Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, plans more Star Wars movies
By Donald Melanson posted Oct 30th 2012 4:53PM Disney is already one of the biggest media companies around, and it’s now set to become even bigger. The company announced late today that it’s acquiring Lucasfilm Ltd., currently 100 percent owned by founder George Lucas, for $4.05 billion in a cash and stock deal. That of course includes the rights to both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film franchises, as well as Lucasfilm...
Can Citrix Make Any Windows App or Desktop a Cloud Service?
Citrix is focused on helping enterprises deal with the challenge of running desktops and applications in a new mobile-centric world where tablets and smartphones proliferate. “The technologies that we have, including application and desktop virtualization, allow companies to deliver applications to any type of device with control and security,” says CTO Martin Duursma. The Company: Citrix Systems Headquarters: Santa Clara,...
Cutting-Edge Curriculum with Final Cut Pro X
Over the past 30 years, Full Sail University has trained tens of thousands of students for careers in film, broadcast, and media. The school has always focused on addressing the real-world needs of the industries it feeds, adjusting its courses and tools to match. And since a new class of students begins at Full Sail every month, the university has frequent opportunities to update its curriculum. For the 6,000 students currently at...
Skitch for Android brings revamped UI, complete integration with Evernote
By Edgar Alvarez posted Oct 30th 2012 5:29PM Users haven’t exactly been content with Evernote since it took over the Skitch reigns, but that’s not stopping the Smart Notebook creator from pushing out constant updates to its Android offering. To go along with the handy tweaks from earlier this month, Evernote’s now updated Skitch with a completely redesigned user interface, the addition of a couple of fresh tools...
Nvidia to pair CPUs, graphics processors in future Tesla products
Nvidia plans to integrate CPU cores alongside graphics cores in Tesla high-performance chips, which is a change from current Tesla chips that have only graphics processors. Tesla is targeted at supercomputing and enterprise applications. Future Tesla chips with CPUs and GPUs could resemble Nvidia’s Tegra processors for smartphones and tablets, which already combine ARM CPUs with GeForce graphics processors. But Tesla chips will...
