View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/12/05/ms.releases.wpf.e.mac.beta/ Tuesday, Dec 05, 2006 4:15pm MS quietly releases WPF/E Mac beta setteB.IT reports that Microsoft has quietly released a Mac beta of WPF/E, its Windows Presentation Foundation Everywere plug-in. The software is designed to enhance Web browsers -- Safari and Firefox 1.5.0.8 -- by enabling them to render rich content in addition to HTML. The December 2006 Community Technology Preview will expire on February 18th, 2007, but is available now as a digital download from Microsoft's website. The plug-in requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later running on a PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster system with 128MB of memory. The new beta release works with Intel-based Macs and will function normally until the expiration date, according to Microsoft, after which it will prompt users to update to the latest version upon any attempt to render a page that requires the plug-in.