A little late but too important not to mention is news from late last week that Siemens AG is purchasing privately-held UGS Corporation, one of the leaders in PLM software and a company I’ve mentioned a few times. The press … Continue reading →

Early last week C|Net’s virtual news/real reporter Daniel Terdiman wrote a nice piece on VATSIM, “Into the wild blue virtual yonder” (Link). As I was under a deadline crunch I didn’t post anything about it but also noticed that most … Continue reading →

Here are some interesting clips from a recent press release by Dassault Systemes (Link): …says Sanjay Parthasarathy, corporate vice president, Developer and Platform Evangelism Group at Microsoft. “With an enhanced user experience in a common 3D environment, 3D real-time collaboration … Continue reading →

There’s an essay written by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang over on Samsung’s DigitAll Magazine called “Raising the Floor” (Link) that’s worth reading for those who regularly visit here. It’s mostly about the future of manufacturing. I’ve just read it. It’s well-written. … Continue reading →

I caught this over on the Core77 forum a couple weeks back: UGS NX for Macintosh (Link). What makes that bit of news of interest to me is 1) there is, in most people’s opinion, no truly worthwhile CAD application … Continue reading →