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Full-service editorial facility adds finishing room; partners with Company 3 to provide Virtual Telecine services (Austin, Texas--April 19, 2010) Beast, one of the country’s top editorial facilities, announced the expansion of its Austin location with the addition of a Smoke room for finishing projects and the hire of two major talents: senior editor Ariel Quintans and Smoke artist Jim Reed. In addition, Beast Austin has partnered with sister company Company 3 to provide virtual telecine services.

(Los Angeles, California--April 19, 2010) Visual Effects Supervisor Geoff Mark has been signed to lead the digital effects on several upcoming commercials for Innovation First International's HEXBUG line of toys. Geoff Mark brings extensive "on the box" 2D and 3D experience to this exceptional brand. Geoff Mark specializes in foreseeing the work flow a VFX team will follow. He prioritizes his efforts on set to ensure the artists quickly achieve the director's vision rather than spending untold hours and dollars fixing problems. His experience allows him to develop the best approach for each shot, based on the available time & budget.

(New York--April 19, 2010) Company X has signed editor Yuko Koseki for exclusive representation. Koseki joins fellow award-winning Company X editors Barney Miller, Bruce Ashley and Terence Ziegler. Koseki arrives at Company X with professional experience editing commercials, music videos, TV shows and documentaries. The signing marks the reunion of Koseki and Miller, two longtime friends and creative cohorts who previously worked together at Ohio Edit (now known as Rock Paper Scissors NY).

Visual Studio 2010 is packed with powerful new features that simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Explore innovative Web technologies and frameworks that can help you build dynamic Web applications and scale them to the cloud. Register now.

Developing secure applications and services in the cloud requires knowledge of the threat landscape specific to the cloud provider. The key is understanding threat mitigations implemented by the cloud architecture versus those that are the responsibility of the developer. Register for this exciting live webcast to learn about the threats that are specific to the cloud and how the Windows Azure architecture deals with these threats. We also cover how to use built-in Windows Azure security features to protect your applications, and how to design services to minimize attack surface.

Visual Studio 2010 is packed with powerful new features that simplify the entire development process from design to deployment. Explore innovative Web technologies and frameworks that can help you build dynamic Web applications and scale them to the cloud. Register now.

Developing secure applications and services in the cloud requires knowledge of the threat landscape specific to the cloud provider. The key is understanding threat mitigations implemented by the cloud architecture versus those that are the responsibility of the developer. Register for this exciting live webcast to learn about the threats that are specific to the cloud and how the Windows Azure architecture deals with these threats. We also cover how to use built-in Windows Azure security features to protect your applications, and how to design services to minimize attack surface.

 

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Custom configured workstations take full advantage of Adobe Mercury Playback Engine (Waukesha, Wisconsin--April 16, 2010) Safe Harbor Computers, a leading supplier to video professionals, today announced the release of a new workstation solution engineered to take full advantage of the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine with PNY graphics and 64-bit processing. Each system is custom configured with the memory, storage, capture card, PNY display card and Adobe software to meet and exceed editing needs.

(NAB Las Vegas--April 16, 2010) Blackmagic Design announced full compatibility with the new Sony “HDCAM-SR” SRW-5800/2 deck for capture and playback in native 2K. Real time 2K capture and playback was shown on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2010 booth at #SL 6020.

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Creating a functional and more secure Web browser is a tremendous challenge that all browser vendors face. Learn how Microsoft has confronted this challenge by proactively embedding security into every stage of the Windows Internet Explorer 8 software engineering process with the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL).

Here is a great list for you with the best of best in Silverlight and UX.

Creating a functional and more secure Web browser is a tremendous challenge that all browser vendors face. Learn how Microsoft has confronted this challenge by proactively embedding security into every stage of the Windows Internet Explorer 8 software engineering process with the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL).

 

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Renowned Argentinean Filmmaker Establishes Creative Partnership between his Hermanos Mundo Production Company in Buenos Aires and IDENTITY (New York--April 15, 2010) Production boutique IDENTITY announced the addition of famed Argentinean director Javier Blanco to its roster. In joining the company, the multiple award-winning creative talent also brings on board his production resources, agency contacts and studio home base of Hermanos Mundo, his Buenos Aires production company.

(Sydney, Australia--April 15, 2010) Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has implemented the first phase of the buildout of an end-to-end, file-based high-definition (HD) news production and playout center at Nine Network’s facilities here. Nine Network plans to roll out the Harris integrated news solution across three other sites including Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne before the end of 2010 as part of a multi-million dollar refurbishment program to replace an aging, tape-based news system. The Harris solution at Nine Network’s Sydney facility comprises interoperable products operating across the entire production chain from ingest to on-air playout. The product lineup includes ADC™ playout automation, NEXIO® server systems, Velocity ESX™ and Velocity PRX™ editors, the NEXIO InstantOnline III™ automatic conforming engine, Platinum™ routers, CENTRIO™ multiviewers and Invenio® digital asset management products.

(Kent, UK--April 15, 2010) At NAB 2010, Pandora, the leading provider of data grading technology, today announces a new product structure and price point for the Revolution Colour Corrector. All Revolution systems will be delivered fully featured and at full speed – all features in real time including scene change detection, FastTrack auto tracking, 1D & 3D LUTs, ASC CDL, bezier primaries, multiple 6 vectors, unlimited secondaries foreground and background, key and image defocus, clipping, blanking and legalising and so much more. Furthermore, all systems will be supplied with the sumptuous Evolution control surface.