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Microsoft to turn off Silverlight?

Posted November 10, 2011 - 12:17 pm

HTML5 struck again. After Adobe announced the killing of Flash plug-ins for mobile use, Microsoft seems to be wavering about Silverlight as well in favor of HTML5. Could plug-ins be passe?
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Microsoft patches critical IE, Silverlight drive-by bugs

Posted October 11, 2011 - 3:41 pm

Microsoft today shipped eight security updates that patched 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), .Net Framework, Silverlight and other bits in its portfolio.
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Microsoft kills Silverlight and other plug-ins in Windows 8

Posted September 15, 2011 - 11:04 am

Wall to wall news about Windows 8 from Microsoft means we overlook some interesting details in the infodump. Potentially distressing? Dropping support for plugins in the Metro-based IE10. No Flash, no Silverlight, no PDF readers.
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Novell Moonlight upgrade tracks Silverlight improvements

Posted February 15, 2011 - 9:17 am

Beta version of Moonlight 4 is set, offering out-of-browser capabilities as well as hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.
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Is Microsoft helping HTML5 or trying to co-opt it?

Posted December 21, 2010 - 4:30 pm

Microsoft leaped into support of HTML5 with online resources to help developers, and morale-weakening descriptions of it as "unstable" after quick turnaround on Silverlight.
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Microsoft details Silverlight upgrade plans

Posted December 2, 2010 - 2:52 pm

64-bit capability is among the new features to be added in Silverlight 5, which will focus on business application usage
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Microsoft scrambles to reassure people Silverlight isn't dead

Posted November 12, 2010 - 3:26 pm

After Microsoft President Bob Muglia let slip the company's strategy had shifted and its Silverlight Flash-alternative was going to be more of an alternative for a Windows phone, not a PC, the dev tool people inside Microsoft h
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Microsoft's Silverlight damage control intensifies

Posted November 5, 2010 - 12:55 pm

Two executives say a new version of Silverlight is planned, but they back Muglia's assertion that HTML5 is a key all-device platform
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Microsoft dims Silverlight to favor HTML and HTML5

Posted November 4, 2010 - 3:44 pm

Microsoft is taking flack for changes in its strategy for its Flash competitor Silverlight.
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InfoWorld review: Microsoft Silverlight 4 vs. Adobe Flash 10.1

Posted August 18, 2010 - 11:29 am

Silverlight challenges the RIA supremacy of Flash, Flex, and AIR with superior development tools and design tool integration
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Microsoft delivers monster patch batch

Posted August 10, 2010 - 3:57 pm

Microsoft today issued a record 14 security updates to patch a record-tying 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Silverlight.
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Microsoft slates record-setting monster Patch Tuesday next week

Posted August 5, 2010 - 3:41 pm

Microsoft today said it will deliver a record 14 security updates next week to patch a record-tying 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office and Silverlight.
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Microsoft's Silverlight 4 available Thursday

Posted April 13, 2010 - 8:51 pm

The rich Internet technology is getting a boost in business-oriented capabilities
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Microsoft to roll out Visual Studio upgrade

Posted April 12, 2010 - 3:36 pm

Silverlight, .Net Framework also receive updates this week.
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Novell's Mono project bringing .Net development to Android

Posted March 17, 2010 - 9:52 am

Developers for the Mono project also are readying a version of Silverlight for Apple's iPhone.
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Highlights of the MIX 10 Keynote: Windows Phone 7 development

Posted March 15, 2010 - 8:59 pm

If you don't have time to sit through all 2 hours of the recording of Microsoft's MIX 10 keynote, wherein they showed off what Silverlight 4 & XNA can do on Windows Phone 7 devices, we've got a handy time-stamped list of highlights. Jump to what interests you and skip the boring stuff.
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Silverlight: Windows Phone 7 Secret Weapon

Posted March 15, 2010 - 7:42 pm

Microsoft is using the MIX'10 Web developer conference in Las Vegas this week as a platform for unveiling new details about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 series. One detail, which could drive support for Windows Phone 7 apps, is the reliance on Silverlight as a development platform.
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Microsoft touts Windows Phone 7 Series and Silverlight 4

Posted March 15, 2010 - 3:11 pm

The company showed off tools and demos during a presentation at the Mix10 conference
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Microsoft to offer Web analytics for Silverlight

Posted March 15, 2010 - 10:39 am

Rich Internet plug-in technology to get open source analysis framework at Mix10 conference.
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Microsoft Silverlight to run on Moblin devices

Posted September 23, 2009 - 3:33 pm

Intel reveals plans Wednesday to support the rich Internet technology on the open source OS next year.
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Silverlight 3 available now

Posted July 10, 2009 - 7:15 am

The latest version of Microsoft's Flash-killer gets its debut party later today, but you can install it now. Bonus feature: a perfectly valid reason for watching an animated short.
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HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?

Posted June 16, 2009 - 8:37 am

HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
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Microsoft Silverlight 3 challenges Adobe AIR

Posted June 12, 2009 - 1:09 pm

Microsoft Silverlight 3 is catching up to the capabilities of Adobe Flash, Flex, and AIR in all the areas where Silverlight was behind. Silverlight 3 applications can run in or out of the browser, online or offline, with much improved audio, video, and 3-D graphics.
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Microsoft Silverlight 3 launch event set

Posted May 31, 2009 - 7:38 pm

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.
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Microsoft Silverlight vs Google Wave: Why Karma Matters

Posted May 29, 2009 - 7:47 pm

Inevitable comparisons are made between the hugely enthusiastic developer response (including from us at Zoho) to Google Wave yesterday with the relatively tepid response to Microsoft's new search engine Bing.
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