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W3C Targets 2014 for HTML5 Standard

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W3C today extended the charter of the HTML Working Group with clear milestones for HTML5, the cornerstone of W3C's Open Web Platform for application development. In May 2011, the Working Group will advance HTML5 to "Last Call," an invitation to communities inside and outside W3C to confirm the technical soundness of the specification. The group will then shift focus to gathering implementation experience. W3C is developing a comprehensive test suite to achieve broad interoperability for the full specification by 2014, the target date for Recommendation.

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Logorama - Oscar Winning Animated Short Film

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Logorama is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 Oscar for best Animated Short Film.

The entirety of Logorama is made up of brand images and logos, with these brand images and logos used to represent characters, props, locations, vehicles, and other content.

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Free Valentine's Day Fonts

Free Fonts

Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, so rather than going out and getting a store bought card, why don't you make your own! We've collected this set of free Valentine fonts for you to use in your DIY Valentine's Day card. You can also check out our collection of free Valentine's Day heart themed Photoshop brushes. Nothing says "I love you" like a card that suggests that you sat in front of your computer for hours making it!

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Ford Sues Ferrari for Logo Trademark Infringement

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Ford Motor Company is suing Ferrari for trademark infringement. The suit was filed in Detroit federal court today.This is happening because Ferrari has named their 2011 Formula One racing car the F150. Ford claims that the Ferrari logo bears too close a resemblance to Ford’s F-150 pick-up logo. Ferrari’s counters that their name, F150, is not hyphenated, as it is on the F-150 Pickup. According to The Detroit News, "Ford has used the F-150 name on its flagship, full-size pickup trucks since the 1975 model year." Ferrari’ is saying that they chose the name in honor of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.

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X-Men: First Class Logo Revealed

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An official logo for director Matthew Vaughn's comic film series prequel X-Men: First Class has been released. The cool new industrial artwork, which features the iconic X-Men mansion manhole cover, looks a lot like the first teaser movie poster that was released in January. The logo appeared today on the official "X-Men: First Class" Facebook page, and features a the large familiar "X" and the text "Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters" encircling it. The logo is simple, but has a darkness to it that will hopefully reflect the film's tenor.

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