Microsoft's Mira software gets name
C|Net | at | by Mike
Although devices using Microsoft's Mira technology are still a few months from hitting shelves, the software giant said Wednesday that it has settled on its name for the software that will power the Web-surfing tablets. Microsoft says that the software technology previously known as Mira will now be known as Windows CE for Smart Displays. The tablet devices themselves will be known as Windows-powered smart displays.
Mira, which was first unveiled in January, lets LCD screens act as a portable screen in conjunction with a nearby desktop computer, enabling people with the device to surf the Web or play music that is stored on the desktop PC. The devices themselves run software based on Microsoft's Windows CE.Net operating system, while such tablets require an 802.11b wireless connection to a nearby PC running Windows XP Professional.