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Disney Films Go Portable

Disney Films Go Portable 03/19/2005 02:55 AM
The Mouse will release some of its movies for the Sony PSP device.

After Career in Sex Films, Doctor Aims
to Protect

After Career in Sex Films, Doctor Aims
to Protect 05/10/2004 01:12 PM
As the sex-film industry has been brought to a standstill by an outbreak of H.I.V., actors have flocked to the clinic of Dr. Sharon Mitchell, a former sex-film actress.

Disney to Release Films for Sony PSP

Disney to Release Films for Sony PSP 03/19/2005 02:58 AM
Disney will support the Universal Media Disc (UMD) format made specifically for the Sony PlayStation Portable unit, and will release five movies this spring, the company announced on Thursday. Disney is only the second major studio to announce support for the format other than the Sony-owned Sony Pictures unit.

Disney to Release Films for Sony PSP
Game Device (Reuters)

Disney to Release Films for Sony PSP
Game Device (Reuters) 03/17/2005 04:07 AM
Reuters - The home video arm of the Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday said it would release movies in the newly-developed UMD format for Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable handheld video game and media device.

Microsoft: Cripple IE to Protect Your PC

Microsoft: Cripple IE to Protect Your PC 07/28/2004 09:23 AM
Microsoft is doing something unprecedented: It wants you to break one of Internet Explorer's key features. Why? Because only by limiting the browser's functionality can you be sure of stopping a sneaky--and dangerous--new breed of Internet virus. This latest targeted attack scenario, which uses malicious code dubbed "Scob" or "downlad.ject," exploits three flaws: two in Windows and one in Internet Explorer. One of the holes involves JavaScript; targeting this flaw, the Scob code lets a hacker attach a program written in JavaScript to Web pages. If you visit an infected Web site, the program automatically executes in IE, and voila! you're infected. Taking advantage of these multiple flaws, a group of Russian crackers recently mounted attacks on several hundred Web sites--aimed at putting lots of visitors at risk. Included on their hit list were some very reputable sites.

Microsoft On the Issues: Protect Our
Children

Microsoft On the Issues: Protect Our
Children 04/22/2004 06:57 PM
The content is shocking; so is its volume. Last year, more than 200,000 reports of Internet child pornography were received by the Web “tip line,” www.cybertipline.com.

Microsoft trains users to protect PCs

Microsoft trains users to protect PCs 05/05/2004 02:51 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer May 5 2004 7:23AM GMT

Microsoft To Buy Disney?

Microsoft To Buy Disney? 02/13/2004 08:06 PM
Friday afternoon merger speculation... As everyone waits to hear who really is bidding on AT&T Wireless, another story is popping up wondering if Micros oft might come in and make a bid on Disney, now that Comcast has put Disney (involuntarily) in play. While it wouldn't be a surprise if others made offers on Disney, and Microsoft could easily afford them, I don't think Microsoft would dare do such a deal. I think they're smart enough to know that it would have a very high likelihood of causing more problems than it helped them solve. It would definitely take them off of their current focus, and they've shown no inclination to do that. Besides, as the article points out, Microsoft already own 7.4% of Comcast, and would own 4% of Disney should that deal go through - giving them plenty of influence. In other words... there's really nothing to this story other than idle speculation on a Friday afternoon.

Microsoft and Disney...

Microsoft and Disney... 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
Walt Disney announced today that it has agreed to license Microsoft's digital rights management technology which "prevents illegal distribution and co...

Microsoft unveils add-on to protect kids
online

Microsoft unveils add-on to protect kids
online 08/17/2004 09:45 AM
Microsoft has unveiled a free add-on for its FrontPage 2003 web authoring application, which it hopes will make the internet safer for children. The add-on is designed to allow website authors to add Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) content labels to their web pages. These labels are recognised by a variety of content filtering tools designed to help protect children from potentially harmful content on the web.

Microsoft and Disney: All Your DRM Are
Belong To Us

Microsoft and Disney: All Your DRM Are
Belong To Us 02/10/2004 03:00 AM

Microsoft a Disney Suitor?

Microsoft a Disney Suitor? 02/13/2004 03:50 PM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Feb 13 2004 7:49PM GMT

Microsoft Offers Technology Designed to
Help Protect Inboxes

Microsoft Offers Technology Designed to
Help Protect Inboxes 11/17/2003 06:55 AM

Disney - part of Microsoft empire?

Disney - part of Microsoft empire? 02/14/2004 10:52 AM
itv.com Feb 14 2004 3:09PM GMT

Other News: Microsoft-Disney Deal

Other News: Microsoft-Disney Deal 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Jilted by Jobs, Disney turns to Gates for a vague partnership.

