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Autodesk rides the manufacturing rebound

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Business trend lines show industrial growth, and Autodesk sees itself beating its peer group for the new business. A year ...

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Siemens PLM launches Teamcenter Mobility for iPad

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Five million Teamcenter PLM users are today adding the Apple iPad to their requisition lists. This is the first PLM ...

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US Air Force civil engineering to buy $26 million in Autodesk software

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The five-year deal was the work of reseller DLT Solution. Autodesk today announced the United States Air Force Office of ...

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NEi Software releases FEA iPhone app

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NEi Stratus uses cloud technology to provide basic finite element analysis and viewing. FEA on demand, anyone? NEi Software has ...

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Researchers discover ‘pruned’ microchips are faster, smaller, more energy-efficient

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A research consortium have discovered a techique to make average computer chips better by trimming away rarely used circuits. Error ...

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Siemens Industry online game seeks to make manufacturing cool again

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Plantville uses game and social media technology to attract young people in the ‘talent war’ for the next generation of ...

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PTC provides names for new Creo apps

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Last October when PTC announced plans for the Creo line, replacing Pro/Engineer and other CAD tools, it only hinted at ...

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Graphics board tests are not created equal

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Most industry benchmarks can be slanted to prefer or avoid performance characteristics. Jon Peddie explains the Pmark, used by Jon ...

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Twitter outpaces email or telephone for COFES input

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Setting the topics for roundtable discussions at COFES is a last-minute push on purpose. This year Twitter is getting the ...

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Delcam annual revenue up 17% in 2010

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Unlike US software companies, Delcam plans to not only pay shareholder dividends, but to increase them 5% this year. CAD/CAM ...