(Video): "The Street" news report on Apple's GC Opening on Friday
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Year: 2011
Microsoft posts last update for Sliverlight?
As expected, Microsoft has released a major update to its Silverlight plug-in for Windows and Mac computers. Version 5 brings several new features, including hardware decoding for H.264 media and improved 3D graphics performance, however the release is believed to be the final major update for the application framework.
Via: MacNN.com
More good news for WebOS
HP chief Meg Whitman and key board member Marc Andreessen in an interview Friday revived talk of webOS tablets following a decision to open-source the code. Despite quashing any near-term hopes, Andreessen explained to TechCrunch that HP saw not only other companies making webOS tablets but also HP itself. There might not be any hardware in 2012, Whitman added, but it would certainly happen by 2013.
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HP issues a "stay" for WebOS
In the most dramatic stay of execution since Robin Hood shot an arrow through Little John's noose, HP has decided that webOS will live on as open source. And there was much merriment and backslappery throughout the land! Also: good work, HP. This couldn't have worked out better.
The news came today after months of uncertainty about the platform's future, with rumors ranging from death to a sale to a life of powering printer apps. Now, though? An unlimited future, according to HP's press release:
To read the Press Release via Engadget, click here.
