direct2d

In addition to today being the security update release, February 11 is officially Link Removed for 2014. This year, we’re asking folks to Do 1 Thing to stay safer online. While you may expect my “Do 1 Thing” recommendation would be to apply security updates, I’m guessing that for readers of this...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (February 11, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet...

Update Tuesday (Tomorrow 26th Feb 2013) see's Microsoft releasing platform updates for Win 7, 8 and RT. It is thought that the final version of IE10 will be released for Windows 7. You can download a pre release version, detailed above, now. Link Removed The pre release version of IE10 can be...

Portions of DX11.1 are being made available to Windows 7 users via the new IE10 Preview for Windows 7. If you don't wish to use the browser but do want the extensions then a standalone is available here: Download: Link Removed

A little background for those who wondering what is Direct2D and DirectWrite Hardware Acceleration Direct2D : Direct2Dis a hardware-accelerated, immediate-mode, 2-D graphics API that provides high performance and high-quality rendering for 2-D geometry, bitmaps, and text. The Direct2D...

IE9 to become the browser with the best browsing experience in 2010 Internet Explorer 9, a free upgrade for the web - istartedsomething It shocks me as a devoted Firefox user to say this, but Link Removed - Invalid URL could very well leapfrog the competition in the race of next-generation...

Microsoft has shared very few details so far about Internet Explorer (IE) 9, but has said the company is planning to accelerate the performance of text and graphics rendering by taking advantage of the power of PCs’ graphics-processing unit (GPU). Specifically, Microsoft officials said...

Microsoft's IE 9 to get GPU acceleration Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Monday, 23 November 2009 08:41 Delegates tasks away from the browser The next version of Internet Explorer will gain speed by off-loading as much as...

Microsoft has refreshed its lineup of DirectX offerings at the start of this week, and the company is by no means shy of focusing the spotlight on the evolution of the graphics technology as Windows 7 is contouring. The software giant is offering fresh Technical Previews of Direct2D...