During today's keynote, we highlighted our newest Web tools and technologies,
including the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta
1,
Silverlight 2
Beta,
Expression Studio 2
Beta
and a preview of SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). Chief Software Architect
Ray
Ozzie
took the stage this morning to share his vision for how Web developers and
designers can deliver seamless connected experiences across the continuum of Web
applications, rich clients and mobile devices.
Ozzie was joined onstage
by Scott
Guthrie, who discussed advances
in Silverlight and Expression
Studio
that bridge the developer/designer workflow and provide a common development
model, making it easier to deliver richer, more interactive Web experiences.
Also on stage was Dean
Hachamovitch, who demonstrated
Internet Explorer 8 Beta
1, highlighting new features and functionality.
Demonstrating their
support for Silverlight, customers and partners also took part in the keynote,
including AOL, Aston
Martin,
Cirque du
Soleil,
DoubleClick, Hard
Rock,
Move
Networks and NBCOlympics.com on
MSN.
Download Internet Explorer
8,
Silverlight
2 and
Expression Studio
2 today
and join the discussion here, on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere on the
Web.
