Multimedia is the use of several media (e.g. text, audio, graphics, animation, video) to convey information. Multimedia also refers to the use of computer technology to create, store, and experience multimedia content. In fine art it is a synonym for traditional mixed media as well as technological new media (ArtLex, NWD). Multimedia is also a pleonasm as media is the plural of medium, hence it is a double plural.

Technological Multimedia can be broadly divided into linear and non-linear. Linear, like a film, plays without any navigation control for the viewer. Non-linear offers interactivity.

The various formats of technological or digital multimedia may be intended to enhance the viewer's experience, for example to make it easier and faster to convey information. Or in entertainment or art, to transcend everday experience.

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MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters to Support Aeroflot Cargo Growth Plan.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:45:30 -0400
FRANKFURT, Germany: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is helping Aeroflot Cargo improve its operational efficiency and adapt to growing market demands by providing three leased MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs). The companies joined in celebrating the freighters’ recent entry into service at a ceremony marking Aeroflot Cargo’s new fleet and the resulting operational improvements at the carrier’s facility at Frankfurt-Hahn airport.
Russian Plans to Station Nuclear Bombers in Cuba.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:44:48 -0400
The media has been abuzz today at the prospect of Russian nuclear bombers being stationed in Cuba if the US goes ahead with plans for missile defence bases in Eastern Europe. The story has riled the US enough that a US general has been wheeled out to tell the world’s press that any Russian attempt to build another nuclear base in Cuba would cross US "red line"...
FAA Extends First, Third Class Medicals.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:15:09 -0400
Pilots under age 40 can save a trip to the AME. On July 24, the FAA will extend the duration of third class medicals from 36 calendar months to 60 calendar months (five years) and first class medicals from six calendar months to 12 calendar months for pilots under age 40...
Indonesia: Pilot Charged in Crash That Killed 21.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:56 -0400
BEIJING (Xinhuanet): The pilot of a Garuda Indonesia aircraft that crashed at Yogyakarta airport last year killing 21 people was charged on Thursday with negligence and deliberately causing an accident. Prosecutor Mudim Aristo told a five-judge panel that Capt. Marwoto Komar deliberately ignored warning signals from an onboard warning system and his co-pilot, force-landing the Boeing 737 which skidded off the runway and burst into flames...
Higher, Faster, Stronger: 1950s Experimental Aircraft.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:35 -0400
The 1950s was the decade of the test pilot and the experimental aircraft, as aviation technology turned to the jet engine and pushed its limits in both speed and endurance. With the world divided in Cold War, the stakes were high. Jet aircraft dominated both U.S. and Soviet arsenals and the data returned by subsonic and supersonic test flights had implications for the coming space race as well...
Chinese Authorities in Talks on Airline Merger.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:15 -0400
SHANGHAI: China’s central government and the Shanghai city government are discussing merging Shanghai Airlines with China Eastern Airlines, Chinese business magazine Caijing reported on its website yesterday. High global oil prices and slowing growth in China’s air passenger traffic have increased speculation the government may encourage restructuring in the industry...

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