It was a short little work trip. No real heavy lifting would be needed on the road, but a Windows device for ongoing projects would be nice, so I thought I’d take along the Windows 8 Surface RT device we’ve been sharing in the office. Slim, lightweight, long battery life, just the thing for four days on the road. Except… … Read more
Maybe a 12-step program is called for It was a short little work trip. No real heavy lifting would be needed on the road, but a Windows device for ongoing projects would be nice, so I thought I’d take along the Windows 8 Surface RT device we’ve been sharing in the office. Slim, lightweight, long battery life, just the thing … Read more
In 1998 Steve Jobs was asked, how can you compete in the PC business? What’s your strategy? He smiled and said, “Wait for the next big thing.” Hardly seems like much of a plan, and it is exactly what RIM and Nokia didn’t do, and look at them. Sometimes companies try to create the next big thing like Intel did … Read more
PTC is reporting sharply higher net income on essentially flat revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, as compared with a year ago.Revenue for the quarter ending December 29, 2012 was $319.7 million, up 0.4% compared to a year earlier. Net income was $35.8 million, up 61% from a year earlier. Read more on PTC’s financials on GraphicSpeak.
AMD posted fourth-quarter revenue of $1.16 billion, compared to $1.69 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected $1.149 billion in revenue for the December quarter and $1.108 billion in revenue for the current quarter. AMD had a net loss of $473 million compared to a net loss of $177 million in the same quarter the year before.Shares of AMD … Read more
A new behind the scenes video from Industrial Light and Magic describes how the visual effects team built a CG version of actor Mark Ruffalo that maintained his unique look while transforming him onscreen into The Hulk for Marvel’s The Avengers. Read more on the Hulk and ILM on GraphicSpeak.
Nvidia is extending an open invitation to a party this Saturday, January 19 at its Santa Clara headquarters. The party is for the Grand Finals for Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Rivalries. “It is going to be an afternoon of amazing match-ups, food, drinks and fun,” says Nvidia’s Brian Del Rizzo, a senior PR manager. To attend this … Read more
Aren’t they all? Not necessarily So, what have we learned from CES 2013 that we didn’t know before? Most of us now know that Las Vegas is not as much fun as it’s cracked up to be. I will also say there are some LV vets who can show you a thing or two about Las Vegas. You can have … Read more
Soon we won’t know the difference When augmented reality (AR) was first introduced isn’t clear. (Damn, that’s such a great pun.) But seriously folks, the idea of AR is pretty old, and can be traced back to L. Frank Baum’s short story, The Master Key, written in 1901, in which he introduced the idea of AR, I give you the … Read more
A leading researcher on 3D printing has accepted an appointment at Harvard University to run a new lab and design studio exploring how to bring a more diverse set of materials into additive fabrication. Jennifer A. Lewis will work on the integration of multiple platforms for materials synthesis, assembly and characterization. The goal is to design novel inks and high-precision … Read more
Organovo is teaming up with Autodesk to create CAD tools that will let Organovo’s scientists design specific organic structures such as blood vessels, liver tissue and other parts for implantation. 3D printing technologies are used to build 3D scaffolds. Cells can be placed in the structures as it is being built by the printer. Read more about the new collaboration … Read more
