Microsoft is beta testing a new version of its Download Center site that makes use of its Silverlight browser plug-in technology Microsoft continues to eat its own dog food to promote the adoption of ...

Microsoft officials wouldn't say a month ago whether the actual Silverlight 3 bits would be available by the day of the official launch, which is July 10. But it turns out they are available a day ...

One of Microsoft’s most anticipated new products is a free, tiny download that will run on Windows, Mac and eventually Linux, and went from a roughed-out preview to a final product in less than a year ...

The Silverlight 5 beta, promised to be released today, is now live for download. You can download it here. Inside of Silverlight 5, as per our previous coverage, is ...

Cross-platform development frameworks make programmers' lives easier. Programming one set of source code files which an interpreter then converts to run on different operating system saves developers ...

Microsoft Silverlight is a component in many web browsers that helps them stream and display video, music, clickable menus, and other types of "rich media" content. Launched in 2007, it was intended ...

Martin Heller is a contributing writer at InfoWorld. Formerly a web and Windows programming consultant, he developed databases, software, and websites from his office in Andover, Massachusetts, from ...