Month: July 2013

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Loving your 7-inch Huawei phone/tablet

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Jon Peddie

Holding it up to your ear may be a more conspicuous act than some are ready for. If you wouldn’t ...

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Nook platform opening up to third party manufacturers

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Jon Peddie

The well-regarded but lagging competitor to Amazon Kindle wants to find a new competitive edge and cut its losses. The ...

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3D Systems forms strategic alliance with consulting firm Deloitte

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Randall Newton

The two will jointly create regional solution centers to promote 3D in manufacturing. 3D printing systems vendor 3D Systems has ...

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Growth of mobile technology drives game platform proliferation

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Jon Peddie

Traditional console vendors and newcomers are both staking out positions in this new market. By Jon Peddie I’ve predicted for ...

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Microsoft and Autodesk pushing together on making 3D printing mainstream

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Kathleen Maher

The recent announcement that Microsoft will include a 3D printing API was met with a hearty cheer of support from ...

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Open source multimedia gets boost from Microsoft

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Kathleen Maher

Perhaps it was an unintended side effect of the browser wars, but Microsoft is now supporting WebGL. By Kathleen Maher ...

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Aras places Elysium 3D CAD data translation inside Innovator PLM

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Randall Newton

The partnership automates the conversion of CAD data to other native CAD formats including Catia, Creo, NX, and JT. PLM ...

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KeyShot adds support for Mold-Tech texture cosmetics

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Randall Newton

As the inventor of a key texture process for plastics, Mold-Tech cosmetics are in high demand.  KeyShot now provides these ...

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Fast-paced Siggraph Dailies celebrates excellence in computer graphics

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Randall Newton

The juried presentation is non-stop action as presenters have two minutes to show and describe their work. One of the ...

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Architectural CAD/CAM system substitutes steel for wood

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Randall Newton

Prescient provides an add-on to Revit that transmits instructions for custom robotic frame manufacture. If the response at the recent ...