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Visifire 2.3.3 (Mac): Visifire is a set of open source data visualization components - powered by Microsoft Silverlight. With Visifire you can create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent of the server side technology. It can be used with ASP, ASP.Net, PHP, JSP,...; Tags: Data Visualization, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Silverlight, Open Source, Webyog Softworks, Visifire, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2009-11-29
News to know: Thanksgiving tech support; Apple; Silverlight; Facebook; Black Friday: Thanksgiving tech support, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple's non-smoking warranty, Dell and Black Friday deals are the headliners today. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Silverlight, Thanksgiving, Apple Inc., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-11-25
Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?: The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...; Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2009-11-24
Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?: Microsoft is adding more and more WPF features to Silverlight and vice versa. But there is a downside to this strategy: By adding technologies like COM support to Silverlight, Microsoft is doing damage to its story that Silverlight is a cross-platform browser plug-in that supports Windows, Mac -- and, thanks...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Linux, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Open Source, .Net, Operating Systems, Development Tools, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2009-11-24
Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?: MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...; Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system; Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?: I'm not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken some of the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers' questions and Google's answers about it, I'm thinking that Chrome OS may not look quite so appealing...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2009-11-20
Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 Beta (Windows): Silverlight 4 delivers a full suite of powerful capabilities to business application developers, bringing the best-of-breed .NET platform to browser-based experiences. Silverlight provides an ideal platform for developing and deploying modern business applications for both customer facing and staff-facing applications.; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Business Application, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Silverlight 4, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2009-11-19
Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4: Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...; Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2009-11-18
Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4: Microsoft shared some information about what's coming in Internet Explorer 9 and Silverlight 4 during its November 18 Professional Developers Conference PDC keynotes. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more: The biggest news here is that MS is losing its grip on developers as they are switching to programming for the web and cross platform tools.Microsoft and its future.The chief software architect not ever going to say "Mission Accomplished".Another VP of cloud at the PDC saying "I'm not going to...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., dotnet, PDC, silverlight; Discussion threads 2009-11-18
Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more: The second day of keynotes at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is about to begin, and expectations are running high that MIcrosoft might share some details on what's coming with Internet Explorer 9, Silverlight 4 and Office 2010 Beta 2 today. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 beta (Mac): Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of Microsoft .NET-based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Beta, .Net, Advertising & Promotion, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2009-11-18
Visifire 2.3.2 (Windows): Visifire gives you a set of open source data visualization components that are powered by Microsoft Silverlight and WPF. With Visifire you can create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent of the server side technology. It can be used with...; Tags: Data Visualization, Microsoft Silverlight, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Webyog Softworks, Visifire 2.3.2, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2009-11-14
Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure: Microsoft has made another play at interoperability with a key open source software offering. At Eclipse Summit Europe on Wednesday, the Redmond, Wash. software giant announced that it is working on four open source projects with two open source companies -- Tasktop Technologies and Soyatec -- to...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Eclipse, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2009-10-28
Silverlight Viewer for Reporting Service 1.1 (Windows): At present half the battle of business success is a flexible and effective corporate reporting system. Powerful Silverlight technology provides developers with fast, easy and cheap creation of RIA applications. However, the lack of built-in components for displaying the Reporting Services reports in Silverlight put obstacles in the way of...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Perpetuum Software, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2009-10-27
SilverX 1.1 (Windows): SilverX converts Flash swf file with animation to Silverlight movie. SilverX supports all basic Flash features: vector primitives, images, texts and animations, so almost all Flash movie resources get accurately converted to Silverlight. SilverX is able to load Flash application SWF file and transform it into a Silverlight solution or...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, CPS Labs, SilverX, Flash, Asset Management, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations; Software downloads 2009-10-27
What Windows7 could mean for Linux: Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...; Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux; Discussion threads 2009-10-24
Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service: Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...; Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet; Discussion threads 2009-10-19
Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service: Microsoft is discontinuing its free Silverlight Streaming service and replacing it with a paid, Azure-hosted service by the end of calendar 2009. Microsoft is confirming the report I saw on LiveSide.Net from October 18. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2009-10-19
Microsoft's Silverlight now embedded in Windows Embedded: C ++ Silverlight for DesktopSign this petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/SWE4DKTP/petition.html) if you would like to have the native C++ Silverlight not only on Microsoft Windows Embedded CE operating system but also on Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 operating systems.; Tags: C/C++, Operating systems, Programming languages, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2009-10-09