Nokia Nseries Sponsoring Cannes Advertising Festival
	Nokia just announced that its Nseries brand would be the sole "telecom sponsor" of the Young Lions Film Competition, which is part of the famous Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (this year, the festival will be held between the 15th and the 21st of June). The Young Lions Film Competition is created to encourage young and talented people to embrace the advertising industry. All the teams participatin ... [read more >>]
	11 June 2008, 07:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Instant Cameras Work
	Instant cameras greatly simplify the photograph taking process by making use of a technology that allows them to develop the photos as soon as they have been captured. However, before explaining the basics behind an instant camera, one must first understand how traditional photographic film works. Photographic film is practically a sheet of clear plastic coated with a series of light sensitive chemical compounds. Some of the f ... [read more >>]
	27 May 2008, 08:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Cannes Film Festival on a YouTube Channel Near You
	YouTube is definitely the most popular website, where a user can find all sorts of short videos, posted by users worldwide looking for fame. But now you can even see ten short movies which are featured at the Cannes Short Film Corner. According to YouTube's "Broadcasting Ourselves" blog, users can tune into NFB's YouTube Channel and view the selected movies. For those among you who aren't aware, the Ca ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 06:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Motorola Z10 Launched with Cool Movie Competition
	Motorola is launching its Z10 banana-shaped slider in the UK together with a movie competition, called DirectorME, that gives users the chance to win the new phone as well a "big prize" of no less than £10,000 in cash (that's almost $20,000 an ... [read more >>]
	25 April 2008, 03:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Earthworm Jim 4 Is Confirmed
	Yesterday, we heard the announcement that Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2 would be coming to the Virtual Console service for the Nintendo Wii, which allows everybody to play games launched originally for consoles that are no longer in production, ... [read more >>]
	23 April 2008, 03:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hail, We've Got a Film Festival for Mobile Phones
	The Japanese have always amazed us with their original inventions, cutting edge technology, balanced lifestyle, hybrid cars, even their population number. Now, they have amazed us again, this time for not being the first to come up with the idea of such a thing, a mobile phone film ... [read more >>]
	10 December 2007, 05:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

This Is Your Chance! Win Exciting YouTube Prizes!
	The online video sharing service YouTube launched a new contest yesterday which invites the participants to create 2-7 minutes long videos based on several guidelines provided by Jason Reitman. The contest will be started on October 7 and will be officially closed on November 9, the first 20 finalists being voted from November 23 till December 2 by the YouTube community. The winner of the competition will be presented on December ... [read more >>]
	03 October 2007, 08:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Kodak Claims Pros Still Use Film
	Kodak recently issued a press release aimed at showing photographers that film is still going strong among professionals. "A survey of more than 9,000 professional photographers in the U.S. shows that film continues to have an avid following, with 75 percent of photographers saying they will continue to use film, even as some embrace digital imaging technology," the press release informs. It goes on saying that ... [read more >>]
	21 September 2007, 09:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Polymer Opal Films Identify Counterfeit Money and Rotten Food
	A new color-changing technology could have many practical applications, from letting you know if your dollar bill is counterfeit simply by stretching it to see if it changes hue, to showing you what food in your fridge is spoiled. Developed by scientists at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and the Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut (DKI) in Darmstadt, Germany, the new polymer opal films are a class of photonic crystals th ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 11:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Recover Unreadable CDs/DVDs: Just Boil Them!
	Did it ever happen to you to buy a new CD or DVD only to find out that the optical drive doesn't recognize it? There's a good way of making it readable again and it doesn't involve rocket science. It just requires a good hot bath. Not for you, for the disk. Boiling disks in water for a short time can recover even the most stubborn of them and can save you from pulling out some hairs from not being able to play ... [read more >>]
	20 July 2007, 10:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

YouTube Star to Share Hollywood With Angelina Jolie
	One of the most active members of YouTube and a Greek film producer, Orthodoxos Theodoulou, caught the attention of the Hollywood stars and might change its home very soon. It seems like the large media production houses from the famous district are interested in partnering with the YouTube user to produce new movies and help him improve its projects. According to The London Greek News, Orthodoxos who is currently working on a ne ... [read more >>]
	05 July 2007, 08:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Edible Protective Coating Made from Dairy Byproducts
	Everybody knows dairy products, some people love them, some people don't. But for the healthy food addicts, there are some good news: future food products may actually be made of dairy byproducts, thus bringing the milk out of the cup and into the cup itself. A new technology – developed by research leader Peggy M. Tomasula and her colleagues at the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center's Dairy Processing and Products ... [read more >>]
	28 June 2007, 10:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Self-Assembling Molecules Could Lead to New Materials
	Self-assembly is the fundamental principle which generates a structural organization on all scales from molecules to galaxies. It is defined as reversible processes in which pre-existing parts or disordered components of a preexisting system form structures of patterns. Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and North Carolina State University (NCSU) made new observations of the growth of a layer of ... [read more >>]
	22 June 2007, 09:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Full-Length Movies Now Available on YouTube
	YouTube is now offering full-length movies after the creators of Four Eyed Monsters agreed to share their creations with other Internet users. The 71-minute movie is the result of a partnership between YouTube and the two producers, Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, and is available for free for only one week. The video recorded no less than 227,687 with 1819 comments and was rated as favorite for 1539 times. Obviously, it is a hit a ... [read more >>]
	11 June 2007, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Eros Content Published on YouTube
	Eros International signed a deal with the online video sharing service YouTube to create a new channel on their page. Basically, the channel will provide instant access to an impressive collection of clips made by the company. Eros International is an Indian media company that created no more than 1300 films, being one of the major names from the local film industry. According to NewKerala.com, the new ... [read more >>]
	22 May 2007, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

iTunes Store Opens Up for Independent Video Producers
	iTunes has taken yet another great step towards becoming the absolute online media shop. After several heavy names for the entertainment industry announced partnerships with Apple's iTunes online store, the Cupertino-based company made a step towards listing independent, low-profile productions in their catalog. This Tuesday, the production "That" became available on iTunes. It is a 30-minute snowboarding actio ... [read more >>]
	01 March 2007, 10:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia