Microsoft demos IE9 GPU features
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Unstoppable software monopolist Microsoft has just revealed the latest Preview Platform of its forthcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser, showing what could be the future of web browsing. As well as featuring support for HTML 5 and background-compiled JavaScript, the browser also takes advantage of GPUs via Direct2D and DirectWrite. Microsoft was joined by Nvidia, AMD and Asus at the release event in San Francisco yesterday, where the companies showed what's possible...
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