Silverlight 3 with Expression Studio 3 is coming on 10 July 2009 in San Francisco. when I sat down with a sigh of relief, thinking that this week of Microsoft news frenzy was over, In the beginning of this year Microsoft disclosed their plan to launch Silverlight 3 final version within year 2009.
The Silverlight 3 [...]
Microsoft has released a new update “KB960353” for “Silverlight“. If you have Silverlight installed in your system, we’ll advise you to immediately download and install this new update.
This update offers a new build that is an upgrade to earlier versions of Silverlight. This update is included in current Silverlight installers. If your computer does not [...]
Where do I start? No seriously I mean where do I start? What are the basics I need to get going with Silverlight? What software do I need? What are the A, B, Cs I need to learn in the first few hours…
For developers already on the Microsoft platform this is an easier question to [...]
This past week the entire Webby Awards platform, including The Webby People’s Voice Awards voting system switched to Microsoft Silverlight. The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, and has been sponsored by Adobe, Nokia, and others in the past. This marks Microsoft’s first sponsorship of this event. Webby Award [...]
An obvious question and one you’d expect to get an off-the-shelf answer to, so when I set out to answer it I first looked to the myriad definitions already written and the formal positioning statements for Silverlight. I duly consulted the definitions and, although technically accurate and informative, I couldn’t help feeling something was missing. [...]
It’s simply a great feeling when you find a vibrant and interesting blog.
The anticipation and promise of interesting posts, up to the minute news and tidbits of information is an intriguing and exciting proposition (well ok, maybe that’s just me!), but in the back of my mind there’s always that nagging doubt. Am I going [...]
Dr. Dobb’s Journal and the Microsoft Visual Studio team have teamed up to create Dr. Dobb’s Challenge Deuce, a competition with $10,000 in prizes.
They’ve built a Silverlight game where Dr. Dobbs and his team of friends work together to solve several mysteries, collecting Visual Studio icons for extra points along the way.
But the most interesting [...]
This past month has been whirl wind to say the least! I’m so excited and amazed to see the support of our customers and partners on the blogoshere congratulating us on the advancements we’ve made within Silverlight 3 at MIX last month. We’ve made big leaps in video support by raising the bar for high-def [...]
The final buzzer has sounded and the results are in! Online coverage of the tournament has been a huge success, providing an exceptional experience for fans and solid business results for CBS Sports. The headline numbers :
· 3.2 million unique visitors (50%) using the High Quality Silverlight video player
· 8.6 million total [...]
Today we saw that MLB went live with a video streaming solution that is built using Adobe Flash and the Swarmcast NexDef browser plug-in for their HD streaming video experience. It is an example of how you can deliver higher quality experiences on the Web. It also highlights how users are willing [...]
