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by Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw writes the Cool Tools column for Network World, and is the Multimedia Content Editor for IDG Enterprise, responsible for editorial video and audio content creation. Follow him on Twitter @shawkeith.

The 10 most-popular ITworld.TV blog posts in 2012

Posted Dec 26, 2012 - 08:01 am

Rounding up the year's biggest blog posts from this crazy blog.
2012, geek culture
Time Machine: This 1950 film features bad phone behavior

Posted Aug 31, 2012 - 12:27 pm

AT&T released another of its archived films today - this one from 1950 called "Telephone Courtesy".
1950s, archive footage
Trying to make Episode I better

Posted Feb 24, 2012 - 11:38 am

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Darth Maul, Episode I
Can math predict whether a movie will be a hit?

Posted Jan 22, 2013 - 11:06 am

Japanese algorithm highly accurate when predicting a movie's "hit" potential with actual results.
Japanese technology, math
Assassin's Creed III in real life

Posted Nov 02, 2012 - 09:53 am

Earlier this week the video game Assassin's Creed III came out, with the main setting of the American Revolutionary War. Basically this means that your character gets to kill a lot of British soldiers in the game, and a lot of the advertising around it has focused on this aspect.
Assassin's Creed, Revolutionary War
Watch this 60-minute film on artificial intelligence

Posted Apr 10, 2012 - 09:57 am

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AI, artificial intelligence
Watch how the Moon was formed

Posted Mar 14, 2012 - 11:43 am

NASA today has provided some amazing views of the Moon through two new videos. In this first video, we get to visit different crater sites up close through photos and videos, taken with the latest scientific equipment available.
animation, moon
Father's Day Video Fun

Posted Jun 17, 2011 - 10:37 am

As we head into Father's Day weekend, here are a few videos to get you ready for the weekend, whether it's spending time with your kids (or maybe the kids are giving you the day off), or if you're spending time with your own dad.
Darth Vader, father's day
Watch two puppets review movies they haven't seen

Posted Jun 10, 2013 - 10:51 am

Catch up on your superhero movies for the summer with a puppet-based review show.
comic books, geek culture
Using a trampoline as video game controller

Posted Mar 30, 2012 - 10:55 am

The Wii Fit game and Balance Board sit on a shelf near the TV, having gone unused for a while, but this video may get me inspired again to merge video games with exercise. In this DigInfo TV clip, Japanese researchers have figured out how to use a small trampoline to sense movement, allowing people to jump while playing some virtual games.
Japanese technology, Japanese video games

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