Beta testers are closer to getting major new Chrome features, and dev-channel users get them now: WebGL's 3D graphics, Google Instant search, and some hardware acceleration. Stephen Shankland worked ...

WebGL graphics is a highlight of the new alpha build of Opera, but the browser also can accelerate 2D graphics, text, and CSS effects--often on Windows XP. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

The Khronos Group, the same industry consortium that on Monday released the OpenGL 3.2 specification, on Tuesday announced WebGL, a new initiative that its proponents hope will drive a standard for ...

OSLO, Norway--Opera Software took the hardware acceleration plunge today with the release of its first alpha version of Opera 12, code-named Wahoo. Hardware acceleration offers a range of benefits to ...

Yesterday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the Khronos Group released the final WebGL 1.0 specification, marking a significant milestone in the world of web development. This new ...

The past 18 months have seen a significant evolution in browser graphics. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera have all added support for such standards as OpenCL, HTML5, and Direct2D acceleration.