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Autodesk’s year of living acquisitively

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Kathleen Maher

All divisions—including their new consumer products group—went shopping in 2011. Here’s our list of companies and technologies now part of ...

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Quantum dot filter displays are the next big thing

BY
Jon Peddie

Color purity and range have plateaued; new technology from Nanosys promises improvements. By Jon Peddie When LCD displays took over ...

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AutoCAD WS now available on Kindle Fire

BY
Randall Newton

The new tablet from Amazon.com runs a hybrid version of the Android operating system, requiring Autodesk to tweak its popular ...

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Mobile makes CAD industry submit to Joy’s Law in 2011

BY
Randall Newton

Most CAD vendors released at least one mobile app in 2011, but some felt pressured to do it.  Joy’s Law ...

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ArtRage realistic painting comes to iPhone 4

BY
Randall Newton

Ambient Design extends its “natural painting” iPad app to the smaller screen. Ambient Design has released ArtRage for iPhone 4, ...

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Santa rides a Norelco again

BY
Randall Newton

Re:think Studio re-creates classic TV ad in Modo. People of a certain age can likely recall the Norelco electric razor ...

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Study: Rich storytelling as important online as for TV, movies, or games

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Randall Newton

Forrester Research study shows leading advertisers are seeking out agencies with media design capabilities. Firms with rich digital media capabilities can ...

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Workstation market tops 1 million quarterly units for the first time

BY
GfxS staff

The third quarter report for 2011 from Jon Peddie Research, now available, shows the workstation market continuing its healthy ways. ...

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Infinite Z launches zSpace virtual holographic 3D display for designers

BY
Randall Newton

Five years in the making, zSpace delivers a highly realistic 3D experience. zSpace will initially ship with support for Autodesk ...

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KeyView update supports Catia V6

BY
Randall Newton

Kubotek continues its rapid update pace for its CAD data viewer. Also new in this version is a new Data ...