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Image: Pepsi tests the Web

March 16, 2005 Pepsi's Oneify.com site includes a Webisode and introduces a series of characters that represent different target groups. TAGS: PepsiCo, character

Virtual nightclub offers teens alter egos

May 15, 2006 Game lets teens create computer-generated characters, complete with cool hair cuts and dance moves. Images: The Lounge TAGS: teen, club, character, visitor, child, MySpace

Explaining disconnect between women, video games

June 10, 2006 It's not that women don't understand games, it's that games don't understand women, female game designer says. TAGS: women, video game, character, gamer, girl, games, conference, video

Hello Kitty's guide to business success

June 21, 2005 Your tech start-up should do so well. Three decades on, this feline has staying power and revenue to die for. TAGS: Japan, designer, character

How I helped Spider-Man save Santa Claus

December 22, 2006 A CNET News.com reporter spends a day learning to use Marvel's comic book creator, and in the process foils foes of St. Nick. Images: A superhero story TAGS: comic, character, Microsoft Windows

Blurring the lines in 'A Scanner Darkly'

July 14, 2006 Animation technique usually reserved for life-like special effects gives Philip K. Dick adaptation drug-induced ardor. Images: The hazy world of 'Scanner' TAGS: film, dot, scanner, software program, animation, character, effect

ICANN to fast-track internationalized domain names

November 15, 2007 Testing already under way for creation of domains in local-language script rather than in Latin characters, says ICANN official. TAGS: domain, chairman, DNS, character, language, process

Keyboard clicks can lead to security hacks

September 14, 2005 Do the keys on the keyboard make different sounds? Kind of, UC Berkeley scientists discover. And that's a potential problem. TAGS: computer science, keyboard, character, researcher, key, security, IBM Corp., password

Reverse-engineering 'The Godfather' for gaming

March 6, 2006 Electronic Arts artists had to watch the old film over and over to capture characters' look and feel. Video: Trailer of 'Godfather,' the game Image: Progeny of 'Godfather' TAGS: Electronic Arts Inc., film, actor, animation, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., character, capture, movie, asset, games, video game, movies, process, video

Open source casts new mold for type design

July 11, 2006 DejaVu font development gives Linux another toehold for its push into proprietary territory. Image: The DejaVu font TAGS: font, open source, derivatives, Fedora Project, Linux, character, programming

International domain names succeed in testing

March 9, 2007 Advocates see ability to use internationalized domain names as crucial to retaining a single global Internet. TAGS: domain name, character, server

Kitty says 'Hello' via cell phone

December 14, 2004 Cingular, Nokia and Sanrio team to bring the Japanese cultural icon Hello Kitty to a cell phone near you. Photo: It's Hello Kitty calling TAGS: Disney Corp., cell phone, Nokia Corp., Cingular Wireless, representative, character, entertainment

Faux Hulks can keep fighting evil online

December 14, 2005 Settlement enables players of NCSoft game to continue creating characters resembling those in Marvel comics. TAGS: NCsoft Corp., settlement, online game, suit, character, announcement, publisher, language, games

Is the Internet truly global?

December 15, 2004 CNETAsia's Winston Chai argues that it's high time the Net could handle addresses with non-Roman characters. TAGS: domain name, Steve Ballmer, DNS, ASCII, Unicode, character, IP address, IP, Microsoft Corp.

Comic book creation for artless Spidey fans

July 18, 2006 Role of comics auteur soon available to Spider-Man fans--even if they're better at stick figures than web slingers. TAGS: comic, character, fan, video

Video Game Decency Act returns

March 21, 2007 Bill aims to criminalize attempts to hide true content of games to obtain less-restrictive ratings from Entertainment Software Rating Board. TAGS: video game, bill, character, games, video

U.N. delegates: English isn't good enough

November 1, 2006 Participants at Athens summit demand more internationalization, saying English language enjoys an unfair Net monopoly. TAGS: domain name, U.N., ASCII, language, character, Firefox, Microsoft Corp.

Life in Legoland's model shop

May 26, 2006 From giant bears to replicas of cities, master builders are churning out lifelike models one brick at a time. Photos: Inside the Legoland model shop TAGS: LEGO Co., builder, brick, shop, New York, character, video

EA breaks Godfather's vow of silence

February 3, 2005 update Game based on famed film will use Brando's voice, put player in role of aspiring mobster seeking to rise to head of crime family. TAGS: vow, Electronic Arts Inc., film, silence, voice, character, gamer

LiveJournal apologizes for mass deletion

June 1, 2007 Following Six Apart's deletion of 500 journals, users stage a blistering backlash and the company moves to make amends. TAGS: LiveJournal, journal, deletion, terms of service, community, role-playing game, discussion, character, account, e-mail
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