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AutoCAD Drafting News: Autodesk Fined

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Our favorite CAD software manufacturer has suffered a hit. Because of a patent infringement suit filed against them by Z4 Technlogies regarding the product activation software AutoCAD employs, U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis of Texas ordered Autodesk to pay an $18 million fine. This of course will not wreck Autodesk, which has revenues in excess of $1 billion, but still, it’s a tough pill for Autodesk to swallow!

If it’s any consolation, mighty Microsoft was fined too: $140 million !!!

Read more about this event here.

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3D Printing of Body Parts
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3D printing has a good future and a bad future. On the bad side, there are 3D printers which can print working guns (read our post on that); on the good side, there are 3D printers which have started printing body parts. This post is about the good side (and it will be updated as…

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Indian IT on the High Road to Growth
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The Hindu, dated September 4th, 2009 published an article on NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies, India) expecting double-digit growth in IT exports. Bigwigs in the business world met up at the e-Revolution-09 conclave in Chandigarh, where the theme was “Transforming Region: Harnessing Technology through Inclusive Growth”. Pramod Bhasin, Chairman of NASSCOM delivered…

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Outsourcing: Onshore Call Centers Are Viable
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Business Week, dated August 25th 2009, published an article on US-based call-center jobs that pay $100K a year. Though it is popular opinion that the US workforce is not competitive in the fields of information technology, web development and graphic design, some companies have proved otherwise. Even with globalization changing the economic front and knowing…

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A Guide to Section Drawing
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What is Section Drawing? Section drawing can be explained with a simple analogy: slicing a loaf of bread. If you had an unsliced loaf of fruit and nut bread and wanted to know how fruity and nutty it was, you would slice the loaf across the middle (say) and look at the sliced face of one…

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Engineering Outsourcing Favors India: A News Report
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Engineering outsourcing is something that many companies in the West have been doing for several years. According to a report in the 4 August, 2009 edition of The Economic Times, India, the value of the engineering outsourcing market is currently $1.8 billion and is expected to reach $50 billion by 2020. The large Indian IT…

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Why the 737 MAX Tended to Tip Upwards
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The Unexplained Boeing’s ill-fated 737 MAX series planes have larger engines than the earlier 737NG series. You may have wondered (as I did) why those larger engines caused MAX planes to pitch upwards during takeoff, necessitating the disastrous MCAS software. Basic logic suggests that the new, heavier engines would tend to make the planes pitch…

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