maya design

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Managing Distributed Collaboration in a Peer-to-Peer Network

Shared mutable information objects called u-forms provide an attractive foundation on which to build collaborative systems. As one scales up such systems from small fully-connected workgroups to large, highly distributed, and partially disconnected groups, the paper has found that peer-to-peer technology and optimistic replication strategies provide a cost-effective mechanism for...

Tags: Collaboration, Network, P2P, MAYA DESIGN, Peer To Peer (P2P), Strategy, Internet, Management

White papers 2007-01-09

Information Commons bridges govt. databases to create new apps

Chris Jablonsky wrote last week on the Data Point blog about Information Commons and how public sector agencies are tapping into the P2P database. Information Commons , developed by Maya Design is, Chris writes: a universal database to which anyone can contribute, and which liberates information by abandoning relational...

Tags: Information Commons, Information

Blog posts 2005-10-05

Information Commons: A bright star for the future of information

In the eyes of its creators, the World Wide Web was never designed to take on the role as the be-all end-all architecture for a truly distributed global information system. But while large vendors, standards groups and technologists have grown dependent on the Web and treat it that way, some...

Tags: Maya Design, Information Commons, Information

Blog posts 2005-09-27

MAYA Cards 1.0 (Mac)

For many years, MAYA Design has given office visitors decks of their custom playing cards featuring design-related inspirational quotes. To celebrate the release of Tiger, they've created a virtual version of the cards. Deal as many cards as you want onto your dashboard. To see a quote, click the card...

Tags: Card, Apple Macintosh, MAYA DESIGN

Software downloads 2005-04-28

Additional Resources

Galaxy Online 1.0.29 alpha (Windows)

Fighting for the rich resources available in distant galaxies, the powerful Kadry Group, Federation of Eir, Bakran League, Rofilla Consortium, Maya Clan, Rayman Empire... have become embroiled in bitter battles for supremacy and control over the universe. Now you're one of the thousands of players who can Colonize Stars, Design...

Tags: Ingle Games, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-16

Vivaty rolls out 'student friendly' development platform

I've written about Vivaty before, the new add-on to your existing social network, modelling your entire network in three dimensions. Before, they gave you your own blank scene and avatar, allowing you to mix and match your own virtual 3D "profile page" which interacts just...

Tags: 3D, Vivaty Studio, Party Creator, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Maxwell Render the Light Simulator 1.6 (Windows)

Maxwell Render is a physically correct, unbiased rendering engine. By calculating complex mathematics, Maxwell is capable of simulating light exactly as in the real world. Maxwell Render does not use tricks to imitate real world behavior“ everything is reproduced as it is through governing physical equations. Maxwell is also unbiased...

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Scene, Next Limit Technologies, Maxwell Render, Engineering

Software downloads 2008-05-22

Maya Complete 2008 (Windows)

Autodesk® Maya® Complete software is a comprehensive suite of 3D tools for modeling, animation, and rendering within a single, production-proven workflow. Maya Completeâ€Â"the choice of award-winning digital artists and animatorsâ€Â"has an intuitive design that makes it a favorite among digital content creation artists and enthusiasts of all experience levels who...

Tags: Autodesk Inc., Microsoft Windows, Modeling, Digital Content, Maya Complete 2008, Research & Development, Games, Business Operations, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-04-10

Friday Rant - More "Vista is doomed" nonesense

Friday Rant - More "Vista is doomed" nonesenseUpgrade cycle is over, Win7 is DOOMED TOOApps are moving online, virtualization is increasing and we might be very close to the entire business market forcing MS to support XP indefinitely.This is definitely not like the other upgrade cycles. They are still...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Upgrade Cycle, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, VISTA IS, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

Photos: Tech camp for kids

Thousands of kids are attending iD Tech Camps on college campuses around the country this summer. Jimmy McChristy, 17, shows off video animations he''s created with Adobe AfterEffects for a four-minute film takeoff on the movie The Matrix.McChristy, a Santa Fe, N.M., high school senior, is one of thousands of...

Tags: Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, It', photograph, game, iD Tech Camps, iD Tech, computer, Jimmy McChristy, Stanford University, camp, video game, hog, dorm, 3D modeling, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., programming, backward, Stanford, robotics, Web design, Universi

Image galleries 2007-08-09

Intel hustles for dual-core Xeon debut

Intel hustles for dual-core Xeon debutSome benchmarks for INTEL's Paxville Dual coreDELL, 2CPU, 4 Core,2.8GHZ Paxville, specint_rate score58.9seewww.spec.org/cpu2000/results/res2005q3/cpu2000-20050902-04544.html-----HP, 2CPU, 4 Core, specint_rate score 75.0seewww.spec.org/cpu2000/results/res2005q3/cpu2000-20050902-04600.html----------------Conclusion: HP's old 2P x86 server is 27.33% fasterthan newest 2P D-Core Paxville Xeon DELL server in rawinteger performance----------------------DELL did not submit SpecFP results for 2CPU, 4COREpaxville,...

Tags: Processors, Paxville, dual-core, Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., SpecFP_rate, Intel Corp., server

Discussion threads 2005-10-10

PPC vs. Intel: Top 500 shows who's right

PPC vs. Intel: Top 500 shows who's rightSome rambling from meI would answer your article with 3 comments:The first is that the performance of massively parallel "super computers" is not necessarily a good indication of the performance that a desktop user will experience. It is possible that no one...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, computer list, Sun Microsystems Inc., PPC, Apple Inc., desktop, Apple Macintosh, GFLOPS, laptop computer, IBM Corp., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-06-22

AMD to demo a dual-core desktop chip

AMD to demo a dual-core desktop chipWill help a bitIt will help a bit. It won't exactly double a processor's clockspeed because most apps are single threaded. But seeing that Windows always has a bunch of background tasks running, there will be some improvement.Gamers will love it. It's not unusual...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, 64-bit, sceen, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip, dual-core

Discussion threads 2005-02-23