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Adobe presents Creative Suite 6 in festive cloud raiment
Apr. 23 | The first response from Adobe users is overwhelming positive. A new Creative Cloud makes it possible to rent all CS6 products for a monthly fee. If today’s Twitter chatter is any indication, Adobe has a hit on its hands with the release today of Creative...
Google puts the spotlight on augmented reality
Apr. 23 | The search giant proposes the specs for AR glasses. How fast can they come to market? Google has gone public with its plans to create augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass. (Source: Google) By Jon Peddie Have you ever longed for X-ray vision...
Autodesk expands Media and Entertainment Suites for 2013
Apr. 20 | Multi-product workflows and extreme 3D detail drive this year’s updates. By Kathleen Maher The entertainment industry is fundamentally changing. It has been for a long time but it’s become more obvious with several huge industry shifts in the game,...
A midterm test for the CAD industry
Apr. 18 | Pockets of economic uncertainty remain, but 2012 is shaping up to be a better year for CAD than 2011. Kathleen Maher updates the JPR CAD Report. By Kathleen Maher In 2011 Bentley Systems significantly improved its SACS product line for the design and...
Review: The Boxx 4920 Xtreme workstation
Apr. 17 | Alex Herrera says extreme attention to detail and an overclocked Core i7 CPU make this a powerhouse for the most demanding CAD and DCC applications. By Alex Herrera Opening the chassis on any Boxx workstation is a diversion from the mundane, because...
3D printer makers Stratasys and Objet to merge
Apr. 16 | Confirming weeks of rumors, the two makers of industrial 3D printers will unite under the Stratasys name in an all-stock transaction. The combined company will be worth $1.4 billion. In 2009 Stratasys made news with Autodesk when they jointly designed...
Khronos turns 12 with 15 APIs and counting
Apr. 12 | The mobile industry has come to rely on Khronos’ APIs as much as the graphics industry. The future is rosy if all industry players pay attention to the bigger picture. By Jon Peddie The Khronos Organization took their name from the god of time. It...
Who is Monica Menghini and why is she quoted in a SolidWorks press release?
Apr. 11 | The rising star among Dassault Systèmes executives is working on a long-term global marketing theme of ubiquitous 3D experience. By Randall S. Newton When a company releases a new product, it always distributes a press release which almost always includes...
Koomey’s Law rewrites the future of computing
Apr. 10 | There’s a new law in tech town, guiding how we plan our computational future. If you think mobile is interesting now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Last month Stanford engineering professor Jonathan Koomey Ph.D. gave a brief presentation at VERGE,...
