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• Microsoft ships Silverlight 5

  Even as questions remain about Microsoft's commitment to its Silverlight rich Internet plug-in platform, the company made available on Friday version 5 of the technology, featuring a variety of new capabilities.

• Windows 8 demos spur developer worries

  After two brief demonstrations of Microsoft's next-generation operating system, third-party Microsoft Windows developers are expressing frustration over what they consider a lack of clear direction on how to develop applications for Windows 8.

• Silverlight, Flash can live with HTML5

  The HTML5 specification could be a game-changer in the rich internet application realm, but representatives of Microsoft and Adobe Systems, both of which have proprietary plug-ins for web applications, are confident in their companies' web strategies.

• Microsoft Silverlight 3 unveiled

  Seeking an edge in the crowded rich Internet application technology space, Microsoft is officially launching on Friday its Silverlight 3 platform, featuring offline capabilities for running applications outside of a browser and improvements in areas like 3D.

• Microsoft lashes out at Adobe over Silverlight comments

  Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has "fizzled" as a competitor to Adobe's Flash.

• Silverlight adoption hampered by economic crisis

  Microsoft's Silverlight technology has streamed some high-profile live events lately, the inauguration of US President Barack Obama and the 2008 Summer Olympics among them. But Silverlight's real promise for the business customer - to improve user interfaces for day-to-day applications - has been thwarted by tightening budgets.

• Jade boosts Microsoft .Net compatibility

  In an effort to improve interoperability with Microsoft products, Jade Software is experimenting with Windows Silverlight. It’s also working on its next software release, which will be fully compatible with the .Net platform.

• Microsoft woos developers under the Silverlight

  As Microsoft releases its Silverlight 2.0 media player tomorrow, it is claiming strong momentum for its free, would-be Adobe Flash-killer.

• Microsoft's Silverlight to support streaming HD Flash video

  Microsoft said on Tuesday that the next version of its Silverlight media player, due early next year, will be able to play live high-definition video encoded for rival Adobe Systems' Flash player.

• Silverlight in patent suit

  Video software developer Gotuit Media is suing Microsoft, claiming that its Silverlight multimedia software infringes on three Gotuit patents, which cover ways of making videos searchable on the internet.

• Microsoft linking Silverlight to Ruby on Rails

  Microsoft plans to integrate its new Silverlight browser plug-in technology for rich internet applications and the Ruby on Rails web framework.

• Tibco backs Silverlight for rich environment

  Tibco Software is throwing its support behind Microsoft's new Silverlight browser plug-in technology for rich internet applications and is also offering users of Microsoft web services technology an alternative message platform.

• Silverlight the ‘Windows 98 of Flash’, says Adobe

  Microsoft Silverlight is the Windows 98 of Flash, says Adobe’s Pacific marketing manager, Mark Cokes.

• Microsoft attracts 1,000

  Around 1,000 people turned up for Microsoft's Launch Wave event in Auckland last week, promoting new versions of Windows Server, SQL Server and Visual Studio.

• Silverlight brings video to the Olympics website

  How would you like to be handed this IT project: create a website that will present 2,200 hours of live, interactive video, plus integrated broadcast coverage. The site will have huge spikes of traffic, and operate under worldwide scrutiny, so it has to be designed for performance. It has to be done in the next 150 days; no schedule extensions are possible. And it must deliver a brilliant user experience.