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40-643: Broad Band explores the development of the Internet through contributions made by women. Evans said in an interview, " Broad Band itself came out of a series of articles that I wrote for Motherboard a few years ago about cyberfeminism ." The book begins with the first use of the word computer in print, an 1892 classified ad in The New York Times for a job at the United States Naval Observatory , and then describes

80-455: A "reputation for provocation". In 2010, Vice was described as " gonzo journalism for the YouTube generation". As the magazine grew into a broader media brand, it struggled with "how to distance itself from its crude past, yet hold on to enough of that reputation to cement, and grow, its authority with its core audience". Nevertheless, the magazine has continued to face controversy. In 2013,

120-572: A 2-for-1 stock split on October 16, 1995, a secondary offering in December 1995 raised an additional $ 28 million. On April 15, Discreet invested $ 2.5 million in privately held Essential Communications Corporation. Autodesk originally created a San Francisco multimedia unit in 1996 under the name Kinetix to publish 3D Studio Max , a product developed by The Yost Group . In August 1998, Autodesk announced plans to acquire Discreet Logic and its intent to combine that operation with Kinetix. At

160-412: A DIY antithesis to the methods practiced by mainstream news outlets, and has published an entire issue of articles written in accordance with this ethos. Entire issues of the magazine have also been dedicated to the concerns of Iraqi people , Native Americans , Russian people , people with mental disorders , and people with mental disabilities . Vice also publishes an annual guide for students in

200-472: A March 2008 interview with The Guardian , Smith was asked about the magazine's political allegiances and he stated, "We're not trying to say anything politically in a paradigmatic left/right way… We don't do that because we don't believe in either side. Are my politics Democrat or Republican ? I think both are horrific. And it doesn't matter anyway. Money runs America; money runs everywhere." Vice founded its website as Viceland.com in 1996, as Vice.com

240-475: A Scientific and Engineering Award for Inferno and Flame. Flare, a software-only subset of Flame for creative assistants, was introduced in 2009 at around one-fifth the cost of a full-featured Flame seat. Lustre is color grading software originally developed by Mark Jaszberenyi, Gyula Priskin and Tamas Perlaki at Colorfront in Hungary. The application was first packaged as a plugin for Flame product under

280-632: A camera at actors wearing motion-capture suits in a studio and see them as characters in the fictional world of Pandora in the film. Autodesk software also played a role in the visual effects of Alice in Wonderland , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 , Inception , Iron Man 2 , King Kong , Gladiator , Titanic , Life of Pi , Hugo , The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of

320-509: A film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint . As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. On 15 May 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $ 225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets. In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that

360-430: A general "boys club" culture at Vice magazine's parent company, Vice Media. Motherboard website Richard Szalwinski Autodesk Media and Entertainment is a division of Autodesk which offers animation and visual effects products, and was formed by the combination of multiple acquisitions. In 2018, the company began operating as a single operating segment and reporting unit. Montreal-based Discreet Logic

400-536: A post-production house with an operator. The Flame software is licensed in a variety of forms, including Flint, a lower-priced version of Flame with fewer functions, and Inferno, introduced in 1995, a version intended for the film market, with a price of about US$ 225,000 without hardware. Traditionally Inferno ran on the SGI Onyx series, while Flame and Flint ran on SGI Indigo² and Octane workstations. Flame/Inferno were implemented on Linux in 2006. Autodesk said

440-514: A quarterly publication schedule, though issues still generally explored a single theme. The publication was put on hiatus in 2019. In 2023, Vice filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company's lenders— Fortress Investment Group , Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital —agreed to purchase the company for $ 225 million. In February 2024, The New York Times highlighted that "over the past half-decade, Vice has had near annual layoffs and mounting losses, and has filed for bankruptcy, making it

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480-462: Is a series of compositing and visual effects applications originally created for MIPS architecture computers from Silicon Graphics (SGI), running Irix . Flame was first released in January 1993; by mid-1995, it had become a market leader in visual effects software, with a price around US$ 175,000, or US$ 450,000 with a Silicon Graphics workstation. Time with the software was typically rented at

520-550: Is much bigger than the Lower East Side and the East Village." McInnes left the publication in 2008, citing "creative differences" as the primary issue. In an email communication dated 23 January, McInnes explained: "I no longer have anything to do with Vice or VBS or DOs & DON'Ts or any of that. It's a long story but we've all agreed to leave it at 'creative differences,' so please don't ask me about it." At

560-470: Is often unclear or contradictory. Articles on the site feature a range of subjects, often things not covered as by mainstream media. The magazine's editors have championed the immersionist school of journalism , which has been passed to other properties of Vice Media such as the documentary television show Balls Deep on the Viceland Channel. This style of journalism is regarded as something of

