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Games set for high-profile UK awards

News The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced two major sponsors for the 2006 British Academy Video Games Awards. At a launch event on Friday at the BAFTA headquarters in London, Nokia N-Gage and PC World were revealed as the joint...

5 September 2006, 9:49

Webby Awards hit ripe old age of ten

News Nominees for the tenth annual Webby Awards were announced Tuesday, and the list of potential honourees reads like a who's who of well-known Web properties. The awards -- which have seen the Internet rise, fall and rise again with the birth of Web...

12 April 2006, 8:50

US government awards Lucent $75m Iraq contract

News The US Department of Defense has awarded Lucent Technologies a $75m contract to repair or upgrade communications networks used by Iraqi private businesses and the nation's interim government agencies, Lucent said on Thursday.

26 March 2004, 12:00

News.blog: DRM scuppers 'Munich' for BAFTAs

News It's getting harder to be a film awards judge whever you are in the world. The awards panellists had been previously been sent special DVD players from the Dolby-owned Cinea, which encrypts the movies so they are harder to pirate, but the wrong...

10 January 2006, 8:48

BioShock and Wii Sports top games at BAFTAs

News The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of its 2007 Video Games Awards at a ceremony in London attended by hundreds of members of the gaming industry.At the Battersea Evolution venue, host Vic Reeves and a throng...

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24 October 2007, 9:37

Golden Joysticks honour Nintendo

News The 24th annual Golden Joystick Awards ceremony was held at the Park Lane Hilton hotel in London on Friday. Fifteen of the 16 awards are voted for by the gaming public, choosing from a panel-selected shortlist in each category.

30 October 2006, 10:38

Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail

News Privacy International's Big Brother awards highlight organisations that the organisers say pose a significant threat to privacy. The awards ceremony, featuring the comedian Mark Thomas and other special guests, will be open to the public for the...

21 June 2004, 14:40

Photos: Machinima Festival fuses games with films

News A screenshot from The Adventures of Bill and John: Danger Attacks at Dawn, which won the coveted Best Picture award at the Machinima Festival 'Mackie' Awards. The film also won Best Editing, Best Independent Machinima and Best Cinematography awards.

9 November 2006, 11:15

Photos: Green packaging eliminates 'wrap rage'

News Consumer Reports launched the 'Oyster Awards' two years ago to highlight hard-to-open packaging. Consumer Reports won't hold 'Oyster Awards' for 2008, although it will address sustainable packaging soon.

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1 May 2008, 9:45

Photos: The wiki world's arty side

News As part of the conference, the Wikimania Awards will honour the best video, audio, image and textual material contributed to various Wikimedia projects. Wikimania Awards are also rewarded to those who create original art for entries.

4 August 2006, 10:17

Special-effects masters put magic in ILM

News With its two visual-effects Oscar nominations on Tuesday, Industrial Light & Magic appears poised to win its first Academy Awards in the category it pioneered 13 years ago. And for the two ILM animation specialists nominated for their work on...

26 January 2007, 10:07

Amnesty: ISPs must guard free speech

News Speaking at the annual awards dinner held last week by the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA), Amnesty's campaigns director, Tim Hancock, told delegates that: "Web users and service providers alike have a responsibility to keep alive...

20 February 2007, 8:00

Star Wars fan films get Lucas nod

News The awards, sponsored by online media archive AtomFilms, were announced on Friday at the massive Star Wars Celebration III fan conference in Indianapolis. New York amateur filmmaker Barry Curtis has received the Star Wars fan's equivalent of a...

27 April 2005, 11:57

Photos: 'Alternative' PC designs

News Out of 644 entries, 6 designs won awards. The results are in for the PC Design Contest 2007, co-sponsored by Intel Korea and Samsung. The winning designs, announced last week, try to merge style, originality and practicality.

24 April 2007, 10:10

Nintendo presents Wii controller

News Many who attended the event, which was held in the same Kodak Theater where the Academy Awards take place, anticipated that Nintendo would unveil specific pricing and availability information for its forthcoming next-generation console, the...

10 May 2006, 10:32