Moonlight, an open source version of Microsoft’s Silverlight for use on Linux based systems is available for download. The goal of Moonlight project is to provide a runtime for Silverlight applications on Linux systems and to develop Linux SDK for building Silverlight applications. Silverlight is Microsoft’s move in the Rich Internet Applications space. If you [...]
The Deep Zoom technology by Microsoft is a part of Silverlight Rich Internet Application environment. It allows users to view collection of high resolution images in extreme close-up with advanced zoom and pan features. This post shows how to build a sample application showing Deep Zoom’s capabilities. First of all download and install Deep Zoom [...]
Microsoft’s PopFly, an easy mashup maker, has added a new feature named PopFly Game Creator. The new feature lets you create your own games without writing any code. The PopFly Game Creator is based on Microsoft’s Rich Internet Application and Multimedia platform, Silverlight. The Game Creator provides the ability to build a new game or [...]
Silverlight is an effort from Microsoft to challenge Adobe Flash and Action Script as the de facto platform for developing Rich Internet Applications and Video streaming. Silverlight has started to gain momentum in the Rich Internet Applications space. I am taking this opportunity to list down few resources which will help aspiring Silverlight developers and [...]
Microsoft has launched Microsoft Videos; a site for users to view all Microsoft related videos including product demos, how-to videos and keynote speeches. The site includes all the basic community features like ratings, ability to comment, video sharing through email and embedding it to your blog or website. The site is built on top of [...]
Microsoft has announced the launch of a pilot program for U.S. publishers for serving ads in video using Sliverlight Streaming Service and Microsoft AdCenter. The program will allow select Silverlight Streaming account holders to take Silverlight videos and automatically insert contextual advertisements into the end-user video playback experience. The publishers will be required to provide [...]
While Flash does not work in Cupertino, it does seem to work in Redmond. The Redmond based Microsoft has licensed Flash Lite and Reader for Windows Mobile Phones. Keeping the Reader apart which lets the user view PDF files, inclusion of Flash Lite will provide Windows Mobile an edge over iPhone as there is a [...]
Microsoft has recently announced the launch of Silverlight 2.0 Beta and Silverlight 1.0 for mobile. The Rich Internet Applications are growing with various technologies enabling development of cross platform, cross devices, cross browser applications. The RIA movement is also heading for standalone web-enabled applications running across many different environments as well as mobile applications. Let’s [...]
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