19 June 2007, 9:43

O2 comes top for customer satisfaction

News The mobile phone company took the prize for both the pre-pay and contract sectors, its first time winning both in the JD Power and Associates 2006 UK Mobile Study. Last year it won for pre-pay but Orange topped the contract category.

2 June 2006, 9:27