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Entertainment Law for Filmmakers

June 9, 2011June 14, 2011 kingpinlei raindance canada film script screenwriting workshop pitch filmmaking moviemaking movie film1 Comment

In the past, we had the above course and it was very well received. Unfortunately, we can’t have it as often as we would like due to the tutor’s schedule. We are pleased to let you and your readers know that Entertainment Law for Filmmakers series is coming back once again because of its demand. It would be greatly appreciated if you could post the following on your website: ENTERTAINMENT LAW FOR FILMMAKERS DATE – JUNE 13, 16, 20, 23 TIME – 6:30pm to 9:00pm LOCATION – St. Paul’s Church…

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Apple debuts plans for new Cupertino campus, suggests future conferences will be held there

June 9, 2011June 14, 2011 Danny X Apple, cupertino, infinite loop, steve jobs, WWDC0 comment

When Steve Jobs recently displayed Apple’s plans for a new Campus building in Cupertino, he may have let slip plans to move WWDC away from Moscone West and onto Apple’s own home turf.

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Microsoft E3 presser is all Kinect

June 6, 2011June 9, 2011 Doug Groves E3 2011, Halo 4, Kinect, Microsoft, Minecraft, press conference, Xbox 360, Xbox Live5 Comments

Microsoft had the least to lose with their E3 press conference this year, so it’s not surprising that the overall feeling by the time it wrapped up was one of evolution as opposed to revolution. Nowhere was this felt more than the sheer number of Kinect related news.

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WWDC: Lion, the Switch, and the Boredom

June 6, 2011June 6, 2011 Danny X Apple, Game Center, iCloud, iMessage, iOS, iPad, iPhone, OS X, OS X Lion, WWDC 20111 Comment

WWDC ’11 is in the can, and its message is clear: You want iOS on everything. No really. You do.

But here’s a little spoiler, Apple: No, I don’t.

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Apple’s WWDC 2011 keynote kicks off soon, some already sad at what they’re not getting

June 6, 2011June 6, 2011 Danny X Apple, iOS, moscone, steve jobs, WWDC4 Comments

In the past, the WWDC keynote has been shrouded in mystery, with no press releases or comment from Apple leading up to the event, and even the signage at Moscone West being deliberately vague, giving only a hint to what might be discussed.

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Saturday Morning Science 014

June 4, 2011June 6, 2011 Pete Chapman DNA, Mass Effect, quantum computing, quantum mechanics, Saturday Morning Science0 comment

The deep nature of life as we know it just got weirder. One of my favourite books on biology is Jacques Monod’s magisterial Chance and Necessity. It is a step by step description of how life evolves at the microbiological level without any predefined plan, purely as a by-product of random forces.

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TCAF 2011 – Miguel Sternberg interview

June 3, 2011June 4, 2011 Doug Groves Hand Eye Society, interview, Miguel Sternberg, TCAF 2011, They Bleed Pixels, TORONTRON, Torontron High Roller, video, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Indies3 Comments

While at TCAF this year, we spent a few minutes talking with Miguel Sternberg of Spooky Squid about the latest Torontron arcade cabinet, the High Roller. Also on hand was a playable version of his latest game They Bleed Pixels, a “fast paced, gothic, low-fi pixel art, platforming beat’em up” that will be coming out ‘soon’ on Xbox Live Indies.

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Kinect hack: funky laser light show

June 3, 2011June 3, 2011 Doug Groves Henry Strange, Kinect, Kinect hack, Max/MSP, OpenNI, YAKH2 Comments

Yes, this is YAKH (Yet Another Kinect Hack), but this one is a little different. By way of OpenNI and Max/MSP, Matt Davis was able to map it Ableton Live and Henry Strange’s MIDI to DMX Laser Control System, which gives him control of both sound and a laser show.

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Windows 8 first look

June 2, 2011June 3, 2011 Doug Groves Metro UI, Microsoft, video, Windows, Windows 83 Comments

Microsoft officially gave the first preview of their next operating system, codenamed “Windows 8”, at D9 yesterday. While still capable of running existing Windows applications, they’ve added a new touch friendly interface that follows the same Metro UI design found in Windows Phones, and users will be able to switch between the two modes seamlessly, depending on the task at hand.

L.A. Noire: A different kind of war

May 30, 2011June 2, 2011 Wesley Fok Dear Game Diary, film noir, PS3, review, Rockstar, Rockstar Games, Team Bondi, Xbox 3607 Comments

Spoiler warning: Everything about L.A. Noire. EVERYTHING. Also a significant spoiler for Heavy Rain, though ultimately incidental to the main story.

HTC Meetup in Toronto tonight

May 30, 2011May 29, 2011 drsquid Android, canada, event, google, HTC, meet-up, smartphone, superphone, tablet, Telecommunications1 Comment

For the first time HTC is having a meet-up in Canada. If you have time to drop by tonight you’ll be able to check out “The Evolution Of Telecommunications Design”, the latest HTC handsets, and possibly some new unreleased devices! HTC presents “Telephones Lines…From Rotary To Hands Free – The Evolution Of Telecommunications Design” HTC would like to invite you to experience the evolution of telecommunications from a design perspective with the exhibit, “Telephone Lines… from rotary to hands free.” In the exhibit, we will showcase artifacts and photos from…

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Saturday Morning Science 013

May 28, 2011May 30, 2011 Pete Chapman exoplanets, quantum computing, robots, rogue planets, Saturday Morning Science4 Comments

The world’s first commercial quantum computer meets its “early adopter”…What was imagined as rare and unique now looks to be numerous and common and enough with the killer drones: what about a robot for the best in us? Schrodinger’s Catbox Arrives!!! It’s powered by a 128 cubit processor, it has a 100 square footprint, it looks like the monolith from 2001: a Space Odyssey trying out for the role of of Jake La Motta in Raging Bull and it’s yours for 10 million dollars. Originally this space would have held…