Microsoft/Disney Announcement Video

Microsoft/Disney Announcement Video 02/10/2004 02:42 AM
A new "video" press release from Microsoft for the MS/Disney announcement. Shows a little more than the standard photo in the press release. Check it out. 300 kbms, Windows Media format.

Microsoft offers technology designed to
protect inboxes from spam

Microsoft offers technology designed to
protect inboxes from spam 01/05/2004 06:15 AM
AME Info Jan 5 2004 5:36AM ET

Microsoft Offers Technology Designed to
Help Protect Inboxes From Spam

Microsoft Offers Technology Designed to
Help Protect Inboxes From Spam 11/17/2003 11:36 AM
TopHosts.com Nov 17 2003 10:52AM ET

Disney descendant quits the Disney Board
of Directors, and tells Eisner why

Disney descendant quits the Disney Board
of Directors, and tells Eisner why 12/02/2003 04:13 AM
Roy Disney's letter of resignation to Eisner .. email

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Disney Dream Desk PC - Disney glues Blue
Ears on PCs

Disney Dream Desk PC - Disney glues Blue
Ears on PCs 08/06/2004 04:29 AM
I4U Aug 6 2004 8:30AM GMT

Disney to Use Microsoft Software for Web
Movies (Reuters)

Disney to Use Microsoft Software for Web
Movies (Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. (DIS.N) has agreed to license copy-protection technology from Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) for distributing movies over the Internet, the companies said on Sunday.

Disney and Microsoft team up on digital
content, DRM

Disney and Microsoft team up on digital
content, DRM 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
Disney and Microsoft have announced a partnership in which they will work together on digital media ventures using Disney content and Microsoft technology

Microsoft a Disney suitor?: Content may
really be king

Microsoft a Disney suitor?: Content may
really be king 02/14/2004 07:54 AM
Manorama Online Feb 14 2004 12:40PM GMT

Microsoft, Disney in digital media deal

Microsoft, Disney in digital media deal 02/10/2004 02:43 AM
Microsoft Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. have signed a deal to improve the quality and security of digital media and the ability to access digital media from different types of devices, the companies said late Sunday.

Disney, Microsoft to partner on digital
content

Disney, Microsoft to partner on digital
content 02/10/2004 03:00 AM
The Walt Disney Company will license Microsoft's Windows Media digital rights management (DRM) technology for Disney content on mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and future portable media players, reports Gary Gentile of the Associated Press...

Microsoft Announces Availability of New
Solutions to Help Protect Customers
Against Spyware and Viruses

Microsoft Announces Availability of New
Solutions to Help Protect Customers
Against Spyware and Viruses 01/06/2005 10:08 PM
As part of its ongoing efforts to address current and emerging security threats to computer users, Microsoft Corp. today announced two new technology solutions that will provide added protection against spyware and malicious software. Customers now can download the first beta version of Microsoft® Windows® AntiSpyware, a solution that will help protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. In addition, the Microsoft Windows malicious software removal tool, which complements traditional antivirus technologies by removing prevalent viruses and worms from a PC, will be available beginning Jan. 11, 2005. These solutions build on the advanced security technologies and proactive protection features of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which help better safeguard computers from hackers, viruses and other security risks.

"Disney descendant quits the Disney
Board of Directors, and te..."

"Disney descendant quits the Disney
Board of Directors, and te..." 12/02/2003 09:59 AM

Disney and Microsoft Partner on Windows
Media Efforts

Disney and Microsoft Partner on Windows
Media Efforts 02/10/2004 05:26 AM

Disney, Microsoft join in digital rights
management

Disney, Microsoft join in digital rights
management 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

Disney and Microsoft announced a long-term partnership, wherein the software giant would distribute the entertainment giant's content through secure channels, including PCs and mobile devices. This involves a strong reliance on licensing Microsoft's digital rights management technology .

(thanks to Marsha Debonis )

Disney y Microsoft: acuerdo para
proteger contenidos

Disney y Microsoft: acuerdo para
proteger contenidos 02/10/2004 02:48 AM

Microsoft and Disney strike digital
media deal

Microsoft and Disney strike digital
media deal 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
Computer Weekly Feb 9 2004 12:04PM GMT

Don't just protect the unconceived:
protect the inanimate!

Don't just protect the unconceived:
protect the inanimate! 05/09/2004 02:30 PM
Fafnir of Fafblog has written a good think-piece explaining the logical next step in the Bush administration's campaign to protect the rights of the unconceived: protecting the rights of the inanimate.

