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Doodle3D Brings Your Drawings To Life Via 3D Printers

Doodle3D Brings Your Drawings To Life Via 3D Printers

By Zach Walton April 17, 2013

3D printers are getting cheaper and cheaper all the time. Soon enough, we’ll start seeing more than just hobbyists and industrial designers working with the technology. Unfortunately, the CAD software designers use to make 3D models is still expensive and/or …

Pixar Releases Open SubDiv Software Pixar Releases Open SubDiv Software
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Most people can probably agree that Pixar is one of the most influential animation studios of all time. Their films have been not only critical and commercial hits, but important to the progression of animation technology as well. The technology …

Steam Gets Into The Software Business Steam Gets Into The Software Business

Valve and their Steam service have become synonymous with digital distribution. There are other players who are trying to break into the downloadable PC game market, but nobody has been able to take on Steam just yet. With Steam’s next …

EU Court Rules Users Can Sell Used Software EU Court Rules Users Can Sell Used Software
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One of the major problems I find myself in after a Steam sale is that I bought a lot of games that I just don’t really want. I partially blame myself, but some of those games have achievements which I …

IBM Completes Acquisition of Vivisimo IBM Completes Acquisition of Vivisimo

In late April, we reported on the intention of IBM to acquire Vivisimo, a software designer focused on data analytics and data management software. Although the financial terms still have not been revealed, IBM announced earlier this morning, the acquisition …

Google Talks Googlebot Hardware/Software Google Talks Googlebot Hardware/Software

Google uploaded a new Webmaster Help video from Matt Cutts, which addresses a question about the hardware/server-side software that powers a typical Googlebot server. “So one of the secrets of Google is that rather than employing these mainframe machines, this …

IBM on New Mobile and Cloud Technologies IBM on New Mobile and Cloud Technologies
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During the recent IBM Impact 2012 Conference, the company made several announcements. Among them were the company’s introductions of new software systems primarily focused on mobile and cloud computing.

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