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PTC net income rises 61% on flat revenue

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 ...

AMD posts higher than expected Q4 revenue

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. ...

How ILM created The Hulk

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 ...

IDEX achieves higher PSI through integrated design and simulation

Nvidia invites you to a party

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 ...

CES 2013, a major industry transition point?

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 ...

Taking 3D printing into softer realms

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 ...

Autodesk teams with Organovo for 3D bio-printing

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 ...

What’s wrong with movies these days?

The holidays are a big movie season, and often that’s literal—the moviesare big, expensive, and long. The studios have always reserved movies they expect to be big box office affairs for the seasons with the ...

3D Systems to acquire Geomagic

3D Systems today announced it will acquire Geomagic, Inc., provider of 3D authoring products,Geomagic made news recently with the announcement of Spark, a new scan-to-CAD program that combines elements of Geomagic Studio with SpaceClaim 3D ...

Penguin releases “Bend Not Break” life story of Geomagic CEO Ping Fu

Today Penguin releases “Bend, not Break”, the personal story of Geomagic CEO Ping Fu. Penguin is planning a major book tour/media blitz for early 2013, which means you can expect to see Ping Fu on ...

Year in review: Retread, repeat, relaunch

The year is drawing to a close, and as it goes out, it takes with it the nasty US election, and hopefully this persistent recession—hopefully. Before I make my useless new year’s res­olutions (I vow ...