End of film reels...is that like the end of 'type-setters'???  If so, it is motion picture design from your desktop, just like PageMaker, etc...And that means you can show the 'real' 4D xyzT experience of the landscape, with all its moods and characterizations...are you up for that? What you see is what you get...or is it? Hollywood Plots End of Film Reels. New movies will come to your local theater over the internet if proposed industry specs gain acceptance. But questions remain about who will pay for the switch. By Xeni Jardin. [Wired News]

 

 

9:48:22 AM    

 

Connecting the Dots: Looking Back on the Week at ESRI UC. Connecting the Dots: Looking Back on the Week at ESRI UC [GISCafe.com Weekly Reviews]

 

9:42:58 AM    

 

ABVENT Presents Artlantis R (Abvent).

ABVENT Presents Artlantis R

From: Abvent
Type: Press Release

[CADwire.net - AEC CAD industry news]

 

9:41:24 AM    

 

Architects, Engineers Charging More (ZweigWhite).

Architects' and Engineers' Hourly Rates Are On the Rise

From: ZweigWhite
Type: Press Release

[CADwire.net - AEC CAD industry news]

 

9:40:02 AM    

 

EDAW Adopts SketchUp (@Last Software).

EDAW Adopts SketchUp as Conceptual Design Standard

From: @Last Software
Type: Press Release

[CADwire.net - AEC CAD industry news]

 

9:39:27 AM    

 

AEC CADCON Releases LandscapeDesign v1 (AECCafe.com).

AEC CADCON Announces the Release of LandscapeDesign v1

From: AECCafe.com
Type: Press Release

[CADwire.net - AEC CAD industry news]

 

9:38:38 AM    

 

Do you travel on business?  Use hotel connections for your computer?  Hacking Hotels 101. romka1 writes "Wired has an interesting interview with Adam Laurie, chief security officer of the London security and networking firm ALD. Laurie was able, using laptop, tv tuner and an infrared port to access premium content, billing information of all the rooms in the hotel, watch how other guests access their emails and access desktop of a backend computer clicking icons on the desktop and launching applications." [Slashdot]

 

9:37:31 AM    

 

This is a side splitter, because we have all been there...this guy is in distress working through file transfer issues...does tech support bail him out?  Follow the links...Tech Call - PDF vs. DWF. Ran across this tech support call over at Lee's site, pretty funny. User having an issue with PDF vs. DWF. Source unknown.

Note: Flash player needs to be installed on your machine to use. [Will render for food...]

 

9:34:37 AM    

 

Any day-traders among landscape architects?  Beware of phantom online regulators, officials warn. Stock investors who find themselves dealing with the "International Compliance Commission" or the "Securities Protection Agency" -- both of them fake agencies -- are actually dealing with con artists, state officials said yesterday. [Computerworld News]

 

 

9:28:15 AM    

 

Local shopping triumphs over the Web...this was inevitable, no? Net addresses come to Earth. Net addresses are starting to reveal how they are linked to the real world. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

9:26:10 AM    

 

What for?  In One Stroke, Podcasting Hits Mainstream. Apple's iTunes software now offers a gateway to 3,000 podcasts - audio files that can be downloaded to a portable player. Can Apple do for podcasts what it did for online music? [NYT > Technology]

 

9:22:10 AM    

 

Moving Beyond Design. A discussion with Carol Bartz, the chief executive of Autodesk, the No. 1 performer on the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index in 2004. By LAURA RICH. [NYT > Technology]

 

9:20:24 AM    

 

The World According to Kunstler. James Howard Kunstler, author of the visionary urban-planning jeremiad "The Geography of Nowhere," has moved beyond slash-and-burn suburbia to take on economics and global commerce. By DAN MITCHELL. [NYT > Technology]

 

9:19:02 AM    

 

Feds look to hire at Defcon. Blog: Jim Christy, director of the U.S. Department of Defense's Cyber Crime Center, has been to eight Defcon events. One reason he attends... [CNET News.com]

 

9:17:38 AM    

 

ESRI User Conference at 25: Not Your Grandfather’s GIS Conference. Opening Session: Not the Same Old Same Old [ESRI.com: News]

 

9:16:26 AM