600-676: The Wall Street Journal says "While Broad Band excels as a collection of brief lives, it struggles as a work of social history and criticism." Booklist praises it as a "fascinating and inspiring work of women's history". Kirkus Reviews says Broad Band is "An edifying and entertaining history of the rise of the computer age and the women who made it possible". The review in Publishers Weekly describes it as "an invigorating history of female coders, engineers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who helped create and shape

640-532: The United Kingdom . In 2007, a Vice announcement was published on the Internet: After umpteen years of putting out what amounted to a reference book every month, we started to get bored with it. Besides, too many other magazines have ripped it and started doing their own lame take on themes. So we're going to do some issues, starting now, that have whatever we feel like putting in them. In

680-625: The Discreet brand (still headquartered in Montreal). Through the years, Autodesk augmented its entertainment division with many other acquisitions. One of the most significant was in October 2005, when Autodesk acquired Toronto-based Alias Systems Corporation for an estimated $ 182 million from Accel-KKR, and merged its animation business into its entertainment division. Alias had been part of SGI until 2004. In 2008, it acquired technology of

720-633: The Unicorn and other films. In November 2010, Ubisoft announced that Autodesk's 3D gaming technology was used in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood . The division's products include Maya , 3ds Max (the new name of 3D Studio Max), Softimage , Mudbox , MotionBuilder the game middleware Kynapse , and the creative finishing products Flame, Flare, Lustre , Smoke, Stingray game engine (discontinued, but still supported until end of subscription). Inferno, Flame, and Flint (collectively known as IFF )

760-483: The Vice.com website. The company has since expanded and diversified to include a network of online channels, including Munchies.tv, Motherboard.tv, Noisey.com, Thu.mp, and Broadly. On 22 February 2024, Vice Media CEO Bruce Dixon announced "several hundred" additional layoffs as the company restructures, and that the website Vice.com would no longer publish content. From its beginnings as Voice of Montreal , Vice had

800-481: The accomplishments of Maria Mitchell , the sole woman computer for the observatory's Nautical Almanac Office. By the turn of the century, being a computer was considered women's work. The book's first in-depth examination is of Ada Lovelace 's work on Charles Babbage 's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine . Next it tells the stories of computer scientist Grace Hopper and

840-535: The commencement of 2012, an article in Forbes magazine referred to the Vice company as "Vice Media", but the precise time when this title development occurred is not public knowledge. Vice acquired the fashion magazine i-D in December 2012 and, by February 2013, Vice produced 24 global editions of the magazine, with a global circulation of 1,147,000 (100,000 in the UK). By this stage, Alex Miller had replaced Capper as

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880-515: The editor-in-chief of the UK edition. Furthermore, Vice consisted of 800 worldwide employees, including 100 in London, and around 3,500 freelancers also produced content for the company. In February 2015, Vice Media named Ellis Jones editor-in-chief of Vice magazine and former UK editor-in-chief, Alex Miller, was appointed to the position of global head of content. In 2018, the magazine switched to

920-661: The end of 2007, 13 foreign editions of Vice magazine were published, the Vice independent record label was functional, and the online video channel VBS.com had 184,000 unique viewers from the U.S. during the month of August. The media company was still based in New York City, but the magazine began featuring articles on topics that were considered more serious, such as armed conflict in Iraq, than previous content. Alvi explained to The New York Times in November 2007: "The world

960-808: The first software-only image compositing products, developed by Australian Gary Tregaskis. Flame, which was originally named Flash, was first shown at NAB in 1992, ran on the Silicon Graphics platform, and became the company's flagship product . In July 1995, Discreet Logic's initial public offering raised about US$ 40 million. On May 26, 1995, the company acquired the assets of Brughetti Corporation for about CDN$ 1 million, and in October acquired Computer-und Serviceverwaltungs AG, located in Innsbruck , Austria and some software from Innovative Medientechnik-und Planungs-GmbH in Geltendorf , Germany. After

1000-505: The former Softimage Company from Avid Technology . In 2011, Autodesk acquired image tools and utilities that use cloud computing called Pixlr . By 2011, these products were used in films that won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for 16 consecutive years. Much of Avatar ' s visual effects were created with Autodesk media and entertainment software. Autodesk software enabled Avatar director James Cameron to aim

1040-473: The internet". Motherboard (website) Vice (stylized in all caps ) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media , which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit,

1080-432: The magazine retracted parts of a fashion spread entitled 'Last Words' which depicted "female writers killing themselves". Also in 2013, Vice again gained unwelcome attention when the then-editor of the magazine joined millionaire software mogul John McAfee as he evaded authorities to avoid being questioned about a murder case. In the late 2017, multiple stories were published citing allegations of sexual misconduct and

1120-452: The magazine's name to Vice in 1996. Richard Szalwinski , a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the magazine and relocated the operation to New York City in the late 1990s. Following the relocation, the magazine quickly developed a reputation for provocative and politically incorrect content. Under Szalwinski's ownership, a few retail stores were opened in New York City and customers could purchase fashion items that were advertised in

