Bread & Butter 3D By Ko Maruyama
Here's why Zax Dow created Zaxwerks and why his software is so valuable even if you already have another 3D program. 3D work can be divided into two main categories: Bread and Butter work, and Custom work. Everyone would like to get custom work but it's the bread and butter work that keeps food on your table. The big mystery here is why most people use custom software on bread and butter jobs? Do they even realize there is a difference? Doing that is like drawing animation by hand; the result can be completely custom but boy does it take a lot of time and skill to do.
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Pogo Connect By Ko Maruyama
The Pogo Connect is the first stylus that allows its user to use pressure sensitivity with a touch screen device. Previously code-named Blue Tiger, the pen promises to change the way artists interact with their portable devices.
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Transforming the Bus Stop Experience Through Architecture and Engineering By John Marhoefer and Walter Geiger
They recently designed and built the award winning art shelters that have been installed at several bus stops in Orlando, Fla., home to some of the world's most famous tourism destinations. These structures combine form and function, enhance the aesthetics of their surrounding landscape, bring art into the community, and break new ground in construction. The art shelters are the product of collaboration, vision and technological innovation.
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Transforming the Bus Stop Experience Through Architecture and Engineering By John Marhoefer and Walter Geiger
They recently designed and built the award winning art shelters that have been installed at several bus stops in Orlando, Fla., home to some of the world's most famous tourism destinations. These structures combine form and function, enhance the aesthetics of their surrounding landscape, bring art into the community, and break new ground in construction. The art shelters are the product of collaboration, vision and technological innovation.
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HPC: Coming to an IT Shop Near You? By Jeff Ehrlich for Intelligence In Software
High-performance computing (HPC) solutions have long been deployed by Fortune 1000 accounts, but costs have prohibited implementation by smaller enterprises. Here`s how cloud computing has changed the playing field.
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Home Movies, Then and Now By Matt Coppa
J.J. Abrams` new sci-fi flick, Super 8, inspires Style and Tech for Men to take a walk down home-movie-camera lane.
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No-holds-barred Production Rendering By for Digital Innovation Gazette
Blockbuster animated and visual-effects-driven films take audiences to fantastic places by using technology to render scenes, special effects and characters with breathtaking realism. Heres how you can get the most out of these modern technolog
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No-holds-barred Production Rendering By for Digital Innovation Gazette
Blockbuster animated and visual-effects-driven films take audiences to fantastic places by using technology to render scenes, special effects and characters with breathtaking realism. Heres how you can get the most out of these modern technolog
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Realizing the Benefits of Vulnerability Management in the Cloud By Gordon Mackay
Before describing some of the challenges with vulnerability management, it is worthwhile to provide a brief description of what vulnerability management includes and then describe the differences between the two types of deployments, Software as a Service or SaaS-based (also known as cloud-based), and the second type, premise-based. Realizing that SaaS forms part of the cloud computing stack, many solution providers refer to SaaS-based approaches as "In the cloud", cloud application services or cloud-based2. For the remainder of this paper, I will refer to this deployment as cloud-based.
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Dell Precision M6500 mobile workstation By John Virata
The big horsepower CPUs and graphics chips form the core of a workstation class notebook computer. A large screen, built in color calibration profiles, RAID capabilities, and a bevy of connectivity options also contribute. The Dell Precision M6500 in here for review combines the latest in mobile workstation graphics, the 1GB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M, with a Quad Core Intel Core i7 x920 2GHz CPU with 8 processor cores, 4GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM (16GB maximum), 17" Wide Screen WUXGA RGB LED LCD Panel with integrated camera and mic, and a Hitachi 250GB hard disk drive.
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Lenovo D20 media workstation By John Virata
Lenovo's D20 is the company's top of the line ThinkStation workstation. This particular model shipped with dual Intel E5540 2.53GHz Xeon processors (four processor cores), 12GB RAM, and Windows 7 Professional. Graphics was powered by an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 graphics card. This is your classic media workstation, configured to run the latest creative applications from Adobe Systems, Autodesk, Sony Creative Software, as well as CAD tools such as AutoCAD, Pro Engineer, and others.
