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Avatar" Director James Cameron Talks About Movie Rele. James Cameron Plans 3-D Version of " Cameron, "Titanic" and "Avatar" Director. In 1997, James Cameron made “Titanic,” the highest-grossing film ever made.

Cameron, "Titanic" and "Avatar" Director

Thirteen years later he did it again: “Avatar.” And as much as “Avatar” stretched the boundaries of the box office, it has stretched the boundaries of cinema as well. The 3-D film featured a staggering 2,500-plus special-effects shots, set a new standard for movie-making technology and may have ushered in a big-screen renaissance in the process. Liveblog Walt and Kara are bathed in blue! 8:17 pm: Kara–You’ve embraced tech for a long time. Cameron: I started as an FX guy. Under Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Hoodie. Cameron Talks BP and the "Complicated Problem" Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie on Cloud Compu. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Live at D8. Good news for AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: His predecessor, AOL founder Steve Case, thinks the Google veteran has a chance to turn around the company.

The bad news: He has a very long way to go. Liveblog 11:14 am: Apologies, technical difficulties–joining late. 11:15 am: Armstrong is traveling back in time, discussing AOL (AOL) prior to his arrival. The company was managed based on gross revenue and page views, and that may work for some, but those metrics didn’t make sense to me. Richard Rosenblatt Reveals (Some Of) Demand Media’s My. Is Demand Media really a content farm?

Richard Rosenblatt Reveals (Some Of) Demand Media’s My

Or just a domain harvester? Both, of course. But CEO Richard Rosenblatt walked through some of the details onstage at D8. Presumably, we’ll be able to verify all of this for ourselves later this year, if Demand follows through with its expected IPO. Peter Chou, HTC CEO. HTC, a company that once built devices for other brands, is today a powerful brand itself. And CEO Peter Chou is largely responsible for that. Over the past few years, Chou has transformed HTC from a contract handset manufacturer into a smartphone powerhouse, a company that ranks behind only Nokia (NOK), Research in Motion (RIMM) and Apple (AAPL) in global smartphone shipments. That’s quite an achievement and one attributable to the very early, savvy bet Chou made on Google’s (GOOG) Android mobile operating system.

But that same bet has gotten HTC into trouble as well, most notably a high-profile lawsuit from Apple alleging that a number of HTC’s Android devices infringe patents related to the iPhone’s graphical user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. Steve Ballmer on Google. D8 Tech Demo: OnLive. On-demand streaming has crept into nearly every media space, and today, OnLive hopes to open the last door and bring high-end games to users, streamed from the cloud.

D8 Tech Demo: OnLive

Built on more than 100 patents or patents-pending, OnLive plans to deliver games either to the browser via plug-ins or to the TV through a micro set-top box. Liveblog Cloud game service OnLive take the stage to demo its pre-release game-delivery system. 10:16 am: Walt joins Kara onstage to talk about the power of cloud computing and to introduce OnLive. 10:17 am: Steve Perlman, CEO and founder of OnLive, comes on and says in two weeks, users will be able to log on and start cloud gaming. Perlman says gaming is the first offering from OnLive, and that this is the hardest thing to do in the cloud. Walt reminds the audience that Perlman worked on QuickTime at the young Apple Computer (AAPL) and the early Microsoft (MSFT), among others. 10:19 am: Perlman shows the Web interface for playing and watching games.

OnLive Demo Photos. D8 Conference. Ford CEO Alan Mulally has come to D8 to take the hot seat, a position he should be used to after steering Ford through the recent financial crisis.

D8 Conference

Ford shunned the bailout money that carried GM through a restructuring and sustained Chrysler through its sale to Italian automaker Fiat. Ford (F) recently released SYNC, a voice-activation package on some models that integrates the content and functionality of mobile devices with the car itself. SYNC also adds apps to the car, though it’s not clear what these features will mean for the future of American automakers. EBay CEO John Donahoe on Digital Wallets, iPhone Apps. Steve Ballmer on Windows Phone and Mobile. Drake Martinet. What does it all mean?

Drake Martinet

For nine million words of the English language, Wordnik delivers more than a definition. Founded by Erin McKean, the former editor in chief of The New Oxford American Dictionary, Wordnik claims to have the word’s most complete map of the language you are currently reading. McKean will demo Smartwords, an open standard for sharing information about words. She has partnered with several major media organizations in hopes that Smartwords can expand and enhance users’ experiences with e? Books, digital content and e? Below, video of the demo, followed by the liveblog. AOL Kicks Off Google/Microsoft Search Sweepstakes.

EBay CEO John Donahoe on Digital Wallets, iPhone Apps. Does Serious Journalism Have to Be a Charity Case?