1160-540: The magazine. However, due to the end of the dot-com bubble , the three founders eventually regained ownership of the Vice brand, followed by closure of the stores. The British edition of Vice was launched in 2002 and Andy Capper was its first editor. Capper explained in an interview shortly after the UK debut that the publication's remit was to cover "the things we're meant to be ashamed of", and articles were published on topics such as bukkake and bodily functions. By

1200-402: The name Voice of Montreal . Voice of Montreal was split out from Revue Images with salary assistance through a Quebec welfare grant. The intention of the founders was to provide work and a community service. When the editors later sought to dissolve their commitments with the original publisher, Images Interculturelles (represented by Alix Laurent), they bought out the publisher and changed

1240-636: The name "Colorstar" to emulate film type color grading using printer lights controls. It was then developed as a standalone software. It was introduced through British company 5D under the Colossus name in private demonstrations at IBC show in Amsterdam in 2001. Alpha and beta testing were held at Eclair Laboratoires in Paris. During the trials, Colossus was running on the Windows XP operating system, but

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1280-413: The poster child for the battered digital-media industry" and that while "some observers hoped its new owners [...] would reinvest" in the company, Fortress Investment Group has instead "decided to make sweeping cuts". In September 2024, Vice Media relaunched its print magazine and will publish issues quarterly. The company has a goal of reaching 20,000 subscribers within a year. Vice magazine includes

1320-502: The same code base was also used on the IRIX operating system. After the demise of 5D in 2002, Autodesk acquired the license to distribute the Lustre software, and later acquired Colorfront entirely. In the 2009 Academy Scientific and Technical Awards the original developers received a Scientific and Engineering Award for Lustre. In September 2010, Autodesk introduced Flame Premium 2011,

1360-599: The six original programmers of the ENIAC : Kathleen Antonelli , Jean Bartik , Betty Holberton , Marlyn Meltzer , Frances Spence , and Ruth Teitelbaum . Continuing the evolution of the internet through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, the book introduces: The book concludes with a discussion of VNS Matrix and cyberfeminism . In The New York Times , Dava Sobel wrote that Broad Band and similar books "provide much needed perspective, along with presumed-absent foremothers and role models". Katherine Boyle in

1400-669: The time, it was its largest acquisition, valued at about $ 410 million by the time it closed in March 1999 (down from an estimated $ 520 million when announced). The new business unit was named the Discreet division. The combined Discreet-branded product catalog then encompassed all the Discreet Logic products, including Flame, Flint, Fire, Smoke, Effect, Edit, and Kinetix's product, including 3D Studio Max , Lightscape , Character Studio . In March 2005, Autodesk renamed its business unit Autodesk Media and Entertainment and discontinued

1440-534: The use of more powerful hardware allowed complex 3D composites to be rendered more than 20 times faster than on the previous SGI workstations. The first movie to use Flame was Super Mario Bros. ; the software was then still in beta . The software also saw use on PBS's 1995 graphics package, designed by PMcD Design and animated by Black Logic. At the 1998 Academy Scientific and Technical Awards , Gary Tregaskis (design), Dominique Boisvert, Phillippe Panzini and Andre Le Blanc (development and implementation) received

1480-666: The website Vice.com will no longer publish content. The print magazine returned in September 2024. Founded by Suroosh Alvi , Gavin McInnes , and Shane Smith (the latter two being childhood friends), the magazine was launched in October 1994 as a spin-out of the English-language portion of the Revue Images , a multicultural publication founded in the early 1990s by Dominique Ollivier with Alix Laurent, under

1520-490: The work of journalists, columnists, fiction writers, graphic artists and cartoonists, and photographers. Both Vice ' s online and magazine content has shifted from dealing mostly with independent arts and pop cultural matters to covering more serious news topics. Due to the large array of contributors and the fact that often writers will only submit a small number of articles with the publication, Vice ' s content varies dramatically and its political and cultural stance

1560-500: Was already owned. In 2007, it started VBS.tv as a domain, which prioritized videos over print, and had a number of shows for free such as The Vice Guide to Travel . In 2011, Viceland.com and VBS.tv were combined into Vice.com, also the host of the Vice Motherboard website at motherboard.vice.com. In 2012, Vice Media was created as the parent company for Vice magazine and other properties including Vice News on HBO and

1600-528: Was founded in 1991 by former Softimage Company sales director Richard Szalwinski, to commercialize the 2D compositor Eddie, licensed from Australian production company Animal Logic . Eddie was associated with Australian software engineer Bruno Nicoletti, who later founded visual effects software company The Foundry , in London , England. In 1992, Discreet Logic entered into a European distribution agreement with Softimage, and shifted its focus on Flame, one of

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