This is yknow a huge step backwards for women's health and for contraception and the prevention of abortions. But it is a huge step forward for what we at Fafblog like to call the "rights of the unconceived," which is just a few short steps from what we are really lookin forward to which is the rights of the inanimate.

I have personally spent hours an hours talkin to cans, waffle irons, boxes, printer cartridges and forks and they all dream of one thing: no longer bein treated as second-class citizens in the United States.

Link

Roy Disney resigns from Disney, slams
Eisner

Roy Disney resigns from Disney, slams
Eisner 12/02/2003 01:43 AM
Roy Disney has resigned from the Disney Board of Directors, and has sent a scathing email to Michael Eisner explaining, in exorciating detail, exactly why he's leaving the company his uncle founded.

1. The failure to bring back ABC Prime Time from the ratings abyss it has been in for years and your inability to program successfully the ABC Family Channel. Both of these failures have had, and I believe will continue to have, significant adverse impact on shareholder value.

2. Your consistent micro-management of everyone around you with the resulting loss of morale throughout the Company.

3. The timidity of your investments in our theme park business. At Disney's California Adventure, Paris and now in Hong Kong, you have tried to build parks "on the cheap" and they show it and the attendance figures reflect it.

Link (Thanks, Robynne!)

Vodafone eyes big AT&T Wireless bid; ITT
to buy Kodak unit; Disney, Microsoft Web
movie deal

Vodafone eyes big AT&T Wireless bid; ITT
to buy Kodak unit; Disney, Microsoft Web
movie deal 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
Forbes Feb 9 2004 3:54PM GMT

Help name the 50 best sf films

Help name the 50 best sf films 08/31/2004 01:55 PM
Cory Doctorow: John Scalzi (an amazing sf writer and the author of several great nonfic compendia of trivia) is doing a book on great sf films and he needs your help:

As some of you know, I'm currently writing The Rough Guide to Science Fiction Film, which will be a general overview of the history of Science Fiction in films, with chapters on some various themes (science in science fiction, SF film icons, crossover subgenres, etc) and so on. The heart of the book, however, will be the Science Fiction Film Canon: The 50 classic Science Fiction films. In my own brain, I see this list as the list of the most significant science fiction films, as opposed to the "best" or the most financially successful. This gives me latitude to, say, include films that are influential on science fiction filmmakers, but not necessarily the audience (or, vice versa, as the case may be).

(You rightly ask: And why do I get to choose the Science Fiction Film Canon? Well, because someone paid me to, basically. But also, I'm both a professional film critic of more than a dozen years standing, and I'm also a professional science fiction writer. If someone's going to compile this list, it might as well be me.)

I of course already have a preliminary list of 50 films ready to go. BUT! Even with my rather extensive knowledge of science fiction, film and science fiction films, I am more than willing to entertain the notion that my list has gaps: Films that should be on the list may not be there -- films that I have on the list may not deserve to be there.

So, this is where you come in: Suggest me some science films (one or more, as many as you like) which you feel are especially significant. If you want to jot down a sentence or two as to why you think they're significant, that'd be swell (to be clear, any comments you make on films are for my personal edification -- I won't cut and paste into the book. I do my own writing). Any films you might care to think of are appreciated...

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RM Films International, Inc.

RM Films International, Inc. 09/23/2004 03:09 AM
RIP Russ Meyer .. RM Films .. maker

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films to see before you vote

films to see before you vote 09/06/2004 03:38 AM
It is the nature of the net that just about the time you think, "there ought to be ...," there is. Here's a site with a collection of films relevant to the election. It would be better were there more that were clearly from the other side. Ideas?

Art films on dvd - Criterion and others

Art films on dvd - Criterion and others 09/07/2004 03:00 AM
Collect art films on DVD? You probably already know of DVD Talk (and their forums). But What about Criterion Forums, a place to discuss boutique dvd labels (not just Criterion, but Kino, Anchor Bay, Blue Underground, Plexi, and others), as well as trade and purchase used titles from other collectors/ members? (You'll see more categories in the forums once you register.)

Best and Worst Films of 2003

Best and Worst Films of 2003 07/31/2004 07:22 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 31 2004 11:18AM GMT
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Disney to expand MovieBeam video service

Disney to expand MovieBeam video service 05/12/2004 06:37 PM
Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner says the service will be available in three new markets by fall.

Disney delays Moviebeam expansion

Disney delays Moviebeam expansion 09/01/2004 08:45 PM
The company says it is in talks with several companies about partnerships for phase two of a national rollout.

