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Kinect hack wizards vie for TechStars fame

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Randall Newton

Eleven start-ups are now using Microsoft office space and a $20,000 grant to take their amazing Kinect-based projects to the ...

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Adobe the toolmaker listens to its customers, kills Flash for Mobile

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Randall Newton

Tools built for old paradigms rarely fit new situations. Mobile app development is still searching for its Pulaski Tool. It ...

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Modding the Xbox Kinect to gather 3D streaming data

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Randall Newton

In less than a year after its release, a flood of researchers and tinkerers are finding ways to re-purpose the ...

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WebGL: kill it before it grows?

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Jon Peddie

The recent suggestion that WebGL 1.0 has security holes launches the wrong set of fears. Jon Peddie takes a closer ...

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Just how many Windows are coming?

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Jon Peddie

Intel is wasting no time in talking about the future of its CPUs and Microsoft Windows. Microsoft wishes Intel would ...

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Bringing robots to their senses

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Randall Newton

With the release this week of a new robotics operating system, Microsoft and Google have yet one more free-vs-free field ...

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CES 2011 was the Grand Bazaar of consumer electronics

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Randall Newton

Bigger and gaudier than ever, the Consumer Electronics Show is still the place to see what might be the next ...

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Evolving PLM Landscape: Major Seismic Event or Minor Volcanic Eruption?

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Randall Newton

The PLM sales landscape seems to be rather active this season, notes analyst Allan Behrens. Is there a major shaking ...