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2009 News Coverage

Nvidia Imagines Computing's Next Age Rob Enderle, TechNewsWorld, October 5, 2009
What Happens When Games Go to 'The Cloud' Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2009
Fundraising Brings OnLive's Internet Games Streaming Plans Closer Mike Harvey , Times Online, October 1, 2009
AT&T, Next-Gen Developers Move to OnLive Chris Nuttall, Financial Times, September 30, 2009
OnLive Raises Big Round from AT&T and Others for On-Demand Gaming Dean Takahashi, Venture Beat, September 29, 2009
Cloud Gaming Service OnLive Shines at MIT Conference John Timmer, ARS Technica, September 23, 2009
OnLive Video Game Service: "In a Lot of Ways,
We've Solved Cloud Computing"Bob Brown, Network World, September 23, 2009
Video Games Industry Still Holds the Controls Chris Nuttall, Financial Times, September 2, 2009
OnLive Beta Goes Online Tom Magrino, Gamespot, September 2, 2009
Sony, Microsoft Face Whole New Game in Gaming Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg, August 14, 2009
Download (Or Order In) Your Fun San Francisco Magazine, July 08, 2009
Gears of War 2: Dark Corners Interview
with Tim SweeneyG4, July, 2009
Money for Nothing: How Ancillary Revenues Can Extend The Console Cycle Michael Pachter, Wedbush, June 29, 2009
Next-gen dev costs to hit $60 million - GuillemotTom Magrino, Gamespot, June 16, 2009
Analysts Say Online Gaming Will Generate
$11 Billion This YearJake Gaskill, G4TV, June 08, 2009
Video game manufacturers may pressure resellersRyan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle, June 4, 2009
Rockstar Games, NBC Vets Get Funding, Launch 4mmTameka Kee, paidContent, May 21, 2009
The Coming Visual Computing RevolutionRob Enderle, Tech News World, May 18, 2009
Video gaming is still hot stockAndrew Leckey, Telegram, May 10, 2009
Report: Don't expect next-gen gaming consoles until 2013, at leastBen Patterson, Yahoo, May 5, 2009
Hitting Gamers Where They PlayAndrew Laing, Forbes, May, 4, 2009
Cloud games to play key role in future - HartmannPhil Elliot,Gi, April, 20, 2009
Online Game Corps Not Panicking Over Time Warner PricingOwen Good, Kotaku, April 11, 2009
Sony, MS, OnLive Weigh In On Tiered Internet PricingStephen Totilo, MTV, April 10, 2009
OnLive makes Internet video game splashPatrick Hoge, Business Times, April 3, 2009
Analysis: The 5 Major Trends Of GDC 2009Chris Remo, Gamasutra, April 1, 2009
OnLive games service 'will work'Darren Waters, BBC, April 1, 2009
OnLive - Fact or Fiction?James Peter, PALGN.com, March 26, 2009
Startup In P.A. Ahead Of The GameMercury News, March 25, 2009
Onlive Promises Video Games Without The HardwareMike Snider, USA Today, March 25, 2009
OnLive Founder Says Consoles Can't Compete
Until 2022Stephen Totilo, MTV, March 24, 2009
Will OnLive Kill The Game Console?Brian Caulfield, Forbes, March 24, 2009
A Gaming World Without Consoles?Maggie Shiels, BBC, March 24, 2009
Onlive: Will Videogames Be Changed Forever?Adam B. Vary, Entertainment Weekly, March 24, 2009
GDC: Onlive Game Service Promises Video Games On Macs, PC'sPeter Cohen, Macworld, March 24, 2009
Games Without the ConsoleChris Chiarella, Popular Science, March 24, 2009
New Onlive Service Could Turn The Video Game World Upside DownDean Takahashi, Venture Beat, March 23, 2009
Bay Area Inventor is the Face Behind the Face Behind 'Button'Jim Gardner, San Francisco Business Times,
February 27, 2009
How Benjamin Button Got His Face Ed Ulbrich, TED, February 23, 2009
Building the Curious Faces of Benjamin ButtonLaura Sydell, NPR, February 16, 2009
The Curious Case of Brad Pitt Katie Couric, CBS News, January 7, 2009
Benjamin, Old and YoungDave Itzkoff, New York Times, January 2, 2009
The Curious Case of Aging Visual Effects Bill Dawes, FX Guide, January 1, 2009

