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Latest News

  • Novell Mono project bringing Silverlight to Apple iPhone

    Developers for the Mono project also are readying a version of Silverlight for Apple's iPhone MonoDroid, which will enable deployment of .Net-based applications on Google Android phones, is in development at Novell, with a preview release planned…
  • Microsoft pushing Silverlight 4 for Windows Phone development

    The company showed off tools and demos during a presentation at the Mix10 conference Microsoft at its Mix10 conference showed off application capabilities for its Windows Phone 7 Series platform and offered a release candidate for its upcoming…
  • Microsoft bans native code on Windows Phone

    Only applications running in the Silverlight runtime environment or games in the XNA Game Studio runtime will be allowed. Only applications running in the Silverlight runtime environment or games in the XNA Game Studio runtime will be allowed.That…
  • Microsoft needs browser comeback from Internet Explorer 9

    It has been well-circulated that Microsoft will be supporting HTML5, and it has been widely criticised for not supporting it to date, but it is not an official standard yet.Yet competitor Google is pushing HTML5 as part of its Chrome browser…
  • Microsoft reveals existing apps not compatible with Windows Phone 7

    One result of this is previous Windows Mobile applications will not run on Windows Phone 7 Series," wrote Charlie Kindel, partner group program manager for the Windows Phone application platform and developer experience at Microsoft, in a blog…
  • Microsoft sets out development strategy

    He noted the use of JavaScript libraries to help web developers get more done with JavaScript and cited Microsoft's Silverlight platform as an example of a technology allowing for "immersive Internet applications.Developers are increasingly…

Latest Features

  • Mobile developers speak out on Windows Phone 7

    It will make for a much more cohesive user experience.Metaswitch uses Microsoft Visual Studio, and Finlayson says the Windows Phone version of VS2010 and the latest version of Expression Blend "look extremely powerful" as development tools.Windows…
  • Eight things you should know about Windows Phone 7

    If you're already using Microsoft's core Windows and web development tools and frameworks, you're qualified to start creating Windows Phone applicationsMicrosoft has just released for Windows Phone free versions of the newest releases of its…
  • HTML 5 to shake up the web

    As experimental support for HTML 5 features has crept into the current crop of Web browsers, some developers have even begun voicing hope that this new, modernized HTML will free them from reliance on proprietary plug-ins such as Flash, QuickTime…
  • The five best and worst features of Google Chrome OS

    This makes it unnecessary to download proprietary browser plugins such as Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. Users won't be able to install binaries, so this doesn't just leave Silverlight out in the dark.
 

How-Tos

  • Apple iPad: How to make a business case for one

    Consider that adding 3G Internet capability to your netbook through Verizon will cost you $40 or $60 per month for 250MB or 5GB of data transfer.While I take issue with Steve Jobs' assertion that the iPad offers the best web experience possible…

Reviews

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 review

    By contrast, MOSS offered very limited formatting options.Microsoft has woven Silverlight (a tool for creating interactive web apps) and AJAX functionality throughout, giving business users easy ways to add rich media and interactivity.I dropped a…
  • Firefox 3.5 (Mac)

    Firefox 3.5 embraces open web standards, offering HTML 5 support - that is, the ability to view multimedia based on commonly used standards such as JavaScript, CSS and HTML instead of using proprietary plugins like Adobe's Flash or Microsoft's…
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps review

    That's it; no addons or plugins are required, but if you do install Silverlight, fonts look crisper and document load times improve somewhat. The Redmond based giant is currently in the process of readying a fully web based version of its Office…
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps

    These are real, standards-based Web applications, no Silverlight or ActiveX controls required. Microsoft's Technical Preview of Web-based editions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint shows that Google is in for a fight Microsoft's move to the Web comes…
  • Microsoft Silverlight 3 review

    Microsoft Silverlight 3, Microsoft's much-enhanced rich internet application platform runs on Windows or Mac desktops, online or offline Microsoft Silverlight 3, Microsoft's much-enhanced rich internet application platform runs on Windows or Mac…
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 review

    Even better, the XAML designer for Silverlight achieves parity with the WPF designer; you no longer need to switch out of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to Expression Blend to work on a XAML design visually.The new code browsing features are another…
 
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