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Students Vote on 2008 OSCARS Ads - Best Picture and Actor 2/23/2008

Using MIMIEO, thousands of movie fans are watching and voting on movie trailers for Oscar-nominated films using the iPhone, Facebook (PickMe application), and the website http://www.VoteOscarsAds.com . The polling is part of a graduate student research effort to gauge advertising effectiveness.

WordPress blogging with the iPhone 12/27/2007

Also in Apple’s movie rental deal yesterday with Fox: Apple will license its FairPlay copy-protection technology to Fox for DVD movie releases. This will allow DVD purchasers to easily — and legally — rip movies to their computers for playback on iPods and iPhones.

Fox to allow DVD ripping to Apple’s iTunes 12/27/2007

Also in Apple’s movie rental deal yesterday with Fox: Apple will license its FairPlay copy-protection technology to Fox for DVD movie releases. This will allow DVD purchasers to easily — and legally — rip movies to their computers for playback on iPods and iPhones.

Who Needs an iPhone when you’ve got a Shoe Phone! 7/28/2007

Steve Carell gets smart.

Steve Jobs’ OTHER major Friday launch 6/30/2007

In technology circles, I’ve heard few, if any, references to the fact that Jobs’ other company, Pixar-OK, Disney-Pixar-also has a major launch Friday. If you haven’t been paying attention through the iPhone haze, is Ratatouille, Pixar’s latest film and, if the early reviews are indicative, its latest hit.