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Silverlight 3 adds support for H.264 video formats; better search-engine optimization support; and new hardware-based graphics acceleration and animation features.

At Mix ’09, Microsoft showed off a new features of Expression Web 3 – including SuperPreview – that allows developers and designers to see how their sites look and work with different browsers so they can debug them more easily.

Logitech today introduced its Cooling Pad N100 and Notebook Riser N110, which are intended to make your laptop experience a bit cooler, so to speak.

Dino Nuhagic’s vLite version 1.2, used in conjunction with Microsoft’s Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), is a powerful software tool that allows you to create a customized Windows Vista installation disc(s).

Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of iPhone and iPod marketing, takes the stage to kick things off. “We’re going to give you a preview of iPhone OS.”

Cisco’s Unified Computing System aims to unify components of the data center into one footprint. The goal is to cut the total cost of ownership by 20 percent in capital expenses and up to 30 percent in operating expenses.

Rather than give you a blow-by-blow account of everything that’s different about Windows 7 build 7057 compared to every previous build that we’ve seen (I’ll leave that to others), I’m going to concentrate on the one area that interests me (and many of my readers) the most – performance.

A detailed look at what’s new in the latest leaked build of Windows 7, build 7057.

It’s hard to believe that it was only 20 years ago when Tim Berners-Lee submitted “Information Management: a Proposal” to his supervisor – and a year later the World Wide Web was born.

Dell today announced its Studio One 19, an all-in-one desktop computer that the company says looks just as good in the family room as it does in the the kitchen. Intended for the “shared computing experience,” the Studio One 19 comes with optional touch capability for a more interactive feel.

Initial Alpha Release of Boxee for Windows.

In this TechRepublic teardown gallery, Wally Bahny cracks open an HP JetDirect EX Plus Print Server.

Earlier this morning the Apple Store was down. When it reappeared there were new iPod shuffles on display.

To make room to add a tiny DJ, Apple moved the controls off the 1.8-inch tall iPod shuffle and onto the earbud cord.

Laptop security is a top-shelf issue for IT pros, and there’s nothing worse than data corruption from drops, spills and tech complications thanks to an employee or the environment they’re in. Enter Dell’s Latitude E6400 XFR, the company’s next-gen “fully rugged” platform, engineered to meet the needs of the most demanding customers: the military, first responders, field service technicians and those who require systems that meet MIL STD 810F specs: drop tests, sea fog, temperature extremes, thermal shock and explosive environments.

How does the latest leaked build of Windows 7 (7048) compare to the beta 1 (build 7000), Vista SP1 and XP SP3 in terms of performance? According to my Hardware 2.0 inbox, this is a question that you want answered. Let’s see if I can answer it for those of you who are interested!

Windows 7 Build 7048, which leaked out of Microsoft’s labs last week, isn’t the long-awaited Release Candidate (RC), but it does include changes that were checked in after the beta release and will be a part of the RC when it’s ready. Here’s a preview of 21 changes – some big, some small – that should be included.

For more details, see A sneak peek at the Windows 7 Release Candidate.

A new feature in Windows 7; accessing your music and media from anywhere in the cloud