The January CTP of Atlas came out today. It has a number of improvements in the UpdatePanel which are pretty cool. Once I feel better, I'll actually post some working demos here and how everything works. For the mean time, if you are feeling adventurous you can download the latest Atlas at the link below.
Atlas January CTP
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