Origo Film Group, Raleigh Studios Budapest and FotoKem Announce Alliance for Raleigh's New State of the Art Studio in Hungary. By PR Newswire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Raleigh Studios, the largest independent studio operator in the United States, has formed a strategic alliance with FotoKem, one of the leading motion picture post production companies in the United States, to operate a full service lab and post production facility out of Raleigh's new state of the art studio in Budapest. Raleigh's Europ..... ...Read More »

Reportlinker Adds Knit Underwear & Nightwear - A Worldwide Market Review By PR Newswire

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. ...Read More »

Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans By Reuters BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform. ...Read More »

Smartphone growth to continue strong in 2010 By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent BARCELONA (Reuters) - The wireless chip industry expects smartphone market surge to continue, with British microchip designer AR ...Read More »

Prime Focus VFX Adds Sparkle to 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Prime Focus VFX, formerly Frantic Films VFX, has completed 175 visual effects shots for the Summit Entertainment release, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" directed by Chris Weitz. Prime Focus contributed a majority of the film's most frequently featured visual effects, including CG water, atmospherics, CG matte painting and environment work, and the "Diamond Skin" effect on Edward and the other vampire characters. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is based on the popular series of novels by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and hits theaters Nov. 20th. ...Read More »

Microsoft says Windows 7 sales strong By Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were running at twice the level of any previous version of its operating system. ...Read More »

Digital Vision Announces Michael Freudenthal as CEO Following strong Q3 results and continuing the company`s investment in key staff to develop and deliver innovative image enhancement and restoration solutions, Digital Vision has today named Michael Freudenthal as CEO, starting as of December. ...Read More »

Prime Focus Names Mark Intravartolo Creative Director, North America Prime Focus, one of the world's leading visual entertainment services groups, has named Mark Intravartolo Creative Director for North America. ...Read More »

Sony says e-readers in demand, shipments delayed By Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Wednesday that early demand for its latest electronic reader was higher than expected in advance of the holidays and shipment delays could result. ...Read More »

Sony Pictures Entertainment Selects FilmLight's Baselight for New Post Facility FilmLight today announces delivery of seven Baselight colour grading systems to Sony Pictures Entertainment. The systems will be installed at its newly-built digital intermediate facilities on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City, California, and connected to the studio's Digital Backbone. ...Read More »

Origin Digital Builds on the Windows Azure Platform to Support Cloud Computing for Media Management and Publishing By PR Newswire

WEEHAWKEN, N.J., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Digital ( ...Read More »

"Call of Duty" game sells $550 million in five days By Jon Hurdle NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said its video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" scored record sales of $550 million in its first five days, but the company is still concerned about weak consumer spend ...Read More »

Ferrari Optimizes Thermal Comfort Using ANSYS By BusinessWire SOUTHPOINTE, Pa., BUSINESS WIRE -- ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that the Italian ...Read More »

Vancouver to tone down its "sonic gun" By Nick Mulvenney VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Vancouver will modify powerful audio equipment that critics say could be used as a "sonic gun" against protesters at next year's Winter Olympics, and stop any chance of using the ...Read More »

Microsoft ordered to stop some Windows sales in China By Reuters SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreemen ...Read More »

Intel's Otellini worries about PC "pinch points" By Reuters HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Reuters) - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to ...Read More »

Virtual pioneers: Macedonia schools to get wired By Adam Tanner and David Lawsky SKOPJE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - "Practical English Grammar by Correspondence" -- a 1973 tome published by the Soviet Union -- sits atop a pile of ...Read More »

DEI Holdings Companies Win Three 2010 Innovations Awards Including Two Best of Innovations Honors Definitive Technology and Viper both win coveted 'Best of Innovations' Awards By PR Newswire

VISTA, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DEI Holdings, Inc. announced today that two of its business units, Southern California-based Directed Electronics, and Maryland-based Definitive Technology, are being honored with three Innovations Awards at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show - two of them singled out for Best of Innovations honors. ...Read More »

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Selects FilmLight's Baselight for New Post Facility By BusinessWire LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- FilmLighttoday announces delivery of seven Baselight colour grading systems to Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The systems will be installed at its newly-built digital ...Read More »

RIM security chief sees smartphone attacks on horizon By Wojtek Dabrowski and Jim Finkle TORONTO/BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers could one day turn ordinary smartphones into "rogue" devices to attack major wireless networks, Research In ...Read More »