NVIDIA and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing" Rob Enderle, TG Daily , October 2, 2009
OnLive Goes Online—and It Could Kill the Game Console Kevin Maney, Fast Compnay, October 1, 2009
OnLive Secures More Funding, Sees Strong Interest Gabriel Madway, Reuters, September 30, 2009
AT&T Invests in Cloud Video Game Startup OnLive Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle,
September 29, 2009
OnLive Claims Big Series C Funding Patrick Hoge, San Francisco Business Times,
September 28, 2009
How to Deliver Online Gaming, Minus the Lag Erica Naone, Technology Review, September 23, 2009
Activision Looking To A Future Where Consoles
Aren't NeededLuke Plunkett, Kotuku, September 14, 2009
Next Step in Gaming Revolution Maggie Shiels, BBC, September 3, 2009
Cloud-Gaming Service OnLive Opens Up Gabriel Madway, Rueters, September 2, 2009
Video Game Streaming Is Here: The End of the Console? Barb Dybwad, Mashable, September 2, 2009
How The Game Market is Changing Tim Bajarin, PC Mag, August 10, 2009
Online Videogames Herald the End of Discs
—and Expensive PCs Chris Chiarella, Popular Science, July 08, 2009
Report: Games will see strong growth over
next three years Dean Takahashi, Venture Beat, June 29, 2009
EA COO John Pleasants: 'Going Digital' Is Key To Returning To ProfitabilityTameka Kee, paidContent, June 17, 2009
The Next Generation of Gaming ConsolesChris Morris, CNBC, June 12, 2009
OnLive at E3: It WorksJordan Deam, The Escapist, June 8, 2009
Analyst: Next-Gen Game Consoles "Highly Premature" Matt Peckham, PC World, May 28, 2009
Spielberg Says Virtual Reality Will Replace ConsolesCesar Berardini, teamxbox, May. 20th, 2009
E3 is just what the industry needs - AnalystBrendan Sinclair, Gamespot, May 12, 2009
The Brief - The Gaming Renaissance MovementWanda Meloni, Gamasutra, May 08, 2009
GameFly Cries Discrimination Against USPS Over Damaged Discs Jake Gaskill, G4TV, May 05, 2009
Could OnLive see the birth of a new era for gamers?Dean Takahashi, Wave, April 2009
Video Games Won't Need Xbox, Wii Or Ps3Troy Wolverton, Mercury News, April 19, 2009
Steve Perlman on How OnLive Will Change GamingAnna Bogdanowicz, IEEE Spectrum, April 2009
The Brief - GDC 09 & The Changing Face of Game DevelopmentWanda Meloni, Gamasutra, April 9, 2009
Giant Bomb at OnLiveVinny, Giant Bomb, April 2, 2009
GDC09 interview: OnLive founder Steve Perlman wants you to be skeptical GDC09 interview: OnLive founder Steve Perlman, continuedChristopher Grant, Joystiq, April 1, 2009
Video: Engineers lack voice in patent debate Rick Merritt, EE Times, April 1, 2009
GDC 2009: Analysts Sold On OnliveBrendan Sinclair, Gamespot, March 25, 2009
GDC: Onlive Promises Near Instant Online Access To High-End Console And PC GamesAlex Pham, Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2009
Games Without The HardwareYukari Iwatani Kane, The Wall Street Journal,
March 24, 2009
Is OnLive the New Fourth Game Console?
Actually, MaybeLev Grossman, Time, March 24, 2009
A Video Game Start-Up Banks on the CloudBrad Stone, The New York Times, March 24, 2009
OnLive Could Threaten Xbox, PS3 and WiiDaniel Terdiman, CNN, March 24, 2009
GDC: OnLive Announces Cloud-Based Gaming ServiceChris Remo, Gamasutra, March 24, 2009
GDC 09: Debut Tech Interview March 24, 2009
OnLive: Will It Beat Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii at Their Own Game?Sid Shuman, PC World, March 24, 2009
Can OnLive Really Overturn the Gaming Industry?Wagner James Au, GigaOm, March 24, 2009
Mother of Invention Patrick Hogue, San Francisco Business Times,
February 21, 2009
The Apple Mafia Brian Caulfield, Forbes, February 18, 2009
Button' VFX Made Impossible Possible David S. Cohen, Variety, January 7, 2009
The Beginning of the End for the Uncanny Valley Renee Dunlop, CG Society, January 6, 2009
Bringing Benjamin Button to Life Bill Desowitz, VFX World, January 1, 2009

2008 News Coverage

Best of People: Steve Perlman Natasha Sarkisian, SF Magazine, July 2008
Heavy Handed Barbara Robertson, Computer Graphics World,
July 2008
Mova Reveals its Work Capturing Faces for The Incredible Hulk Film Dean Takahashi, Venture Beat, June 22, 2008
Louis Leterrier on ‘The Incredible Hulk’ Rob Worley, COMICS2FILM, June 13, 2008
‘Hulk’s’ Rage in the Machine Joe Strike, Daily News, June 8, 2008
Motion Capture Heath Firestone, Post, May 1, 2008
Developers Talk About Our 100Mbps Future at the Web 2.0 Expo Geoff Daily, Apprising, April 28, 2008
Mova brings lifelike motion capture to Unreal Engine 3 Kyle Orland, Feb 19, 2008

