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Blender (exe): Blender is the open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. It is available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.Mostly a bug-fixing release, but it also adds a few new features like subsurface scattering SSS support and two new composite nodes....; Tags: Blender, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-20
Blender (PowerPC) (dmg): Blender is the open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. It is available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. Version 2.44 offers numerous bug fixes. Version 2.46 includes cloth and fur simulation, physics caching and baking, shading, glossy reflection and...; Tags: IBM PowerPC, Blender, Open Source; Software downloads 2008-05-20
Blender (Intel) (zip): Blender is the open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. It is available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.Mostly a bug-fixing release, but it also adds a few new features like subsurface scattering SSS support and two new composite nodes....; Tags: Intel Corp., Blender, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-20
Animate a character in Blender: Blender is a free, open-source, and cross-platform 3D creation suite that has proven to be a powerful alternative to commercially available 3D design software and is now one of the world's most popular 3D design tools. Get up to speed on Blender quickly with modular tutorials that include...; Tags: 3D, Open Source, Animation, Blender; Book chapters 2007-10-19
Is IT ready for big changes?: Is IT ready for big changes?Not so sure about this.To me computers have seemed 'stuck' for the last 12-18 months. Performance increases seem incremental and costly.The machine I already have still does the job well. Games still have high frame rates, applications respond quickly, internet browses fine. So...; Tags: thunderbird, blender, hardware, software, big change, job, information technology; Discussion threads 2005-03-04

Blender offers open source film production: Blender offers open source film productionBlender is SolidI have been using Blender since it was a commercially-license application. I am not an expert Blender user, but it is a quality app. I use it mostly to model and render out images, not for animation. With every release, you can see...; Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, UNIX, Blender; Discussion threads 2005-03-02
Blender offers open source film production: Movie production has gone open source with Blender 3D. A new version is now being reviewed. Blender is not a quick-and-dirty production tool. This is a full featured tool, and available under multiple operating systems, including Windows, under the GPL license.It not only outputs film, but games as well. I...; Tags: Blender; Blog posts 2005-03-02

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Windows Alpha Blender (exe): This tiny utility allows you adjusting transparency of currently active window and seeing other windows open at your desktop so called alpha blending. Use Ctrl+F11 and Ctrl+F12 keys to setup alpha blending and make your work with multiple files more convenient. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Window, VaultMate Software, Construction, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-02
X-Blender (zip): Portable software is a class of software that is suitable for use on portable drives such as a USB drive, not require any installation, save settings into own folder and can be moved easy. Software present on WinPenPack, and also the single packed programs, are always standalone, so they don't...; Tags: Software, Pen, WinPenPack, Portable Software, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-06-18
What do Mac developers want from Apple?: In advance of Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, several longtime Mac developers share hopes, suggestions and even concerns for their primary technology provider. The discussion spans iPhone, graphics acceleration and Apple's strategy for technology licensing. Of course, the talk across the industry is about the iPhone. Still,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Apple Macintosh, Performance, Operating System, API, Apple Inc., CPU, Graphics, GPU, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-06-05
I've been fired!: A security guard met me as I was leaving last night: took me straight to Personnel where some slimy "consultant" asked for my ID card and made me wait while security (poor Bert, he was so embarrassed) packed a box of personal stuff from my office and brought it down....; Tags: Team, Payment, Billing, Operational Accounting, Finance, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-01
MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativity: MPAA: Net neutrality an assault on creativityI think you made a typo in the title.It says "creativity" where it really meant to say [b]"PROFITS."[/b]You should read Blender's [u http://www.blender.com/articles/default.aspx?key=18696&pg=3]20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All-Time[/u] and pay particular attention to #1.YawnSome members of the MPAA sell DVDs for $3 in...; Tags: Government, Network technology, Broadband Internet, MPAA, Net Neutrality, assault, piracy; Discussion threads 2008-03-13
My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time: My 10 favorite Windows programs of all timeHow does Windows Photo Gallerycompare to iPhoto. I tried Photo Story, and it is ok, I do not take a lot of pictures, nor do a lot, so this is first time I heard of Windows Photo.My mom uses iPhoto for about fifty...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Web browsers, Google Notebook, Microsoft Windows, favorite Windows program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Windows Program, FeedDemon; Discussion threads 2008-03-03
Torvalds+criticizes+patent+trollers%2C+Microsoft%2C+Sun%2C+virtualization+craze: Torvalds+criticizes+patent+trollers%2C+Microsoft%2C+Sun%2C+virtualization+crazeThat's exactly why I use GentooGentoo gives me that freedom to upgrade or not what I want, and since it is a "compile from source" distro it contains the necessary scripts to maintain a full fledged desktop system without having to worry about dependencies or even having to ./configure, make,...; Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linus, Linux, desktop, Gentoo, Apple Mac OS X; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
Realistically deploying Edubuntu: Realistically deploying EdubuntuVideo on thin-clients is never a good thingI used Windows Terminal Services in a library and the biggest complaint was always poor video performance on the workstations (i.e. web-based video streaming). Unless the video can be rendered on the client, performance is always going to suffer. I'm a...; Tags: Corporate communications, Digital video, video, Edubuntu, LTSP, fibre, performance; Discussion threads 2008-01-11
ZDNet 2007: What the tag cloud tells us: Our engineering team put ZDNet blogs through a cloud tag blender to render a weighted list of top topics for 2008. In an age when the consumer and enterprise worlds are colliding but no exploding, Google, iPhone, Apple and Microsoft captured the big buzz of the year in our blogs....; Tags: Web, Network, Enterprise Software, Blog, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Blogging, Virtualization, Social Networking, Internet, Marketing, Hardware, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-12-18
How Cisco IT Integrated Web Collaboration Into the Technical Assistance Center: Given the importance of network reliability to businesses, quick and easy customer support provided by highly knowledgeable support engineers is a crucial need. Cisco Systems customers have come to rely on the Cisco Technical Assistance Center TAC for technical support in managing their Cisco-powered networks, from the front-line support of...; Tags: Web, Web-based Collaboration, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Technical Assistance Center; Case studies 2007-12-18
How Universal Music lost touch with their customers: There's a good read in this month's issue (15.12) of Wired Magazine about chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, Doug Morris. Universal's CEO Once Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away pretty much paints Morris as a technology luddite who's lost grip of what...; Tags: Universal Music Group, Apple Inc., Doug Morris, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Linux, cheap PCs and the effect this will have on Microsoft: Linux, cheap PCs and the effect this will have on MicrosoftWell I guess it depends on where the numbers are from..and what does about 2% drop mean in real numbers, which is what it appears has happened to Microsoft. And Mac has gained almost 1.5%.Any numbers on how well (or...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, industry, Linux, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-12-10
Psst... Can you buy me an iPhone?: Psst... Can you buy me an iPhone?Interesting.So much for the iPhone is failing mantra we keep hearing from the press.Grey importIt sounds to me like a replay of what European retailers do with Chinese mainland customers. They wouldn't sell anything to them, or people buying for them.The reason this time...; Tags: Desktops, Apple iPhone, Psst; Discussion threads 2007-11-30