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Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing.

Today, a San Jose judge will hear a motion to dismiss a class action civil lawsuit in which former employees seek damages from defendants Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, and Lucasfilm.

The 2011 Oscars aren't even behind us yet, and we're already starting to see some of the 2012 crop of short films. One of them is The Last Belle, directed by Neil Boyle. A rarity these days, every frame was hand painted on cels and shot on traditional film stock. Boyle is proud to point out that Belle was in production for a total of fifteen years, though it was squeezed in between his 'paid

Pixar Animation Studios has launched a new cloud rendering service called RenderMan On Demand .

In the culturally fractured Internet age, it's hard for a single voice to stand out.

Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry, serial entrepreneurs who invest in early-stage technology companies, will take turns writing this weekly column about entrepreneurship in San Diego.

Two obscure foreign movies being released by a tiny New York company beat out Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg and Pixar Animation Studios to collect surprise nominations in Oscar's peculiar animated feature race Tuesday.

The academy giveth and the academy taketh away. Tuesday's nominations held some surprises - or snubs, depending on your point of view.

The NFB's "Dimanche/Sunday" and "Wild Life" were among the five nominees for best animated short film announced this morning.

MANILA, Philippines - Some of you must have read about the recently departed Steve Jobs, a visionary in communication technology, the founder of Apple computers and inventor of such devices as the Iphone, Ipad, and others.

Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today with an honorable mention reserved for one of Pixar’s films. Disappointingly but unsurprisingly, Cars 2 didn’t garner any nods this year making it the first Pixar film not to land a spot in the Best Animated Feature category since its inception. On a positive note, Enrico Casarosa’s short, La Luna, is now in the running for Best Animated Short! Short Film (Animated) • Dimanche/Sunday – Patrick Doyon • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg • La Luna – Enrico Casarosa • A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe • Wild Life - Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby La Luna opens in theatres with Brave on June 22, 2012! The 84th Academy Awards will be televised LIVE on Sunday, February 26 beginning at 7e/4p in the US. Congratulations, Enrico Casarosa and the La Luna crew!

Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Animated Feature Film are: A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango Contending in the Animated Short FIlm category are: Dimanche (Sunday) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

THR's Animation Roundtable: 7 Top Filmmakers Debate R-Rated Toons and If 'Tintin' Should Be Eligible for Ani Oscar PHOTOS: The Big Screen's Evolution of Talking Animals Bozzetto, who was nominated for an Oscar in 1991 for his short film Grasshoppers -- a film seen as a precursor to the popular insect-themed animated films of the late 1990s, Bugs ... (more)

On Saturday January, 21 the Exploratorium hosted the first of four Open Make Days scheduled for 2012.

Producers Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, and Steven Spielberg won the animation prize at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards last night for The Adventures of Tintin. The recognition from the Producers Guild of America comes less than a week the film's success at the Golden Globes. These two wins significantly boost Tintin's chances at the Academy Awards next month. Oscar nominations

When Disney shareholders vote to re-elect directors at its annual meeting in March, neither Steve Jobs' wife nor a representative from his trust will be on the ballot, even though the trust is the media company's largest shareholder.

The Pixar website debuted its "brave" new look today with banners dedicated to the studio’s upcoming film. Along with the home page, Merida and company also have a preview site available in the Feature Films section. Expect to see much more as we get closer to Brave‘s summer release. Brave opens in US theatres on June 22, 2012. Your thoughts?

During the holidays, I read Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs - which I strongly recommend - Steve Jobs was a very complex individual, to say the least, he was abrasive and insightful.

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Strong evidence has surfaced in a class-action suit between employees and the power players in Silicon Valley that could help the employees win their case.