Archive - Mar 19, 2009

Silverlight 3 beta was unveiled at noon in MIX09 in Las Vegas. Silverlight is Microsoft's solution for powering rich, interactive graphics within web pages, something long dominated by Adobe's (ADBE) Flash. The new beta shows off new hardware integration, interactive controls and the ability to download Silverlight applications to your desktop.

Intel is now preparing for the next generation of Mobile Internet Devices. Intel have developed an ultracompact graphics accelerator for ultramobile devices, called SIMD Accelerator, which could be used in future MIDs, UMPCs and netbooks render graphics faster and at higher quality at a lower power consumption.