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SolidWorks World 2011 moves into its final day

Catch up with what is going on at SolidWorks World in San Antonio this week at: SolidWorks Blog Yesterday SolidWorks announced a new website Post3D where now product designers and engineers can collaborate in 3D online.

The State of the Union goes High Tech

The White House has developed a new website for viewing the State of the Union Address. See charts and special content as the President gives the address. State of the Union 2011

The GTX 560 Ti Nvidia’s latest performance AIB launches today

Gamers are getting a treat from Nvidia this month. The GTX 560 Ti has launched equipped with 384 CUDA cores, and a standard core clock of 822MHz with many OC versions due to hit the market. The GTX 560 Ti delivers 33% better performance and 21% better performance / watt compared to the GTX 460. Read our review here GTX … Read more

“It’s the year of the tablet” – We Really mean it this time…

Earlier this month CES was abuzz with all the new tablets on the horizon. RIM, Motorola, HP all promised exciting new products – Toshiba is hoping to jump start their introduction of the Android Honeycomb based table by launching a new website it its honor. The new Toshiba will feature the new Android OS and 10.1-inch display power by the … Read more

Changing of the Guard at HP

Meg Whitman headlines as HP adds new board members. The additions include Shumeet Banerji, CEO of management consulting firm Booz & Company; Gary Reiner, formerly the chief information officer at General Electric; Patricia Russo, the former CEO of Alcatel-Lucent; and Dominique Senequier, CEO of AXA Private Equity. Moves signal an emphasis on software and networking. HP Chairman on Board Changes

The new sneaker net has no shoes.

Let’s face it, it’s been more than 30 years since ethernet claimed the vast mainstream of the networking business, and still there are network nightmares. Vista set our office back for weeks as we tried to get all the computers calmed down and willing to talk to one another again. The Mac is still pretty standoffish, there are only a … Read more

Calling all old pixel pushers

I’m proud to say that I have been elected president of the Siggraph Pioneers for 2011 and 2012. My first act in this role is to invite new members to the organization.If you’ve been involved with computer graphics for the past 20 years or more you’re eligible, and you should join us. Why?Because you have valuable experience you could share … Read more

Microsoft and Intel help ARM reach new highs

Intel’s $11.5 billion quarter has a positive ripple effect throughout the industry, coupled with the announcement that Microsoft will port to RISC processors ARM surges to an all time high. ARM soars