Microsoft just updated its Silverlight browser plug-in to version 3.0, which adds some new features, my favorite being its ability to leverage your computer’s graphics chip for smoother video playback. You can download it from their Silverlight website. They have a demo of their streaming video up that is just breathtaking if your connection is good enough. Seriously, check it out.
Silverlight, as you may remember, was the technology NBC chose for their streaming Olympic videos last year. I just watched a sweet Dwyane Wade-to-Kobe Bryant alley-oop on their site, and it looks just like it did last year, which is pretty good. But can you imagine how sweet it will be if they can get the 2012 stream from London looking half as good as that cartoon? That’d be so cool. I will never feel like waiting for one of NBC’s “Live” broadcasts to hit my TV again.
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