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3.06 GHz 17-inch MacBook Pro By Heath McKnight
I recently had a chance to review the latest, top-of-the-line unibody MacBook Pro from Apple; with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and many other great features, this is the fastest Apple laptop I've ever used.
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HP Z400 workstation By John Virata
The Hewlett-Packard HP Z400 is the company's entry level workstation. While it doesn't have the whiz bang design features of the HP Z800 reviewed in March, it still does not disappoint as the benchmark numbers will surprise you.
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Toshiba Satellite P505 notebook computer By Heath McKnight
The Toshiba Satellite P505 is one of the best Windows-based laptops I've had the pleasure of reviewing. With its beautiful, large display, excellent Harmon/Kardon speakers, large hard drive,and blazing fast processor and graphics, this is a top-notch laptop that will fit virtually anyone's mobile computing needs. From the student all the way to professionals, this is a great system.
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Building a Better Mouse: Contour Design RollerMouse Free By Jeffrey P. Fisher
Like me, you've probably been mousing around for some time. You may have even tried some mouse alternatives, such as tablets, trackballs, and their ilk. But, eventually you found yourself back with the mouse in hand. I know, it's not an easy habit to break. But now there is an alternative that is well worth considering: the Contour Design RollerMouse Free.
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Lenovo ThinkStation S20 workstation By John Virata
The Lenovo ThinkStation S20 is the company's mid range workstation that works well in a variety of creative environments, be it video and special effects creation to CAD and animation. Configured with the right graphics card, the unit will fit well in any creative environment. The S20 is larger than most mid-tower cases, and sports ample room inside for user upgrades.
...Read More »
Lenovo W700ds mobile workstation By John Virata
Lenovo has long been known for innovative notebook computers harking back to the days when it (IBM) came out with the ThinkPad notebook computer. This machine served notice that it was at the top of the heap when it came to design and functionality. The current crop of ThinkPad workstations maintain that innovation as well as some features that could be called obscure, such as the one with the W700ds that I'm reviewing here.
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Probell Films is known for their indie films, especially in the (B) Horror genre.
Although Maureen "Mo" Whelan and crew are already working on t
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MAXON , leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today revealed the first step in its strategic
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Bread & Butter 3D
Here's why Zax Dow created Zaxwerks and why his software is so valuable even if you already have another 3D program. 3D work can be divided into two main categories: Bread and Butter work, and Custom work. Everyone would like to get custom work but it's the bread and butter work that keeps food on your table. The big mystery here is why most people use custom software on bread and butter jobs? Do they even realize there is a difference? Doing that is like drawing animation by hand; the result can be completely custom but boy does it take a lot of time and skill to do.
...Read More »
Pogo Connect
The Pogo Connect is the first stylus that allows its user to use pressure sensitivity with a touch screen device. Previously code-named Blue Tiger, the pen promises to change the way artists interact with their portable devices.
...Read More »
Transforming the Bus Stop Experience Through Architecture and Engineering
They recently designed and built the award winning art shelters that have been installed at several bus stops in Orlando, Fla., home to some of the world's most famous tourism destinations. These structures combine form and function, enhance the aesthetics of their surrounding landscape, bring art into the community, and break new ground in construction. The art shelters are the product of collaboration, vision and technological innovation.
...Read More »
Power to the People: The New Consumer Video Revolution
Thanks to new
workflow tools from CyberLink and Roxio, consumers have fast, easy and powerful
options for handling their HD and stereoscopic 3D content.
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HPC: Coming to an IT Shop Near You?
High-performance computing (HPC) solutions have long been deployed by Fortune 1000 accounts, but costs have prohibited implementation by smaller enterprises. Here`s how cloud computing has changed the playing field.
...Read More »
Home Movies, Then and Now
J.J. Abrams` new sci-fi flick, Super 8, inspires Style and Tech for Men to take a walk down home-movie-camera lane.
...Read More »
Should You Block Employee Web Surfing?
