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* IE10 now supports unprefixed versions of CSS transitions, transforms, animations, gradients, and CSS Fonts’ font-feature-settings property, as well as platform APIs such as the Indexed Database API (IndexedDB) and requestAnimationFrame(). | * IE10 now supports unprefixed versions of CSS transitions, transforms, animations, gradients, and CSS Fonts’ font-feature-settings property, as well as platform APIs such as the Indexed Database API (IndexedDB) and requestAnimationFrame(). | ||
* IE10 will also [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filters-removed-from-ie10-release-preview.aspx no longer support] IE4's visual filters and transitions for anything other than intranet sites | * IE10 will also [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filters-removed-from-ie10-release-preview.aspx no longer support] IE4's visual filters and transitions for anything other than intranet sites | ||
* Interesting, Microsoft is going to great lengths to force adoption of the Metro-style interface, even to the point of [http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/31/windows-8-start-button-2 | * Interesting, Microsoft is going to great lengths to force adoption of the Metro-style interface, even to the point of [http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/31/windows-8-start-button-2 removing all code from Windows 8 referencing the Start button/menu] to prevent third-party developers from creating a workaround allowing people to continue using it | ||
* Microsoft's Bing Mobile team released [https://www.onx.ms/#!findOutMorePage On-Ex], an Android application that is a sort of "if this then that" for mobile phones. Powered by Javascript, it offers some interesting API calls -- [https://www.onx.ms/#apiPage/modeOfTransport modeOfTransport] returns whether the user is walking, running or driving. | * Microsoft's Bing Mobile team released [https://www.onx.ms/#!findOutMorePage On-Ex], an Android application that is a sort of "if this then that" for mobile phones. Powered by Javascript, it offers some interesting API calls -- [https://www.onx.ms/#apiPage/modeOfTransport modeOfTransport] returns whether the user is walking, running or driving. | ||
* Analysts are estimating that new Windows RT tablets will be in the [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/windows-rt-tablets-could-cost-500-to-700 $500-$700 price range], which raises concerns for their viability | * Analysts are estimating that new Windows RT tablets will be in the [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/windows-rt-tablets-could-cost-500-to-700 $500-$700 price range], which raises concerns for their viability | ||
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* Fully hardware-accelerated CSS filters [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/06/accelerated-css-filters-landed-in.html are available in Chrome/Chromium version 19 and newer] | * Fully hardware-accelerated CSS filters [http://blog.chromium.org/2012/06/accelerated-css-filters-landed-in.html are available in Chrome/Chromium version 19 and newer] | ||