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Blender 2.49b (Windows)

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: Microsoft Windows, Blender, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-03

Blender 2.49 (Windows)

Blender is the first and only fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite allowing modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, realtime interactive 3D and game creation and playback with cross-platform compatibility - all in one tidy, easily and free downloadable package. this software is open-source and licensed under GPL.

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Blender Foundation, Blender, Research & Development, Games, Open Source, Business Operations, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-31

The feds may green your next toaster or microwave

The feds may green your next toaster or microwaveA blender?Why do I need a more energy efficient blender?Seriously. I probably use my blender for 30 minutes a year. So, it makes no difference how much juice it takes to make juice.Why doesn't Conrgress just repeal the laws of entropyThat'll make...

Tags: blender, microwave

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

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

Additional Resources

SquidNet 2.54 (Windows)

SquidNet Software's Cross-Platform Network Distribution Processor SquidNet allows just about any distributed processing application (Maya, Blender, Lightwave, research, educational) with a command-line based interface to evenly distribute job "slices", segments or frames amongst one or more network processors. These network processors, called Tipnodes, pull and process outstanding job requests from...

Tags: Job, Processor, Network, Microsoft Windows, SquidNet Software, Recruitment & Selection, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-11-13

OpenOfficeMouse - Put an end to button envy!

it looks like a...parody advertisement on The Onion, it even looks cheesy...can't imagine it being very comfortable and easy to use, how does one remember which button to press?Looks like...A Mouse designed by commitee.A Mouse with ADD.A mouse for a centipede.A mouse named "Sybil"A mouse decorated by color blind kindergardners.Come...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

X-Blender 2.49b (Windows)

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, Microsoft Windows, WinPenPack, Portable Software, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-13

Beware - iPhone OS 3.1 kills tethering and unlock

well....Outside of the apps for the iphone, I am sure glad I have an Omnia that just works and I can tether it as I please when I please. I can load any software I please, change the interface as I please and snap 5 Megapixel shots with the...

Tags: Smart phones, OS 3.1, Apple iPhone, iPhone OS 3.1, iPhone OS, operating system, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Blender 2.49b (Mac)

Blender is the first and only fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite allowing modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, realtime interactive 3D and game creation and playback with cross-platform compatibility - all in one tidy, easily and free downloadable package! This software is open-source and licensed under GPL. Sources are available from...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Blender Foundation, Sources, Research & Development, Games, Open Source, Business Operations, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-04

Edubuntu followup

Sharing knowledgeWell done and thank you! Knowledge sharing at it's best.In the first Edubuntu blog post you asked us readers a technical question, and now, in the second Edubuntu post, you provide us with a summary of the most useful solutions.This is how knowledge sharing within the ZDnet community should...

Tags: Thin clients, OPEN SOURCE, thin client, Edubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Feed Mix RSS Blender 4.96 (Windows)

Feed Mix RSS Blender is an RSS editor, which is enough for RSS gurus yet refreshingly easy for RSS first timers. It lets you create, edit, and publish the unlimited number of RSS feeds and podcasts. Unique to Feed Mix is its ability to create a new RSS feed or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, ExtraLabs Software, RSS, Internet

Software downloads 2009-07-13

PalmBar for MobileDB 3.0 (Mobile)

PalmBar, by far one of the most popular databases available for the Palm OS has just been updated with 100's new recipes and several new drink databases! This MobileDB database, courtesy of Joyce Wang, contains hundreds of mixed-drink ingredients and recipes. New for v3.0.. - Fixed formatting problem in the...

Tags: Database, Mobile, Beverage, MemoWare, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

BS Contact 7.2 (Windows)

BS Contact enables the visualization of applications in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality through integration of interactive realtime 3D technology. The software is a stable and a high performance visualization software applicable for PCs, CD ROMs/DVDs, E-mails and the Internet/Intranet. VRML and X3D are certified ISO-Standard formats that are exported...

Tags: 3D, High-performance, Microsoft Windows, Bitmanagement Software, BS Contact, Virtual Reality, Leadership, Emerging Technologies, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-29

Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7

Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7add at least 60% if you are outside the US! ntnt @pico_D: It cost that much to remove the browser? :) nt:)(Meant to be a reply to message, not user)RE: Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7This isn't a deal for the versions of...

Tags: Operating systems, Corporate IT department, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

iSmoothie 2.0 (Mobile)

iSmoothie has the ability to add your favorite recipes, so that you can easily find them later on. Sometimes it is hard to know what to put into your blender, for that reason we have added a service that we call; Randomize. This service lets the app pick a random...

Tags: Mobile, David Gulbrandsen, iSmoothie, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-27

What makes good governance?

What do Blender, Inkscape, Drizzle, and Subversion have in common? Good governance, at least according to Dave Neary. Neary, a former board member on the GNOME Foundation and participant in several other communities, boils best practices down to a few key ideas: A clear project scope. ...

Tags: Community, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-02-25

The feds may green your next toaster or microwave

Assuming Americans can sometime in the future begin to buy new appliances, the next gen of toaster or blender may be more energy efficient. President Obama has directed the Energy Depatment to issue new efficiency guidelines by August of this year. That first round will cover nien appliances:...

Tags: Appliance, Barack Obama, Microwave, Network Technology, Networking, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-06