Limiting access can stifle creativity and productivity, says blogger Chris Augeri. Instead, put the proper tools in place to protect your business.
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No-holds-barred Production Rendering
Blockbuster animated and visual-effects-driven films take audiences to fantastic places by using technology to render scenes, special effects and characters with breathtaking realism. Heres how you can get the most out of these modern technolog
...Read More »
Brand-new Looks at the Grand Old Game
These new camera innovations from FOX will get you so close to the game you may just get yelled at for playing ball in the house!
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Realizing the Benefits of Vulnerability Management in the Cloud
Before describing some of the challenges with vulnerability management, it is worthwhile to provide a brief description of what vulnerability management includes and then describe the differences between the two types of deployments, Software as a Service or SaaS-based (also known as cloud-based), and the second type, premise-based. Realizing that SaaS forms part of the cloud computing stack, many solution providers refer to SaaS-based approaches as "In the cloud", cloud application services or cloud-based2. For the remainder of this paper, I will refer to this deployment as cloud-based.
...Read More »
Dell Precision M6500 mobile workstation
The big horsepower CPUs and graphics chips form the core of a workstation class notebook computer. A large screen, built in color calibration profiles, RAID capabilities, and a bevy of connectivity options also contribute. The Dell Precision M6500 in here for review combines the latest in mobile workstation graphics, the 1GB NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M, with a Quad Core Intel Core i7 x920 2GHz CPU with 8 processor cores, 4GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM (16GB maximum), 17" Wide Screen WUXGA RGB LED LCD Panel with integrated camera and mic, and a Hitachi 250GB hard disk drive.
...Read More »
Lenovo D20 media workstation
Lenovo's D20 is the company's top of the line ThinkStation workstation. This particular model shipped with dual Intel E5540 2.53GHz Xeon processors (four processor cores), 12GB RAM, and Windows 7 Professional. Graphics was powered by an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 graphics card. This is your classic media workstation, configured to run the latest creative applications from Adobe Systems, Autodesk, Sony Creative Software, as well as CAD tools such as AutoCAD, Pro Engineer, and others.
...Read More »
3.06 GHz 17-inch MacBook Pro
I recently had a chance to review the latest, top-of-the-line unibody MacBook Pro from Apple; with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and many other great features, this is the fastest Apple laptop I've ever used.
...Read More »
HP Z400 workstation
The Hewlett-Packard HP Z400 is the company's entry level workstation. While it doesn't have the whiz bang design features of the HP Z800 reviewed in March, it still does not disappoint as the benchmark numbers will surprise you.
...Read More »
Toshiba Satellite P505 notebook computer
The Toshiba Satellite P505 is one of the best Windows-based laptops I've had the pleasure of reviewing. With its beautiful, large display, excellent Harmon/Kardon speakers, large hard drive,and blazing fast processor and graphics, this is a top-notch laptop that will fit virtually anyone's mobile computing needs. From the student all the way to professionals, this is a great system.
...Read More »
Building a Better Mouse: Contour Design RollerMouse Free
Like me, you've probably been mousing around for some time. You may have even tried some mouse alternatives, such as tablets, trackballs, and their ilk. But, eventually you found yourself back with the mouse in hand. I know, it's not an easy habit to break. But now there is an alternative that is well worth considering: the Contour Design RollerMouse Free.
...Read More »
Lenovo ThinkStation S20 workstation
The Lenovo ThinkStation S20 is the company's mid range workstation that works well in a variety of creative environments, be it video and special effects creation to CAD and animation. Configured with the right graphics card, the unit will fit well in any creative environment. The S20 is larger than most mid-tower cases, and sports ample room inside for user upgrades.
...Read More »
Lenovo W700ds mobile workstation
Lenovo has long been known for innovative notebook computers harking back to the days when it (IBM) came out with the ThinkPad notebook computer. This machine served notice that it was at the top of the heap when it came to design and functionality. The current crop of ThinkPad workstations maintain that innovation as well as some features that could be called obscure, such as the one with the W700ds that I'm reviewing here.
...Read More »
