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Microsoft blogger publishes Silverlight 2.0 timetable

Microsoft blogger publishes Silverlight 2.0 timetableSomeone isn't putting this together..Mary Jo, think about this you no doubt were at the Mix 08 Keynote. They mentioned Silverlight 2.0 and the Olympics in the same sentence and same press releases.. Does it make sense they'd want people to download a beta to...

Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight 2.0, Olympic Games, Microsoft Silverlight, Smart Thinking

Discussion threads 2008-04-06

Scott Guthrie gives us a first look at Silverlight 2.0

Scott Guthrie gives us a first look at Silverlight 2.0What you didn't mention...was the small size of the beta 1 download - 4.3Mb. It should not be a barrier to people downloading it.(I appreciate its about 2x size of flash, but this includes a ful JIT'd VM.)Also, seems it will...

Tags: Scripting languages, rich Internet application, Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 2.0, Scott Guthrie, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

Silverlight 2.0 release date looking like August

Silverlight 2.0 release date looking like Augustdon't cancel your cable!All I can say is this might be a huge mistake on NBC's part. Have they been to the silverlight homepage (http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/) and tried to play with the piece they have there? It's jumpy, ugly and you can hardly use it....

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Cable, Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 2.0

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

My rich Internet application predictions for 2007. How did I do?

My rich Internet application predictions for 2007. How did I do?With a record like that...you should go to work for Gartner. You would be their top analyst.:-)Here's one for 2008Despite WPF having been in the wings for so long (AKA .NET 3.0), MS have been distracted from creating a...

Tags: LINQ, rich Internet application prediction, rich Internet application, Silverlight 2.0

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

Exploring the Silverlight 2.0 "go-live" license

Exploring the Silverlight 2.0 "go-live" licenseEasier deploymentMicrosoft has cleaned up their deployment over the years and things like the .NET Framework generally do a pretty good job of installing side-by-side so GoLive agreements are pretty common. The main reason that deployment of the framework was not allowed on clients probably...

Tags: .NET, Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 2.0

Discussion threads 2007-11-30

Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as 'Silverlight 2.0'

Microsoft has decided the next version of its Silverlight Flash-competitor is more worthy of a 2.0 moniker than a 1.1 one. On November 29, Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie blogged that Microsoft has decided to rechristen its next Silverlight release as 2.0. Microsoft plans to make...

Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight 2.0, Microsoft Windows, C#, AJAX, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet, Web Development, Web 2.0, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Additional Resources

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...

Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experienceNow, why can't they get their OS right?I'm probably too old to be a fan boy here, especially since I love about every game platform. But as a XBL user I can say Microsoft has seriously earned some respect points with the whole...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Xbox 360 experience, new Xbox 360, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Xbox 360, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Open-source Castle Project founder joins Microsoft

Open-source Castle Project founder joins MicrosoftI've always been curious about the uptake of Iron*Its a strategy that seems to follow the same mistake MS is making on the web...."If we offer OUR version they will come". It seems to me that ASP.Net attracts a certain type of person just like...

Tags: .NET, Middleware, Application servers, Scripting languages, open source, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Corp., PHP

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

How to make Microsoft Silverlight enterprise fit

How to make Microsoft Silverlight enterprise fitSliverlight, ha...Use flash it's better.

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest

Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

How to make Microsoft Silverlight enterprise fit

A father and son team think they've found a way to make Microsoft Silverlight  more enterprise friendly. Navot and Gai Peled who run Gizmo, Ltd., an Israeli startup, enabled their Visual WebGui environment to run any Silverlight...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., AJAX, Development Tools, Networking, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Software Development, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"

Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"SilverliteSo... the point of this article is... ???Since Silverlight came from Microsoft...and Microsoft is the biggest name in software, it becomes way to easy for those jealous of Microsoft's success to tear down or discredit them with frivilous lawsuits. What if Silverlight came...

Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight suit, conduct

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Silverlight suit: Microsoft's conduct is "unlawful" and "willful"

Video footage of the Summer Olympics at nbcolympics.com likely won't be compromised by a lawsuit filed by Gotuit Media against Microsoft earlier this month. The suit won't even go before a judge in San Francisco Federal Court until Oct. 10, some six weeks after the closing ceremonies of the games...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuit

Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuitFragmentParagraph 3 Sentance 1 is a fragment, its missing the part that we need... what the lawsuit is actually about!Nothing new here folks, move along, move along.This isn't something new here. Microsoft is always infringing on someone elses IP.Are these guys...

Tags: Corporate communications, MS Silverlight, video, patent, lawsuit, Olympic Games, Web, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuit

updated: Could your online video experience with the Summer Olympics games be in jeopardy? Silverlight, Microsoft's rival to Adobe's Flash for Video and the technology powering the online video coverage of the games, is the subject of a lawsuit filed by Gotuit Media, a suburban Boston company...

Tags: Web, Lawsuit, Online Video, Video, Gotuit, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Microsoft opens up Live Mesh to all testers

Microsoft opens up Live Mesh to all testerslive mesh open is a red herringWhen I go to the Mesh website and try and sign in I get this message:"Thanks for your interest! Our tech preview program is currently full. If you've already signed up, we'll send you an e-mail as...

Tags: Desktops, Servers, news feature, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

News to know: Apple vs. Psystar; Intel; Microsoft and multicore; Linux kernel

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple sues Psystar Sam Diaz: Complaint: 'Invaluable good is being eroded' Larry Dignan: The end of the Mac clones? Jason D. O'Grady: Apple: See you in court Larry Dignan: Intel's second quarter delivers; Cheap laptop demand...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Linux Kernel, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Twitter, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Linux, Channel Management, Mainframes, Open Source, Telecommunications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Servers

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Using Flash and Silverlight to move web standards forward

Using Flash and Silverlight to move web standards forwardThe Outer Limits[i]The open web is in a good position. It’s still the best solution but now it has a bunch of companies fighting to innovate around it.[/i]s/innovate/put fences around/The fundamental problem with all of these remote execution schemes is that they...

Tags: Channel management, web standard, Microsoft Silverlight, Using Flash, Web

Discussion threads 2008-07-15