Disney puts video-on-demand on pause

Disney puts video-on-demand on pause 09/02/2004 07:17 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 2 2004 11:52PM GMT

Disney

Disney 04/28/2004 04:13 PM
Content Distribution vs. Creation

Discounting Disney

Discounting Disney 03/31/2005 12:39 PM
Quality means never having to compromise your value. Get some.

Give 'Em Mel, Disney

Give 'Em Mel, Disney 09/23/2004 08:56 AM
Disney shouldn't be in a hurry to fill a vacancy that is 24 months away.

Disney Lies

Disney Lies 07/20/2004 06:07 PM

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Disney Goes Boom!

Disney Goes Boom! 09/01/2004 07:19 PM

Disney for Sale?

Disney for Sale? 02/12/2004 11:33 AM

Disney Turnaround?

Disney Turnaround? 08/11/2004 03:44 PM
Plus, Blockbuster vs. Netflix, and Marvel's plush deal.

Disney says no Segways

Disney says no Segways 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Disney is saying to no to Segways, and is barring them from all of their theme parks. Read [Via TechDirt]...

Disney Puts Up

Disney Puts Up 02/11/2004 05:36 PM
The company releases strong earnings early as if in rebuttal to Comcast's surprise bid.

Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits

Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits 02/11/2004 04:26 PM
TheStreet.com Feb 11 2004 7:57PM GMT

Comcast's big bid for Disney

Comcast's big bid for Disney 02/11/2004 02:57 PM
The cable TV company's $66 billion offer for the entertainment icon would create a media mammoth.

Disney Still Getting Drenched

Disney Still Getting Drenched 04/13/2004 08:37 AM
TheStreet.com Apr 13 2004 12:18PM GMT

A Disney Year

A Disney Year 12/29/2004 12:23 PM
Take a tour through Disney's busy 2004.

3 Questions for Disney

3 Questions for Disney 04/14/2004 07:55 AM
Disney finally gives in on meeting some of its largest investors.

Save Disney

Save Disney 12/11/2003 06:11 PM
Save Disney - in a followup to a previous and informative and link-filled MeFi post, a friend sent me a link to savedisney.com today which has three interesting documents: Roy Disney's resignation letter, Stanley Gold's resignation letter, and a letter from Roy Disney to all cast members. There's also links to email and show support, as well as links to all sorts of related informational sites. Is this ingenius guerilla PR from upset employees, or is there something deeper here?

A Disney Computer?

A Disney Computer? 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
The Walt Disney Company hasn't been particularly friendly with the tech industry lately, but maybe that's because they think technology is easy. They've apparently decided that, despite the general trouble most companies seem to have with selling PCs, Disney can do better selling their own PC for kids. It will, of course, come with all sorts of "proprietary programs" (would you expect anything else?) and something called "ContentProtect" which is apparently an email and internet filter (makes sense for a kid's computer). Of course, it's unclear how much control the parents will have over that filter or if it's a Disney-knows-best sort of thing. Also, the software will let kids create videos of themselves with the Disney characters, though it seems likely that these will be seriously locked down with copy protection, because who knows what someone might do if they could send around their own videos with Mickey... Of course, if that happened, Disney would probably just call up some of their friends in Congress to pass a special law just for them, while getting the FBI to bust down some doors as well.

Disney Gets Piggy

Disney Gets Piggy 02/18/2004 09:29 AM
The Muppets finally wind up on Disney's lap.

Disney to Sell Kid PCs Now

Disney to Sell Kid PCs Now 08/05/2004 11:24 PM
Search Engine Journal Aug 6 2004 3:19AM GMT

Disney and RSS enclosures: 2 m served!

Disney and RSS enclosures: 2 m served! 02/11/2004 09:40 AM
Excellent!  Ross Mayfield also reports (via a presentation by Disney execs) on Disneys use of weblogs and wikis.  Very interesting stuff.  It seems that Disney is using RSS enclosures on a huge scale to distribute video:

Using RSS Enclosures to deliver video to 2 million broadband users. Some argue that enclosures don't scale and their not enough bandwidth, but >500M videos have been delivered in less than one year an have been able to scale bandwidth to demand, now moving towards caching at the edge. Most of the delivery is off-peak hours, especially from them to the cable head end, so bandwidth cost is nominal. P2P like Bittorrent and others may broaden this.

Wow!  This is great,It closely parallels our discussion yesterday!  Disney is really on the cutting edge.  This would be very fun to work on.  Given that they use Newsgator, it is likely that Greg may be selling us a bittorrent interface soon.

Microsoft to protect Disney films

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