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Videogames reignite actors' careers

News Videogamers, however, will more likely recognise David for his role as the Arbiter, the deep-voiced alien "co-star" in Microsoft's best-selling Halo videogames. He said it is common for star talent to receive in the high-five figures for a single...

Tags: star, film, gameplay, character

1 February 2008, 9:45

News.blog: Sony upgrades PSP

News Separately, the company will also offer PSPs in two new colours: 'ice silver' and a Star Wars-themed white PSP emblazoned with Darth Vader's visage. The silver model will include Daxter, a Family Guy Freakin' Sweet UMD video collection and a 1GB...

12 July 2007, 10:12

EA acquires BioWare/Pandemic

News The union was funded by Elevation Partners, a venture capital firm with rock star Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic or the DS and LucasArts-owned Star Wars: Battlefront franchises.

Tags: star, deal, age, role playing

15 October 2007, 10:22

Photos: Google Earth beams you into space

News When you find a highlighted star, nebula or galaxy, you can zoom in. This star is Betelguese, which is the right arm in the Orion galaxy. Google has expanded the boundaries of Google Earth to include views of the universe with a new add-on called Sky.

23 August 2007, 11:28

Microsoft telescope puts universe on your desktop

News Here you can see that the edge of the Big Dipper's cup does indeed point to Polaris or the North Star, which is located at the plus sign. For example, this is how Betelgeuse, which is a red giant star located on the tip of one of Orion's arms...

Tags: explore, earth, star, location

20 May 2008, 11:28

Photos: Roam the heavens with Google Sky

News The Google Sky application lets users navigate space in a similar way to Google Earth -- with constellations drawn out and labelled to help cyber star gazers. The Horsehead is a rich breeding ground for new stars -- the bright area at the top left...

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29 November 2007, 9:53

New, Earth-like planet discovered

News It circles a red parent star, which is five times smaller than the Sun, with a year taking about ten Earth years. Because the parent star is cool and within a large orbit, scientists believe OGLE's surface is icy and too cold for liquid water at an...

26 January 2006, 9:40

YouTube signs up Paris Hilton for ads

News Hilton is also the star of You Tube's first 'brand channel', the second concept in the company's new advertising plan. But for the marketer who's willing to risk nasty commenters and the unmentionable one-star 'poor' rating in favour of guaranteed...

23 August 2006, 12:38

Photos: Ceatec's consumer electronics

News First there's Star Wars, and now the HD DVD group gives away Star Trek-themed bags. This is a wall TV/family organiser from Sharp Electronics. Panasonic has shown off similar wall TV concepts, so this shouldn't be too far away from being seen in...

4 October 2007, 10:32

NASA gets ready for 3D view of the sun

News Because the sun is the star that matters most to us," Kaiser said. Although coronal mass ejections are the main subject of study of this mission, it will give a deeper understanding generally of our sun as a star -- its stability and future effects...

14 December 2005, 9:34

Free speech under attack online, study says

News One case described involved a man who in 1997 launched a personal Web site at Tatooine.com, named after the fictional planet in the first Star Wars film. Three years later, the site's owner received a cease-and-desist letter from LucasFilm...

6 December 2005, 9:09

'Chicken Little' gives glimpse of digital 3D

News Even George Lucas is getting on board, promising to re-release 3D versions of the original Star Wars films in 2007, the first film's 30th anniversary. A different technique is being boosted by a company called In-Three , which Lucas has picked to...

7 November 2005, 10:19

Your TV is killing the planet

News Energy Star pushThrough its voluntary Energy Star labelling program, the EPA is hoping to encourage high-tech manufacturers to improve the energy efficiency of high-tech devices. On the power adaptor front, the agency introduced Energy Star...

23 November 2005, 9:34

When 'digital bullying' goes too far

News In 2003, the parents of Quebec teenager Ghyslain Raza sued his classmates for digitising and publishing a private video Raza made of himself practicing Star Wars light sabre moves. Web sites dedicated themselves to buying him an iPod (which he...

23 June 2005, 11:09

Sun heralds open-source Solaris era

News But its star has fallen as that of Linux, an open-source rival that's similar in many ways to Unix, has risen. Sun Microsystems is expected to release Solaris as open-source software today, as a centrepiece of the company's plan to regain lost...

14 June 2005, 10:03