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New app controls Final Cut Pro X from iPad

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Kathleen Maher

An emerging use for iPad as a front-end for Mac-based creative software.   When Apple introduced its dramatic X version ...

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Esther Dyson to keynote at COFES 2013

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Randall Newton

Dyson is an angel investor and technology visionary who has personally nurtured many software start-ups. She will discuss the business ...

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Computer graphics changed our lives and the course of history; can it save the PC?

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Jon Peddie

The computer graphics industry is hitting an inflection point as consumers adopt tablets at the expense of PCs with higher end computer graphics chips. This transition has the potential to slow the development of high end graphics processors.

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HP jumps in the Chromebook game

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Randall Newton

The fourth Chromebook vendor offers the first 14” screen. HP is now the fourth computer vendor to offer a Chromebook, ...

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Next Limit releases Revit plug-in for Maxwell Render

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Randall Newton

The free plug-in offers a high degree of flexibility for rendering Revit models. Maxwell Render users now have access to ...

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Major graphics chip vendors all report fourth quarter decline

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GfxS staff

AMD, Intel, and Nvidia combined for a drop of 11.5% in units shipped. All the leading suppliers of graphics chips ...

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ArtRage 4 optimizes for pen tablets and touch screens

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Randall Newton

Other features improve the process of working on the screen as if it were art canvas. A new release of ...

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Vuzix races to meet Google in wearable computing market

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Kathleen Maher

Vuzix is rapidly building products to meet a need the company believes will materialize in a short time -- heads up displays for wearable computing. The company is racing to complete development on its Smart Glasses line that are similar to the Google Glass idea.

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“Fix It In Post”

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Randall Newton

Too bad all commercials aren’t like this eight-minute video by filmmaker Jeremy Hunt, showing how Autodesk Smoke is used is ...

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Researchers demonstrate advances in holographic microscopy

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Kathleen Maher

Two researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have demonstrated their new technique for visualizing living cells in holographic 3D. Using their method cells can be observed over a period of time and the reaction of cells to stimuli can be seen without the use of artificial aids such as contrast dyes or fluorophores, which could distort the interpretation.