In 2006, Autodesk estimated the number of active. dwg files at in excess of one billion.

On January 10, 2006, Autodesk completed the acquisition of Alias for US $ 197 million in cash.

In January 2006, Autodesk acquired Alias, a developer of 3D graphics technology.

Autodesk has chosen not to support DGN in AutoCAD 2006, although it does support the format in its Map3D, Land Desktop, and Civil3D products.

* According to an IDC paper sponsored by EMC Corporation, 161 exabytes of data were created in 2006, " 3 million times the amount of information contained in all the books ever written ," with the number expected to hit 988 exabytes in 2010.

The brand sponsored F1 events regularly from 1986 to 2006.

In 1979 the American feminist writer Fran Hosken ( 1920 – 2006 ) presented research about it — The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females — to the first Seminar on Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, sponsored by the WHO.

On December 15, 2006, the college filed a federal lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, alleging that a decision by the state to block the college from participating in the state sponsored CareerLink job service amounted to a violation of the college's First Amendment rights.

They also sponsored the Minardi team for the 2002 F1 season, and the Rally Australia 2006 Championships.

Along with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, Sarandon took part in a 2006 Mother's Day protest, which was sponsored by Code Pink ; she has expressed interest in portraying Sheehan in a film.

In February 2006, Bové was stopped by U. S. Customs and Border Protection agents at New York's JFK Airport as he arrived en route to Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations for events sponsored by Cornell's Global Labor Institute.

In 2006 he was a featured speaker in a public service campaign sponsored by a UN conference to focus attention on trade of illicit arms, especially of small arms and light weapons.

In 2006, the US Open introduced instant replay reviews of calls, using the Hawk-Eye computer system sponsored by Chase.

Senator Russ Feingold and Senator John McCain sponsored an amendment requiring peer review of Corps projects to the Water Resources Development Act of 2006, proclaiming " efforts to reform and add transparency to the way the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers receives funding for and undertakes water projects.

In the 2006 election, Storey became the only county to vote in support of Question 7, a statewide ballot initiative to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol, sponsored by the Marijuana Policy Project.

Also recently announced in June 2006 are plans to open a wilderness education theme park sponsored by wildlife host Jim Fowler, to be called Jim Fowler's Life in the Wild.

The Strasburg City Council established the United States ' first Junior City Council in 2006, sponsored by City Council member Patricia Ford and strongly supported by Mayor Gregory McClure.

On 12 July 2006, Rayne was named Essex Village of the Year, in a competition organised annually by Rural Community Council of Essex ( RCCE ) and sponsored by Calor.

In August 2006 Coney Island hosted a major national volleyball tournament sponsored by the Association of Volleyball Professionals.

In 2006 a Private Member's Bill — sponsored by Cleethorpes Labour MP Shona McIsaac — relating to the Humber Bridge, was introduced into Parliament.

In January 2006, Kravitz contributed " Breathe " to absoluttracks, a project sponsored by Absolut Vodka.

In 2006 Sununu sponsored the bipartisan New England Wilderness Act which added tens of thousand of acres of land to federally protected forests.

Since May 2006, the stadium name has been sponsored by Røkke's company Aker.

Coors Light sponsored most of the show's musical performances from 2004 to 2006.

A fourth international conference on the Gaia Theory, sponsored by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and others, was held in October 2006 at the Arlington, VA campus of George Mason University.

In the UK, the RX8 featured in the Mazda sponsored " Formula Women " series ( 2004 ), which involved all women drivers with slightly modified RX8s, and the RX8 was also run successfully in Britcar series endurance races ( 2005 / 2006 )

In the 63rd anniversary commemoration of the Lingayen Gulf Landing, President Fidel Ramos appealed to U. S. President George W. Bush for 24, 000 surviving war veterans, to pass two legislative bills pending since 1968 at the US House of Representatives — the Filipino Veterans ’ Equity Act of 2006 and the Filipino Veterans ’ Equity of 2005 sponsored by former Senator Daniel Inouye.

FM testing sponsored by Radio Sunshine and Ruoss AG began in Lucerne in April 2006.

The Bronx's evolution from a hot bed of Latin jazz to an incubator of hip hop was the subject of an award-winning documentary, produced by City Lore and broadcast on PBS in 2006, " From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale ".

He was also the Host of the 230th July 4, 2006 of the PBS July 4 " A Capitol Fourth " Celebrations in Washington, D. C. in which he sang, danced, and played tuned drums.

*-Released in conjunction with the 2006 PBS miniseries The War that Made America.

During September 2006, PBS in the United States aired a series of programs videotaped in Branson during the spring of 2006 ; these shows include the last recorded performances of the complete Original Comets line-up including Grande.

An hour-long television show called The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits was broadcast on many PBS stations in late 2006.

Bedford, Indiana was featured as the subject of an hour-long PBS special entitled Our Town: Bedford, first aired in May 2006.

Laurie Anderson narrated Ric Burns's Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film, which was first televised in September 2006 as part of the PBS American Masters series.

A documentary about Gaye – What's Going On: The Marvin Gaye Story – was a UK / PBS co-production, directed by Jeremy Marre and was first broadcast in 2006 ; two years later, the special re-aired with a different production and newer interviews after it was re-broadcast as an American Masters special.

In 2006 the PBS documentary, Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser was released.

* 2006 PBS American Masters Program on the American Novel, featured writer

In 2006, Jemison participated in African American Lives, a PBS television miniseries hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that traced the family history of eight famous African Americans using historical research and genetic techniques.

In 2006 an episode of PBS television show History Detectives had local divers searching the river to try to find Paramount masters and unsold 78s, but they were unsuccessful.

Reading Rainbow was an American children's television series that aired on PBS from June 6, 1983 until November 10, 2006 that encouraged reading among children.

Original production was to have ended in 2005, with the show continuing to air in reruns, but host LeVar Burton said on February 7, 2006 that five new episodes of the show would be shot in 2006 despite the continuing financial troubles of PBS.

* Michael Getler: Einstein's Wife: The Relative Motion of ' Facts PBS Ombudsman ; The Ombudsman Column, December 15, 2006

In 2006, the paper's investigation into mental health and suicides among Americans serving in the Iraq war was featured in the PBS documentary series Exposé: America's Investigative Reports in an episode entitled " Question 7.

Other documentary narrations include the scientific series The Secret Life of the Brain, a documentary on Aimee Semple McPherson, which aired in April 2007, and a 2006 PBS documentary about Marie Antoinette.

They also recorded their first original title song for a movie, " Trail of the Screaming Forehead "; and, in late 2006, the group released a new concert DVD, The Christmas Concert, and was broadcasted by PBS in select locations.

Treehouse TV and TVOntario air Bob the Builder in Canada, and it was shown on Nick Jr. beginning on 15 January 2001 up until 2005 in the United States until the 2005 – 2006 season when it was offered as part of the PBS Kids lineup, and currently airs on the PBS Kids Sprout cable network.

The interviews were edited for an hour-long documentary called Free Speech: Jim Lehrer and Ben Bradlee, which premiered on PBS on June 19, 2006.

Foster was also featured in Under the Desert Sky in 2006, Vivere Live in Tuscany in 2007, the My Christmas Special, in 2009, and Live In Central Park, in 2011, Andrea Bocelli's four latest PBS Specials.