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So MySpace has lanched a UK competition to be the director on a £1m feature film. Myspace users and big-name directors such as Anthony Minghella will choose the winner from short films submitted to MySpace. Film4 and Vertigo Films will then help develop a project with a million pound budget.
Only two small problems… firstly it [...]

Jess Laccetti’s excellent post at Frontline Books debunks the classic debate over whether digital books will spell the demise of print.
You can read Julia Bell’s original Guardian post that prompted Jess’ article here.

In October last year a group from the Children’s BBC (CBBC) came into the IOCT to see the space, meet some of the people using it, and have a quick viewing of Inanimate Alice 3. They were a very friendly and on-the-ball group – and they mentioned a CBBC project which has been announced today [...]

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This motorized replica of the headstrong little droid from the Star Wars films responds to voice commands, navigates rooms and hallways, and makes any home feel like it has been transported to a galaxy far, far away. R2 obeys more than 40 voice commands (Turn around! Move forward two units!) and he plays games like [...]

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Kate Kretz‘s painting of Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary (‘Blessed Art Thou’) has been getting some well deserved publicity this weekend. Inevitably a number of ‘high art’ commentators have complained that the piece is part of the ‘dumbing down’ of culture, without taking the time to understand her motivation:
“Our culture is deifying celebrities, [...]