EE Times: Turning on iTV Rick Merritt, EE Times, November 3, 2008
CodeShop: The Faceplanters John Gaudiosi, Edge Magazine, July 3, 2008
Overcoming the Uncanny Valley Tom Geller, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, July/August, 2008
An interview with Rearden's Steve Perlman on investing in R&D Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat, April 30, 2008
Web 2.0: Obsolete within three years? Charles Cooper, CNET, April 23, 2008
GDC08: Mova's Steve Perlman talks Contour facial capture Christopher Grant, joystiq, February 21, 2008
Thinking About Tomorrow Nick Wingfield, The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 28, 2008
Tech leader assesses state of innovation in valley Mike Antonucci, San Jose Mercury News, March 9, 2008

2007 News Coverage

"Beowulf" Effects (And Angelina Jolie) Never Looked So Good Jim Goldman, CNBC, November 16, 2007
3-D System Makes Sense Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, August 3, 2007
Internet Meets Large Screen Peter Wayner, The New York Times, May 17, 2007
Blog: Spectrum Editor is Turned into Virtual Star Tekla Perry, IEEE Spectrum, April 4, 2007
Video: Game Developer's Conference 2007 Game Invasion, March 16, 2007

Beowulf F/X Masters Put a New Spin on 3-D James Lee, Wired, October 23, 2007
What's Behind a Smile Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, August 2007
A Laboratory Tool Kit for Converting DVD Movies Peter Wayner, The New York Times, June 28, 2007
Face Time Tekla Perry, IEEE Spectrum, April 4, 2007

2006 News Coverage

Mova Contour: A Mo-Cap Revolution Studio Daily, August 14, 2006
CNN Podcast: Renay San Miguel Interviews Steve Perlman about Contour Renay San Miguel, CNN.com, August, 2006
Mova Revolutionizing Motion-Capture Process Chris Marlowe The Hollwood Reporter, July 31, 2006
Camera System Creates Sophisticated 3-D Effects John Markoff, The New York Times, July 31, 2006
Digital Replicas May Change Face of Films Nick Wingfield, The Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2006
Saving Face Dean Takahshi, San Jose Mercury News, July 31, 2006

Contour captures faces, avoids Uncanny Valley Christopher Grant, Joystiq, August 1, 2006
QuickTime Developer is in Motion to Capture Hollywood Ellen Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2006
Blog: Crossing the Uncanny Valley Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe, July 31, 2006
Q&A With Steve Perlman: Escaping The Uncanny Valley With Contour Motion Capture Computer Power User, October 2006
Blog: Steve Perlman’s Mova: Capturing Faces for Video Games; And isn’t my Face Scary? Dean Takahshi, San Jose Mercury News, July 31, 2006
Blog: Q&A With Steve Perlman, Founder of Mova Dean Takahshi, San Jose Mercury News, July 31, 2006

2005 News Coverage

Television Reloaded Steven Levy, Newsweek, May 23, 2005
Catherine Margerine: A Little Bit of Hope J. Russell Kliegel, Apple.com, 2005

Hope's Approach Michael Goldman, Millimeter, May 1, 2005

2003 News Coverage

Steve Perlman's start-up wisdom Michael Kanellos, CNET, March 26, 2003

2002 News Coverage

Moxi to Merge with Digeo Margaret Kane and Richard Shim, CNET, March 29, 2002
New Buzz in Consumer Electronics May Wong, AP Newswires, January 7, 2002
The Most Valuable Square Foot in America Devin Leonard, Fortune, Aptil 1, 2002
WebTV founder unveils home multi-media system Franklin Paul, Reuters, January 7, 2002
Where The Toys Are Peter Lewis, Fortune, February 4, 2002
A Lot of Moxi Chris Taylor, Time, January 21, 2002
A Couch Potato’s Digital Dream Steven Levy, Newsweek, January 7, 2002
Digital Hubbub Economist, January 12-18, 2002
All Together Now Janet Rae-Dupree & Paul Andrews, U.S. News & World Report, January 21, 2002
WebTV Founder To Unveil New Push Into Digital Living Room Mark Boslet, Dow Jones Newswire, January 7, 2002
Wave Theory Eric J. Savitz, Barron's, January 21, 2002
Challenge Microsoft? It could take Moxi Firm hopes to manage broadband for homes By Byron Acohido, USA Today, January 16, 2002
Putting All Their Media In One Gadget Leslie Walker, Washington Post, January 17 2002
Showing Some Moxi Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2002
You'll need Moxi - or something like it USA Today, January 10, 2002
Consumer Electronics Show: Buzz is on home-media centers Brier Dudley, Seattle Times, January 6, 2002
SECRETS of the trade: Projecting an air of mystery helps generate a buzz Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, January 20, 2002
Rearden Shows Its 'Moxi' With All-In-One Platform Karen Brown, Multichannel News, January 7, 2002
Rearden Steel Technologies/Moxi Press Release Rearden Steel, January 7, 2002

