10 posts and columns on Darth Vader

EA Bets Big on Online Star Wars Game, Suggests You Let the Wookiee Win

in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 10:36 am PT

Long overdue and over budget, the ambitious, LucasArts-blessed online game is likely to become one of the most significant game launches over the next decade.
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Viral Video: One-Trick-Pony Googlers and Steve Jobs as Darth Vader

in Media on August 17, 2011 at 12:23 am PT

You have to hand it to the CGI folks at Taiwan’s Next Media Animation for this unusual depiction of Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility.
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Meet Kevin Clark, Master Not of the Force, but of Data

in Enterprise on March 23, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT

He’s not a Jedi, but given the computing challenges he wrestles with every day, he might as well be. Kevin Clark talks about running the IT infrastructure for that nerve center of geekdom, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Industrial Light and Magic.

After Some Flashy Investing, Is Andreessen Horowitz's Next Move a Big New Fund?

in News on July 12, 2010 at 7:25 am PT

Since it launched almost exactly a year ago with a $300 million fund, the venture firm of Andreessen Horowitz has cut a rather high-profile path through the Silicon Valley investing community. Now, according to sources and after spending about half its kitty, the firm is poised to begin another round of fundraising to further bolster its clout. While it is unclear how much the VC firm will raise, sources expect it to be much more than its first fund.

Environmental Assessment of Star Wars Characters

in News on May 3, 2010 at 12:30 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Darth Droid Meets iPhonie-Wan

in News on November 2, 2009 at 5:26 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

You'd Think He'd Be Afraid of Matches!

in News on September 17, 2009 at 3:23 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Liveblogging the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Conference Call: The Carol and Steve Show Debuts!

in News on July 29, 2009 at 5:32 am PT

BoomTown was so glad we had this time together with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, just to have a laugh or sing a song about a major search and advertising deal. I liveblogged the conference call, which I updated as it happened. Did Ballmer scream and jump up and down? Did Carol say something naughty? Read on!
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New VC Marc Andreessen Speaks About Going to the "Dark Side" and More!

in News on July 5, 2009 at 9:00 pm PT

It’s finally official: Marc Andreessen has crossed over to what he once called “the dark side” and is now a venture capitalist. Several weeks ago, BoomTown broke the news that the Silicon Valley legend and serial entrepreneur and his longtime investing partner, Ben Horowitz, had completed the raising of $300 million for a new venture fund. And, indeed, the new firm–which is made up of just the two–is now launched and called Andreessen Horowitz. Of course, I had done a video interview with Andreessen with my Flip.
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Viral Video: Dancing With the "Star Wars" Stars

in News on June 19, 2008 at 1:03 am PT

We had this video hidden away in Voices today, but BoomTown had to let it run free some more! Why? Can you say Wookie dancing to “Footloose” and Darth Vader to “Thriller”? Frankly, that’s all I need to achieve nirvana. And we are not even going to explain why Princess Leia dancing to “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” is simply divine.