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Meet the printer that can print your car parts

3D printers are devices capable of creating solid, three-dimensional objects, from prosthetic limbs and miniature chess sets, to car and airplane parts. by Andy Smith

Tags: 3D, Car, 3D Printer, Hardware, Peripherals, 3D printers, printers, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-09-02

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News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

News to know: Office 2010; Dell; Moon tech; Apple; Software buyer's bill of rights

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Office 2010 makes splashy debut Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to deliver tech preview build of Office 2010...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital Cameras, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Variquest proves it's OK to use paper sometimes

Regular readers will know that I'm a pretty big tree hugger. I'm not quite as militant as my wife, but anywhere I can use technology to eliminate the use of paper, conserve resources, or otherwise migrate educational "stuff" whatever that might be online, I'm there. Thus,...

Tags: Poster, Education, Graphics, Teacher, Printing, Variquest, Bumper Sticker, Printers, Document Management, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-03

News to know: Windows 7 RC; Cloud wars; Scareware; Facebook WWDC;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and the return of the platform wars Microsoft fights the 'open' fight amid the clouds. Techmeme Mary Jo...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Sales

Blog posts 2009-03-27

CAD Viewer 1.0 (Windows)

View 2D and 3D. Rotate X axis, Y axis, Z axis. Export CAD file to JPEG. Print out to normal printer and ploter. Autocad 2009, DXF, HPGL, HPGL2, SVG, CGM file formats.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, 341Mac, CAD, Software

Software downloads 2009-02-06

Mightier 1.2 (Windows)

Mightier is an independent puzzle action game developed by Lucas Pope and Keiko Ishizaka. Play as the Engineer and the Actionaut to solve puzzles and collect items in each sector. Don't be stuck staring at the screen. Mightier's unique puzzles are designed to be solved by hand with pencil and...

Tags: Puzzle, Microsoft Windows, Games, Printers, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-02-02

Windows Mobile: it drove me to insanity

Whichever idiot, or set of idiots who thought up the idea of rivalling Palm to create a handheld version of Windows, should be taken outside to a quiet corner of the campus and shot. I have had the "luxury" of spending two weeks with a Windows Mobile phone, the HTC...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Mail Folder Tree, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-26

The best of the "Best of CES"

The Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up on Sunday, and by now the many Best of CES lists have been posted. Every year there are a few blockbusters that show up on nearly everyone's list. This year the darlings were the Palm Pre and the Sony VAIO P Series, a tiny...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Sony Corp., Phone, PC, Palm Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., PC World, Laptop Computer, Yahoo Tech, PC Magazine, Desktops, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hardware, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-14

The Toybox in 2008: A retrospective

It's been an incredible year. This blog was launched, ZDNet Reviews was overhauled, and a whole lot of news 'n' reviews came through The Toybox pipeline. And through it all, you readers were here with us. Here's a recap of the best stories: January:...

Tags: ASUS, Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., T-Mobile, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Blu-ray, ZDNet Reviews, CES 2008, Josh, Andrew, Firefox 3 Beta 5, Flip Mino Camcorder, MSI, BlackBerry Storm, Barack Obama, CES 2009, Handhelds, Hd Dvd, Hardware, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-19

DVision 3.1.0.413 (Windows)

DVision is an easy-to-use 2D/3D viewer for Windows platform with OpenGL hardware support. It allows viewing and simple editing of some popular 2D/3D file formats. The DVision graphics engine was developed especially for this software to bring you high quality real-time rendering. Support of 15 popular 2D and 3D file...

Tags: OpenGL, Hardware, REGLabs, DVision, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-24

Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap

Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tapWinner if they don't sacrifice qualityThis move would be a winner as long as Apple doesn't sacrifice quality. If they lower prices by making lower quality products, game over. If they just shave off price overhead, that's great. If they...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

GTW420-Pro 4.1 (Windows)

GTW420-Pro is a full-featured terminal emulator for VT420, VT220, VT100, ANSI, SCO ANSI and Unix/Linux. It supports Telnet, SSH, COM ports/Modem and FTP/Zmodem/Kermit file transfer. Print any document to e-mail or FAX it or ANY printer, directly from your Unix or VMS application. GTW420-Pro use the power of windows for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GTW420-Pro, Telnet, UNIX, Fax, Linux, Operating Systems, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Networking, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-02-21

3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?

3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?Nice idea.Of course, not everything is made from plastic, and the printer would need some spectacular resolution make all the intergrated circuits in anything electronic.I think nano-bot contruction is more realistic. Huge pool full of contruction fluid could build every we need. Where would all...

Tags: geek home, 3D, movie

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?

Plane rides from Europe are long, so I usually pack a small library of things to read. Among that group was "The World in 2008" by The Economist, a special edition of the magazine where writers put on their pointed hats and try to predict what will happen in the...

Tags: 3D, Printer, Printing, Timmy, Dad, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Windows Vista and Office 2007: What a difference a year makes

Windows Vista and Office 2007: What a difference a year makesYes it is very solid nowI agree with the Microsoft, people should try it out now. My biggest problems with Vista were some minor to medium performance and reliability problems and an occassional video problem that made me reboot....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-30

Strike another blow to Education IT

Strike another blow to Education ITAnd...What's the likelihood of a veto override? That can happen can't it?RE: Strike another blow to Education ITMr. Wagner, You are absolutely right. We need to shift our focus and soon. American's are falling behind other nations fast in the education sector, and our students...

Tags: Government, Benefits, Education IT, Ed IT, salary

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

Dissecting Microsoft's "100 Reasons You'll Be Speechless"

The other day a list of "100 Reasons You'll Be Speechless" when you use Windows Vista (I guess Microsoft aren't hearing the "Wows!" and assuming that we're all speechless instead) hit the media (I'm pretty sure this isn't a new list ...). I was going to write a piece...

Tags: Game, Version, PC, Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Feature, Yes, OK, Pass, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-10-24

News to know: Facebook growing pains; Office wars; Bad IT weekend

Notable headlines:David Morgenstern: Better living without MS Office. Garett Rogers: Google kicks Microsoft where it hurts, again. Google Operating System: Google Pack Adds StarOffice. CNET iLife'08 review.ABC News: Glitch Strands Thousands of Intl. Passengers at LAX.Michael Krigsman: IT failure in action: LAX. Big iron and the failure of Enterprise 2.0....

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Dell to offer more Linux PCs, Ubuntu's creator says

Dell to offer more Linux PCs, Ubuntu's creator saysIt's time for change ... and more importantly...[i]People who purchase PC's should be able to decide which OS they want and not have it forced upon them.[/i]Even more importantly, people who purchase PC's should be able to make an INFORMED decision about...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Linux PC, Dell Computer Corp., Ubuntu, Linux, PC, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-07-27