| Sundance: Stars, snow, and social cyborgs
Back in the early days of the Sundance Film Festival, when video was considered an emerging technology, there were independent filmmakers, and there were technologists. The two didn't typically go hand in hand. Fast forward to this year's festival, which starts Thursday and will for the first time feature a 3D film, and indies and techies are one and the same. These days, it's near impossible to be the former without being the latter, what with the conveniences and opportunities that come with the likes of high-definition cameras, advanced editing software, and the Internet as a distribution tool. So it's no surprise that the 2008 festival--an increasingly star-studded 10-day indie-film showcase in snowy Park City, Utah--has stepped up its technology-related programming.
Prasad Group film & TV academy
Prasad Group, Asia's largest provider of post-production services, has announced the launch of L.V.Prasad Film & TV Academy in Chennai being set up at a cost of over Rs 5 crore. The academy, which is named after the group's founder, .L V.Prasad, has been taken up in the golden jubilee year (50th year) of the Prasad Group to produce professionally trained film-makers and TV producers with a global perspective. Located on the sprawling Prasad Studios campus in Chennai, the L V Prasad Film & TV Academy offers a two-year, full-time, postgraduate diploma programme in film and television in the four different streams of direction, cinematography, sound recording and editing. .
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Now for Oscars as Julie and Daniel are honoured
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were among stars to attend the ceremony in Los Angeles Double glory: Best actor Daniel Day-Lewis and best actress Julie Christie congratulate each other after receiving their awards Honour: James Gandolfini Look here too A great night for Britain at Globes ceremony .
Powerset Co-Founder to Launch Crowdsourced Green VC Fund
Yet another high-flying Silicon Valley entrepreneur is planning to capitalize on the growing popularity of "green" technology, and to do it, he's tapping the wisdom of crowds as well as their cash. Steve Newcomb, a co-founder of search startup Powerset, is in the early stages of launching a ventur- capital fund that would accept green investments as low as $100, with a maximum investment of $1,000. "It would be a breakthrough green venture-capital fund for the people, by the people. As excited as I was about PowerSet, I'm 10 times more excited about this," Newcomb told Wired.com. "Worldwide, there is the potential to raise a multibillion-dollar fund." Newcomb joins a high-profile list of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who see energy as the big investment opportunity of the next century, including Silicon Valley heavyweights Vinod Khosla and John Doerr.
Gadgets PS3 Outsells Xbox 360, Bested Only by Wii in January Sales
PlayStation 3 beats all but the Wii during January hardware sales Holiday sales figures for gaming console hardware were predictable. Nintendo Wii was at the top, Xbox 360 somewhere in the middle and the PlayStation 3 near the bottom. But 2008 is a new year and so far looks nothing at all like 2007 – except, of course, the Wii is still number one. Nintendo's console sold the most in North America with 274,000 units, likely still selling out whatever is shipped to retailers. Believe it or not, second place belongs to the PlayStation 3, selling 269,000, just 5,000 fewer units than the Wii. The PS2 wasn't far behind either, with 264,000. The handheld systems occupied places fourth and fifth, with the Nintendo DS moving 251,000 and the PSP doing 230,000. Surprisingly, the Xbox 360 tied for last place with 230,000 units for the month.
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