An I/O port for the home Mike Langberg, The San Jose Mercury News, January 6 2002
Microsoft's Missed Opportunity Eric Hellweg, Business 2.0, January 29, 2002
Preparing Homes for a New Era in Media Jon Healey, LA Times, January 7 2002
The Bright Stuff Stephen Williams, Newsday, January 17, 2002
Unlocking door to homes of tomorrow Jack Schofield, The Guardian, January 24, 2002
Rearden Steel unveils multimedia system Richard Shim, CNET, January 7 2002
Pillow Fight in the Living Room Brad King and Elisa Batista, Wired News, January 9, 2002
TV Shows New Moxi Scott Hettrick, Variety, January 6, 2002
Perlman's firm shows off digital entertainment hub Chris Marlowe, Hollywood Reporter, January 8, 2002
New multimedia system plays it all Richard Shim, ZDNet News, January 7, 2002
Web TV co-founder building a better box Daniel Frankel, Video Business, January 7, 2002
Coming: Set-Top Box Recording Lisa Morgan, IEEE Spectrum, February 7, 2002
First Look: Moxi Media Center. Will this all-in-one set-top box be the last one you'll ever need? Andrew Hawn, TechTV, January 7, 2002
The Battle of the Boxes: PC vs. TV John Markoff, NY Times, January 7, 2002
Digital Tools: Something Special in the Airwaves Stephen Manes, Forbes Magazine, February 18, 2002
Moxi Digital Will Unveil Device To Handle Home Entertainment Lisa Bransten, Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2002
3 Visions of New Home Systems Lawrence J. Magid, LA Times, January 17, 2002
Back to the Frontier: The 2002 PC Forum Roundup Esther Dyson and Kevin Werbach, Release 1.0, March 24, 2002

2001 News Coverage

The Battle for Digital Living Rooms Is Joined May Wong,Associated Press Newswires, April 29,2001
Defining Cool 2001 Lee Clifford, Fortune, June 25, 2001
WebTV Co-Founder Launches Startup Jim Christie, Reuters, April 23, 2001
Start-Up's Big Project Is a Closely Held Secret Nicholas Johnston, The Washington Post , April 30, 2001
Perlman's Rearden Steel raises $67 million Paul Festa, C|Net News.com, April 22, 2001
Start-Up Hopes to Shape Future of Technology John Markoff, New York Times, April 23, 2001
WebTV Cofounder Strikes Again Om Malik, RedHerring.com, April 20, 2001
WebTV's Founder Attacks Home Entertainment Again Lisa Bransten, Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2001
Behind Steve Perlman's Big Score Paul Festa, C|Net Newsmakers, April 23, 2001
A couch potato's dream Bay Area a hotbed of interactive technology Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 2001
Week Ahead, The Week That Was Charles Cooper, ZDnet.com, April 27, 2001

International Herald Tribune article (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) John Markoff, New York Times Service, April 24, 2001
WebTV Founder Garners $67M First Round For New Startup Venturewire.com, April 24, 2001
Rearden Steel Technologies Secures $67 Million First Round Paul Shread, InternetVC Watch, April 24, 2001
Secretive Start-up Gets $67 Million in Funding Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, April 23, 2001
What Is Rearden Steel? David Sims , TheStandard.com, April 23, 2001
Rearden Steel Raises $67 Million Seed Funding for Reported Set-Top Box DigitalMediaWire.com, April 23, 2001
OUTSIDE THE BOX: Spielberg, Steel & Silicon Shelley Souza, Optionetics.com, April 23, 2001
Rearden Steels Up with $67m in Funding Steve Copland, the451, April 23, 2001
Investors Don't Shrug at Rearden Steel Frank Thorsbeg, LocalBusiness.com, April 23, 2001
WebTV Founder Snares $67M for New CE Venture Webnoize.com, April 23, 2001

2000 News Coverage

Found: Steve Perlman Marian Long, ZDNET, September 25, 2000
WebTV Founder Starts Up Technology Incubator Therese Poletti, Planet IT, February 2, 2004

2, 4, 6, 8, Now It's Time to Incubate Gary Arien, Multichannel News, April 24, 2000
WebTV co-founder resurfaces at head of new venture Jim Davis, News.com, January 12, 2000

1999 News Coverage

Start-Ups Adopt Code Names in Bid to Build the Right Buzz Nick Wingfield, The Wall Street Journal, July 8, 1999
Digits: Gambits and Gadgets In the World of Technology The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 1999

Out of Microsoft Fortune.com, June 16, 1999