Since .NET 4.0 Beta 1 was released a few weeks ago I've been sniffing here and there around the framework for averything new. The WPF 3D team posted a series of new features aroung graphics that I thought of broadcasting:
RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint: If WPF renders text into a potentially transparent surface (e.g. a layered window like a menu or popup) we use grayscale anti-aliasing instead of ClearType because if the transparent surface is blended with another transparent surface, the ClearType will get messed up. Now with ClearTypeHint you can tell us to use ClearType and we’ll trust you that things aren’t...
Today marks the release of Microsoft's free anti-virus named Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). 75k people will be given the software thru a beta program although this number is likely to extend the cap of 75,000 downloads depending on demand.
MSE is Microsoft's free anti-virus and anti-spyware product that is set to replace Microsoft's paid Windows Live OneCare subscription service which is being withdrawn a week today. Earlier this month Neowin exclusively revealed MSE (codenamed Morro) and we believe that the final product will be available shortly before the Windows 7 launch in October. MSE is being distributed on Microsoft's Connect...