Silverlight is new enough that you need to know where to look to see worthwhile examples In my Silverlight 2 review, I neglected to discuss where to find good Silverlight applications. While you can ...

It's important that you first understand the fundamental differences between Silverlight and WinRT apps. Take a look at Table 1 for a quick comparison of each platform's technology. Windows 8 is more ...

Microsoft’s “Flash-killer,” Silverlight released the third version of its rich media application platform, Silverlight 3, on the web yesterday. This morning, Microsoft is holding the official launch ...

At a Silverlight event today, Microsoft gave a first look at the next version of the company’s development platform. Silverlight 5 will be a more complete, more capable development platform, and it ...

With the release of Silverlight 3, Microsoft continues its race to catch up with the product’s main competition-namely, Adobe’s Flash. To a large degree, Microsoft has done a good job, adding many ...

Microsoft has released version 5 of its Silverlight browser plugin and runtime environment. Among other new features, the 7-12MB download gives Silverlight developers a 3D API based on Direct3D, ...

Remember Silverlight, Microsoft’s rich Internet application plug-in that competed with Adobe Flash before HTML5 pushed aside both? The introduction of OpenSilver this week by .NET software company ...

Microsoft today released documentation to help Web developers build secure Silverlight applications. Silverlight 2 allows applications to make Web requests to third-party domains (whereas Silverlight ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

On April 22, 1970, U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson introduced the world to "Earth Day," an annual day devoted to raising awareness of and educating consumers about environmental issues affecting the planet.