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• Microsoft ships Silverlight 5

  By Paul Krill | 10 December, 2011 09:15

  Even as questions remain about Microsoft's commitment to its Silverlight rich Internet plug-in platform, the company made available on Friday version 5 of the technology, featuring a variety of new capabilities.

• Novell's Moonlight shines on Google Android

  By Paul Krill | 20 April, 2011 10:13

  Novell is porting Moonlight, an open source version of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application plug-in software, to Google's Android mobile platform, a Novell official acknowledged on Tuesday afternoon.

• Microsoft previews Internet Explorer 10

  By Paul Krill | 13 April, 2011 09:38

  Preaching the mantra of HTML5, Microsoft has begun offering a preview of its planned Internet Explorer 10 browser, which emphasises the critical Web specification and its visual effects.

• Microsoft Silverlight 4 tools released

  By Paul Krill | 18 May, 2010 07:15

  Microsoft made available on Monday Sliverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010, an add-on package for the Visual Studio 2010 IDE providing tooling for the Sliverlight 4 rich Internet plugin-in platform.

• Microsoft Silverlight 3 unveiled

  By Paul Krill | 13 July, 2009 08:04

  Seeking an edge in the crowded rich Internet application technology space, Microsoft is officially launching on Friday its Silverlight 3 platform, featuring offline capabilities for running applications outside of a browser and improvements in areas like 3D.

• Microsoft Silverlight gathers steam in Asia

  By Paul Krill | 08 July, 2009 08:42

  Microsoft's Silverlight technology for rich Internet applications is gathering steam among developers in Asia, an Evans Data survey unveiled on Tuesday reveals.

• Microsoft Silverlight 3 launch event set

  By Paul Krill | 01 June, 2009 07:04

  Microsoft is planning a launch event on July 10 for its Silverlight 3 technology and the accompanying Expression Studio 3 toolset, a company representative said Friday evening.

• Microsoft cites design updates as economic booster

  By Paul Krill | 19 March, 2009 07:44

  Rather than being a time for retreat, the current tough economy presents an opportunity for designers to shine, a Microsoft official stressed Wednesday at the company's Mix09 conference for software designers and developers.

• Microsoft heralds Silverlight-Eclipse link

  By Paul Krill | 10 March, 2009 08:35

  Microsoft is touting support for its Silverlight multimedia application technology in the Eclipse open source tools platform.

• Microsoft lashes out at Adobe over Silverlight comments

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 13 February, 2009 11:55

  Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has "fizzled" as a competitor to Adobe's Flash.

• Silverlight adoption hampered by economic crisis

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 29 January, 2009 06:36

  Microsoft's Silverlight technology has streamed some high-profile live events lately, the inauguration of US President Barack Obama and the 2008 Summer Olympics among them. But Silverlight's real promise for the business customer - to improve user interfaces for day-to-day applications - has been thwarted by tightening budgets.

• Silverlight to stream Obama's inauguration

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 19 January, 2009 08:28

  Microsoft's Silverlight technology has been chosen to stream U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony live on the Presidential Inaugural Committee's Web site, Microsoft said Friday.

• Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management

  By Paul Krill | 20 November, 2008 07:49

  Marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.

• Microsoft ships Silverlight 2.0

  By Kathleen Lau | 20 October, 2008 08:58

  Thursday's release of version 2.0 of Silverlight, a cross-browser runtime for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), from Microsoft has new features designed to enhance usability for the developer and designer, which will ultimately lead to a better end user experience, a company executive said.

• Microsoft woos developers under the Silverlight

  By Computerworld (US) staff | 14 October, 2008 10:41

  As Microsoft releases its Silverlight 2.0 media player tomorrow, it is claiming strong momentum for its free, would-be Adobe Flash-killer.