Microsoft has been busy in Las Vegas, and it hasn't been with the slot machines. At MIX08, Microsoft announced the availability of a new beta version 8 of Internet Exporer, a new Silverlight 2 beta, and a new beta version of Expression Studio 2.
IE is infamous and needs no introduction. But for those who have not seen Silverlight yet, it is a cross dresser. That is, a cross-browser, cross-platform (yes, that means there's a Mac OS version), and cross-device plug-in to deliver rich media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Yes, it has support for mobile devices. Because that's where everyone is going. Or, I should say because everyone is going somewhere.
Expression Studio includes Visual Studio 2005 and PHP support and promises to deliver a richer development experience for Web sites and Web 2.0 projects.
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