For a long time now, there has been an ongoing effort to fundamentally change the process of how we get things done on our computers. For the most part, if you want to get something done, you purchase a specific piece of software that’s designed to do it. Want to write a letter or document […]

From cars and mobile phones to computers and furniture, most of today’s products are created virtually on a computer before they are actually produced. In the context of the Functional DMU (Digital Mock-Up) project, researchers from four Fraunhofer Institutes are adding new functionalities to digital product development.
An electric car window slides smoothly upward at […]

Is Apple finally getting serious about games?
Could be.
When Apple unveiled its platform for letting outside developers create software for the iPhone and iPod Touch this week, some of the first programs shown were games from Electronic Arts and Sega.
And more game developers seem likely to hop on the Apple cart, since the iPhone and its […]

CEO Steve Ballmer says the company will work with Sony’s disc format “in ways that make sense”.
Microsoft backed Toshiba’s HD DVD in its losing effort against Sony’s Blu-ray in the next-gen disc format wars, but it doesn’t appear to be holding grudges. At the company’s Mix08 Internet conference in Las Vegas yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve […]