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Star Wars fan films get Lucas nod
News New York amateur filmmaker Barry Curtis has received the Star Wars fan's equivalent of a knighthood, winning director George Lucas' nod for the year's best fan film. The awards, sponsored by online media archive AtomFilms, were announced on Friday...
27 April 2005, 12:57
Photos: 'Star Wars' fan frenzy in LA
News Celebration IV is a Star Wars fan fest that's taking place in Los Angeles this week. On entering the Los Angeles Convention Center, visitors are greeted by a huge model of the Death Star, which hangs from the ceiling.
25 May 2007, 11:37
A real-life 'Star Trek' tricorder?
News Researchers at US university Purdue have come up with a handheld device they say can determine the chemical composition of an object or detect trace elements on its surface, similar to the tricorder the actors used to whip out on Star Trek.
28 February 2007, 10:01
Use your screensaver to find a new star
News PlanetQuest's software, which is a screensaver download that runs when your computer is idle, contains models of all the different star types and planets that exist. The technique, called the transit method, looks to a planet to orbit in front of...
1 June 2005, 10:21
Free online 'Star Trek' spoof is top Finnish film
News A spoof of science-fiction classic Star Trek has become Finland's most viewed movie, relying on free distribution over the Internet to reach more than 3 million viewers in less than two months. Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning is a full-length feature...
23 November 2005, 9:07
Star Wars Kid to get ad spend?
News The Internet's real killer app has always been the strange little amateur videos, like the Star Wars Kid or the Numa Numa Dance, that find explosive popularity almost overnight. Forget Google. A new company launching on Monday in Los Angeles, co...
1 November 2005, 9:04
Net giants look for next 'Star Wars' kid
News Will the next 'Star Wars kid' please stand up? But talent -- like the 15-year-old Star Wars fan who inadvertently became an Internet star when a video of him staging a mock light-sabre battle found its way online -- can be hard to find.
6 October 2005, 10:39
Phishing IM uses Star Wars as bait
News In both cases, people receive an instant message with an apparent reference to the newly released Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith film, encouraging them to click on a link, said Jon Sakoda, chief technology officer at IMLogic, an...
25 May 2005, 11:52
Homegrown Star Wars, with big-screen magic intact
News Three years ago, graphic artist Shane Felux came home with a digital camera newly purchased on eBay and gave his wife Dawn a deadline: three months to write a 40-minute Star Wars script, and then lights, camera, action.
25 April 2005, 14:53
Podcast fans favour Apple and Star Trek
News To whom should you be targeting your podcasts? Apple users, Trekkies and maybe Nike lovers, according to a new survey. Macworld is the No.most-visited content site by people who download audio podcasts, according to media research group Nielsen...
13 July 2006, 11:19
Sony CEO trots out stars for CES keynote
News Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer was joined by The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown and actor Tom Hanks for a star-powered CES keynote address on Thursday morning in Las Vegas. A few minutes later, Stringer brought out the star and filmmakers of The Da...
6 January 2006, 9:45
New red iPod nano supports AIDS charity
News Apple has teamed with rock star Bono to launch a new iPod nano whose sales will help raise funds to fight AIDS. The announcement of the iPod nano Red is part of a cross-brand campaign led by rock star/philanthropist Bono called (Product) Red.
16 October 2006, 9:55
News.blog: Using the Force via USB
News The new USB stick is part of the Star Wars Mimobot series that Mimoco is showing at this week's DigitalLife show in New York. The drives will be available in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities, loaded with Star Wars avatars, trailers, sound bites and...
13 October 2006, 10:43
Jackson verdict tests news sites
News It took the jury seven days to decide Michael Jackson's fate, and it took less than two minutes for cyberspace to deliver news of the pop star's acquittal. The jury in central California cleared the pop star on four counts of child molestation, one...
14 June 2005, 11:24
Pamela Anderson tops a decade of Web search
News The former Baywatch star has nabbed the top spot in Lycos's list of the most popular search terms in the decade since September 1995, when the search engine began tracking queries. The Simpsons and Star Wars were the hottest TV and film titles...
23 September 2005, 10:47
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