This little orange square is raising all sorts of mean looks and a hefty lawsuit from AutoDesk to Dassault Systemes SolidWorks along with a list of other alleged misdeed. Ralph Grabowski brings up the lawsuit (pdf) filed on September 19th that slaps it’s own lovemark, so to speak, across the cheek of Dassault Systemes SolidWorks…

Is that the sound of a 65% speed increase and 250 eye-peeling enhancements coming at you with the ferocity of a one-eyed lemur?
It is, give or take a few percentage points. Suddenly, your ability to blink repeatedly is compromised by the idea that SolidWorks 2009 is speedier. And perhaps you are perplexed by the question that faces many… “Should I upgrade to SolidWorks 2009?”
Over the next month or so, the installation DVD will show up. However, you can rise against the mail delivery system and download it right now from the SolidWorks customer portal.
Then what? Do you upgrade the old version or run multiple versions? Roll it out to everyone or test it out with a few? Let’s knock it around a little bit and get you going.

THe T-mobile G1 is a communications device. The Android Operating system is a free and open mobile platform. That means development, but will will communications and CAD ever collide?

However, I’m just going to give you the top five favorites of mine for you to sink your thoughts into.
I left out SolidSmack’s Live coverage of the Press Event, cause I know ya’ll have already read that, right? But here’s the top 5 other post you should read.

Sound like a briefcase of a computer? It might be, but that won’t keep Dell from the incessant teasing that it will be appearing soon with the unabashed idea that you will want this. Ok, they got us there. We want it, but is the price-point going to be reasonably inexpensive? Will it run that 3D CAD program we all know and love?
See the video after the break.
