Tag: software

You Can Grab the Same Software Pixar Used to Make Wall-E For Free Soon

June 2, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

If you’re an aspiring animator, this might be the best news you’ll hear this month: Pixar is giving away – that’s right, giving away – a version of RenderMan, its in-house rendering software. Gratis. No catch. You’ll be able to download the program some time in August. Pixar has used RenderMan, which costs $500 a pop for commercial use, to render some of its best-known animated features like Wall-E, Up and Toy Story, so this is a really, really big deal. It’s just one part of a larger software suite that goes into a Pixar blockbuster – it’s not an animation program, and you’ll definitely need one of those – but it’s remarkably capable. And it’s free. Simply fill up a registration form, download the program when …

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After the Sun (Microsystems) Sets, the Real Stories Come Out

May 31, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Sun Microsystems, born in 1982, gone public in 1986, struggling in the 2000s, and absorbed by Oracle in 2010, left its mark on Silicon Valley and the world. In Sun’s wake are 235,000 people who can count themselves as former employees. Its technical splashes continue to ripple through the world today (Sun’s slogan, the network is the computer, seems particularly prescient in today’s world of cloud computing). And its legendary pranks have yet to be topped (like “parking” software guru Bill Joy’s Ferrari in a pond and stabbing a giant tree trunk through former CEO Scott McNealy’s office). On Saturday night some 700 former Sun employees gathered in a Mountain View, Calif., parking lot outside Sun’s first corporate headquarters to reminisce, network, and, …

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How To Run Android On Windows PC And Mac The Easy Way For Free

May 14, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

By Paul Morris | May 14th, 2014

Let us introduce you to Andy. Or Andyroid. Not a particularly outstanding product name, but definitely something Android fans will need to have in their lives. It isn’t exactly a great secret that the world of mobile is huge right now. Mobile hardware, the software that powers them and the third-party apps to extend them are extremely hot property at the minute. But don’t you sometimes feel that the gulf between mobile and desktop is getting larger and larger? Andyroid is a product that’s looking to solve that by breaking down the barrier between the two. Andyroid can be thought of in the same light as BlueStacks or YouWave, with the added bonus being that it is…

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How To Run Android On Windows PC And Mac The Easy Way For Free

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Want Help With Your Freelance Business Management? Try Motiv (sponsored)

May 5, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 – Learn More or Buy Now In this day and age, one thing that every business professional complains about is time. Time is of the essence, and markets are flooding with many time management apps and software. Now, of course different apps are suited for different people, and are intended for different purposes. But if you are a freelancer and are looking for an app to help speed up your work, then we have a recommendation for you. You should try out Motiv. Motiv’s aim is to provide services for freelancers and people who run small businesses within the creative industries. Writers, designers, coders, programmers, search engine optimizers and marketers can all benefit from a system that has been …

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Hardware Open-Source NSA Technology (Airborne Wifi)

May 4, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

As you are probably already aware, a certain person decided to smear a large number of highly classified documents over the internet. Part of these documents however included the ANT Hardware Catalogue. ANT is a division of the NSA responsible for developing hardware devices and software for use by the Tailored Access Operations division. The full catalogue is available from multiple sources – Although This gives a good overview of the capabilities of each device. The one product we’re going to focus on here is called SPARROW-II As you can see this system is used as a mobile wireless network (WLAN) detection point. A small computer intended to be used for WLAN collection, including from UAVs. Hardware: IBM Power PC 405GPR processor, 64 …

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