Microsoft has announced the immediate availability of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Community Technology Preview. The software giant said that the product is designed to be built into hardware including thin clients, point-of-service and kiosk devices. It will be available to OEM customers in the fourth quarter of 2008. The platform features technologies including Silverlight, Remote Desktop Protocol 6.1, and Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5. The latest upgrade also includes drivers for Intel"s latest x86 processor architectures.