BRISTOL, UK — Aardman Animations (www.aardman.com) created a new spot for Google featuring the studio’s familiar Wallace and Gromit characters. The commercial highlights Google+ Hangout, which allows ...
December 19, 2012
BURBANK — The latest version of FotoKem’s (www.fotokem.com) NextLab software for media management now automates the transfer of dailies to Pix System’s (www.pixsystem.com) digital collaboration servic ...
December 18, 2012
SANTA CLARA, CA – Assimilate, which makes DI and dailies tools for digital cinema, episodic television and spot workflows, has made its Scratch and Scratch Lab products available for rent via its Assi ...
NEW YORK — Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon have launched the #DontFrackNY video contest in an effort to get New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban fracking for gas in the state.
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) has released Smoke 2013, the latest version of its Mac-driven editing and visual effects tool. The new release underwent a massive redesign to make it easie ...
December 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Royale (www.weareroyale.com) has launched The Bell Ringer, its own interactive holiday fundraiser. Proceeds that the studio collects will be donated to The American Red Cross Disaster Re ...
LOS ANGELES — Reseller and systems integration company MelroseMac has been named an "Elite Partner" by Avid. The company is now certified to provide expert consultancy on the full range of Avid digita ...
BEVERLY HILLS — Nominations for the 70th Golden Globe Awards were announced this week at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jessica Alba, Ed Helms and HFPA president Dr. Aida Takla O'Reilly ma ...
December 14, 2012
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org) has announced that 282 feature films are eligible for the 2012 Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 2 ...
By Larry Jordan www.larryjordan.biz I have eagerly looked forward to the Thunderbolt-based Drobo 5D since it was first announced last July. Recently, the good folks at Drobo offered to send me a 5D fo ...