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In upFront.eZine this week: we have all the details on that DWG file exploit 26 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
This week in upFront.eZine we have for you: 1. About That Exploit in DWG Files - The Finder Explains - Open Design Alliance Responds 2. No Out of the Inbox, but some other regular columns. You can rea...
How to make your aging netbook run like ZIP! 24 Aug 2013 | 07:39 pm
Netbooks were the first ultrabooks, the first Macbook Airs. ASUS invented the new category of diminutive computer back in the mid-2000s. Its first model was too small -- 7" 800x480 screen and just 4GB...
Autodesk's plans = lower revenues 24 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
Randall Newton today describes in GraphicSpeak that Autodesk's Q2 revenues are down 1% from a year ago. (The result is in contrast with its largest competitors, whose revenues keep going up.) This, de...
How NSA misled you in the amount of data it collects 11 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
To emphasize how little data it collects, the NSA reported to the American people that it collects a mere 1.6% of the 1,826 petabytes of data that flow through the world's Internet pipes each day. Tin...
With CAD sales declining, is PTC still a CAD company? 8 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
PTC has spread itself out to sell all kinds of software that isn't strictly CAD. Financial analysts wonder why sales of CAD have declined for 1.5 years now. These analysts asked some hard questions of...
Exclusive: Evan Yares on nanoCAD USA 7 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
Evan Yares recently left his 3D CAD Tips column to launch Nanosoft USA. The head office of Nanosoft is located in Moscow, and describes its nanoCAD software as "Free CAD software with *.dwg support." ...
In upFront.eZine this week: Can a monitor be too big? We review Lenovo's 30"-er 6 Aug 2013 | 12:43 pm
This week in upFront.eZine we have for you: 1. Can a monitor be too big? (hardware review of Lenovo ThinkVision LT3053p) - The Bad and The Good - Multi-workstation Function - Why 2560x1600? - Summary ...
Seen at Siggraph: the photo collection 5 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
Here are some of the photos that were taken at Siggraph 2013... Above: Looking out of the Anaheim Convention Center, which gets my vote for the best designed of all the ones I have visited. Above: The...
Seen at Siggraph: SPEC's new benchmarks 2 Aug 2013 | 01:05 pm
At Siggraph 2013, we met with several members of the SPEC graphics performance committee. (SPEC is short for "standard performance evaluation corporation.") The SPEC organization produces a number of ...
Seen at Siggraph: Mixamo eye tracking 1 Aug 2013 | 01:17 pm
In a part of the AMD booth at Siggraph 2014, we came across Mixamo. Their idea is that we create a character for a game or other type of media, upload it to their site, and then choose from a...<img s...