Category: Technology
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Silverlight Gets Serious
So today we announced Silverlight 2 Beta 2. There are a lot of features that are noteworthy but the most exciting thing is that this release is the first release of Silverlight 2 that has a go-live license. When this release is available later this week, you’ll finally be able to create and commercially deploy…
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Silverlight Reference
The MSDN docs are now live for Silverlight 2. Check them out below. I’m also told there are new Quickstarts. Silverlight Reference
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Adobe Blurs Line Between PC and Web – New York Times
So, I don’t normally blog about competitors but I’m quoted in the New York Times today and they promoted me to executive and dubbed me the father of Flash, or somesuch. Ah, here it is: Finally, there is Microsoft. It is pushing its competitor to Flash, called Silverlight. Three years ago, Microsoft hired one of…
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Fast Times at RIA High
What a time this is shaping up to be… We have some exciting stuff cooking here that I can’t quite talk about yet but you’ll be seeing soon enough. Scott Guthrie recently posted about a few of the things we’re doing to continue WPF’s place as the best platform for creating the best desktop experiences…
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Innovation in the other kind of shopping carts – CNN.com
There’s an interesting development in brick and mortar shopping with this interactive shopping cart console that’s being trialed: Customers with a ShopRite loyalty card will be able to log into a Web site at home and type in their grocery lists; when they get to the store and swipe their card on the MediaCart console,…
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WindowsClient.net
A white paper that I co-wrote just went live on WindowsClient.NET and is the first featured news item (for today). The paper is targeted at developers with WinForms chops who are thinking about making the jump to WPF but want to know when the right time and conditions are. I won’t give away the ending–check…
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Silverlight Apple "Staff Pick"
Pretty cool to see Silverlight as a “Staff Pick” from Apple! Apple – Downloads – Mac OS X – Development Tools Apple.com Silverlight page A tough decision most face is whether to take full advantage of a single platform or to go lowest common denominator and address multiple platforms. One of the nice things about…
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Silverlight and Expression Resources
Here’s a veritable cornucopia of resources online related to Silverlight and Expression. Thanks to the India DPE team for pulling this list together. I’d add one late-breaking item: The Expression Blend 2 September Preview. Cool stuff there! Webcasts https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/Register.aspx?culture=en-IN&EventID=1032339986&CountryCode=IN&IsRedirect=false https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/Register.aspx?culture=en-IN&EventID=1032339984&CountryCode=IN&IsRedirect=false https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/Register.aspx?culture=en-IN&EventID=1032339982&CountryCode=IN&IsRedirect=false Websites Silverlight on Microsoft.com: www.microsoft.com/silverlight Silverlight Community Site: www.silverlight.net Silverlight MSDN Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/silverlight…
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Halo 3 on MSN
And while you’re checking out Silverlight, be sure to check out the Halo3 movies on MSN. The site is powered by Silverlight so enjoy the HD videos. And speaking from experience, the game is the best of the trilogy… Halo 3 on MSN
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Liftoff and Linux!
Let’s get right to the point. The rumors are true: Silverlight 1.0 has been released to the web and Microsoft is lending official support to the Linux version (named “Moonlight”) under development at Novell. We’re also releasing Expression Encoder 1.0. Good news all around and lots of fun toys for you all to play with.…