5 posts and columns on theaters

Do You Really Want a
3-D Laptop? HP Hopes So.

in Commerce on December 6, 2011 at 4:01 pm PT

Do 3-D laptops appeal to anyone other than hardcore gamers? HP hopes its new version of the Envy 17 3D notebook will.
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Angry Birds Planning a Trip to Rio

in Mobile on January 28, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

Rovio, maker of the popular mobile game, is teaming up with Twentieth Century Fox to create a version of the game centered on the upcoming animated movie “Rio.” The app will arrive in March on various phones and tablets, while the movie is scheduled to launch in mid-April.

Condé’s Cuts Come to Vogue

in Media on October 14, 2009 at 1:32 pm PT

As expected, Condé Nast executives are swinging the layoff ax around the fabled magazine publisher. Today’s cuts are at Vogue, where I’m told at least six people have been let go from one of the company’s best-known titles. There will be more to come from the publisher, which shut down four magazines last week and is trying to bring down costs at its remaining titles by 25 percent.
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New Set-Top Box Promises to Bring 3D to Television

in News on September 16, 2009 at 1:00 am PT

3D technology is coming one step closer to home with the development of a new set-top box system that will allow consumers to browse through and access 3D offerings from their cable or satellite TV company.

Now Not Showing at iTunes and Netflix: Some of Your Favorite Movies

in Media on December 10, 2008 at 1:55 pm PT

Want to watch nerd-favorite “The Fifth Element” via Netflix’s awesome streaming service? OK, but hurry up–the movie will disappear from the service on New Year’s Day. Want to rent the excellent George Clooney corporate thriller “Michael Clayton” via iTunes? Too late! The movie was there, but now it’s not. Wait a minute: Hadn’t big media finally gotten religion and agreed to give us, the demanding consumers, everything we want, whenever we want it? Nope.