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The 3MF format pulls ahead with important new members
The 3MF consortium has reached an important milestone with the participation of key members including 3D Systems, Stratasys, Siemens PLM, SLM Solutions, and Materialise. Meanwhile, Microsoft has figured out a new way to do standards with the Joint Development Foundation.
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The Archipelago of Things
We tend to think of the Internet of Things as a vast network that is knitting itself together as devices ...
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Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Jon Peddie says “I love it—why did I wait?” By Jon Peddie Opening the boxes of the new Surface Pro ...
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Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 goes head to head with MacBook Air
The first applications demonstrated were Autodesk Revit and Adobe Photoshop. Is the enterprise ready to standardize on a Windows tablet? ...
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Prime Sense brings new vision to Apple
Apple has confirmed rumors that it has acquired Israeli semiconductor company PrimeSense. A look at the company’s direction before the ...
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Bentley wraps long arms around SaaS for enterprise AEC
New initiatives in cloud and mobile are the tip of the iceberg for the technically aggressive company. London proves to ...
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The PC market is shifting
The companies you know as computer makers buy, not make, all the component parts. Who’s to say the component makers ...
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Microsoft talks Xbox One and Kinect at Hot Chips
Beyond the block diagrams, FLOPS comparisons, and power requirements, the new system on a chip had to master complex human ...
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Microsoft and Autodesk pushing together on making 3D printing mainstream
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
Perhaps it was an unintended side effect of the browser wars, but Microsoft is now supporting WebGL. By Kathleen Maher ...