Daily Archives: August 26, 2008

An Entertaining Space Age Adaptation of a Classic

Treasure Planet is a science fiction animated movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Released in 2002, Treasure Planet marked the 42nd animated feature in the Disney canon. It is a science fiction variation of Robert Louis Stevenson?s beloved novel Treasure Island. It employed the revolutionary technique of featuring two-dimensional animation over three-dimensional backgrounds. Indeed, this technique was used effectively on the character of John Silver, where his cybernetic arm was computer generated and the remainder of his body hand-drawn. Continue reading

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Digital TV On Your PC: The Revolution

The Digital TV on your PC revolution looks like it will gain quick popularity among Internet users in the next couple of years. As a technology that has been around for almost a decade, experts have finally found a solution to help Internet users bring the television to their desktops and laptops through satellite television feeds. This is probably nothing new to many Internet users, but the question is why they should try out this new technology in the first place. Continue reading

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