Awards
“Gravity,” the deep space thriller starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is getting the Dolby Atmos treatment.
Sept. 30, 2013
‘Gravity’ explores new sound frontier with Dolby Atmos
Movies
A sexy female rock band, Cherry Bomb, is on stage at a punk-rock club where the audience is so unruly that a chain-link fence has been set up to protect the musicians from flying beer bottles.
March 16, 1986
Music
Since he was a 14-year-old who “messed around with a lot of tapes,” Thomas Morgan Robertson has gone by the name of Thomas Dolby.
March 22, 1987
Sound pioneer Ray Dolby of Dolby Laboratories dies at 80
Sept. 12, 2013
Ray Dolby, the inventor and engineer who founded Dolby Laboratories and pioneered noise-reducing and surround-sound technology widely used in the film and recording industries, has died in San Francisco at 80, the company announced Thursday.
Technology and the Internet
Dolby Laboratories Inc.’
Feb. 17, 2005
Entertainment & Arts
Eastman Kodak and Ray Dolby and Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories were among the honorees at Sunday night’s bestowing of Oscars for scientific and technical achievement at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
March 20, 1989
San Francisco-based Dolby Laboratories Inc., the developer of music and motion picture sound systems, announced on Monday it has acquired Doremi Labs.
Nov. 3, 2014
Business
Ideas for new businesses don’t grow on trees.
Dec. 9, 1991