Looks like I'm a little late to the party, but here's an example for some of the top browsers:
/* IE10 */
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #444444 0%, #999999 100%);
/* Mozilla Firefox */
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #444444 0%, #999999 100%);
/* Opera */
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #444444 0%, #999999 100%);
/* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #444444), color-stop(1, #999999));
/* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #444444 0%, #999999 100%);
/* Proposed W3C Markup */
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #444444 0%, #999999 100%);
Source: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Graphics/CSSGradientBackgroundMaker/Default.html
Note: all of these browsers also support rgb/rgba in place of hexadecimal notation.