Adobe reports a Q4 loss of $32 million, w-a-a-y down from last year's $246 million profit. Q4 revenues were $757.3 million, down 17% from a year ago. We'll be listening in to their quarterly conference call and'll note anything of...

Jim Dalrymple of Loop Insight reports that Autodesk and 17 other software companies are sued by BetaNet for violating its patent covering software activation. It applies to any program where a portion is downloaded, and then you enter...

Ceo of AfterCAD Software (of Canada) Christopher C. Boothroy tells us to license now to avoid litigation later: Before the rumours get started out there, thought I'd set the record straight that Aftercad has started licensing discussions with a number...

Some CAD vendors claim to be your partners. As I sat through Autodesk University keynotes and watched the disclaimer notice displayed by the 30-foot screen, it struck me that no CAD vendor is your partner. (Having the don't-count-on-us-for-anything...

Solid Modeling Solutions plans in 2010 to add subdivision surfaces to its SMLib kernel (at no extra cost) for modeling complex shapes with hierarchical Catmull-Clark surfaces. The company also plans 2-3 releases in the year that improve performance,...