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March 23, 2009  5:19 PM

MIX09 recap: plenty for developers, designers



Posted by: YuvalShavit
.NET programming downloads, Internet Explorer, Silverlight, Web applications

It's sometimes hard at a conference to see the forest for the trees. With two-hour keynotes and session after session, it's not easy to keep perspective on what's big and what's ancillary. And so, now that I'm back in Boston and recovered from the redeye, here's my take on last week. Most of the...

January 28, 2009  5:41 PM

Microsoft’s open source projects may help it sell software



Posted by: YuvalShavit
Ajax, General Microsoft news, Silverlight

If you're linking to outside JavaScript code in your Web pages, you're probably (hopefully!) aware that there are certain security risks. Microsoft's Scott Isaacs talked about the problem at a session at PDC 2008 and said there are essentially two ways most sites handle this threat: some ignore it...


January 16, 2009  5:12 PM

Obama’s inauguration will be streamed with Silverlight



Posted by: YuvalShavit
General Microsoft news, Silverlight

When millions of eyes tune in to see president-elect-but-about-to-be-President Obama's inauguration at noon on Tuesday, Microsoft will be working behind the scenes. The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) will be


September 26, 2008  2:49 PM

Silverlight 2 UI communicates through WCF



Posted by: YuvalShavit
Silverlight

John Papa shows onstrate how to build a Silverlight 2 UI that communicates through WCF to interact with business entities and a database. According to John, in his article on MSDN Magazine Web, the business logic, entity model, and data-mapping code can be consumed by any presentation...


April 1, 2008  10:53 AM

Silverlight 2 Hands on Labs released



Posted by: YuvalShavit
Silverlight

Microsoft has released the Silverlight 2.0 lab so you can program this innovative technology while working in a safe, supportive environment. Some of the labs include: Basic Concepts, Concepts in building Connected Applications, Building...


February 4, 2008  10:54 AM

Lang.NET Day 3 considers, Ruby, Moonlight, Cobra



Posted by: YuvalShavit
Dynamic Languages, Silverlight

Ruby was first at bat on Day 3 of the Lang.NET in Redmond. Wayne Kelly and Jon Lam both presenting. Jon Lam’s IronRuby session was a status update on where the project stands, and how Lam’s Microsoft group intends to get to 1.0. He said his group has...


January 29, 2008  11:03 AM

Lang.NET shows Iron Python with Robotics Studio, JScript on DLR



Posted by: YuvalShavit
ASP.NET, C#, Dynamic Languages, Silverlight

Microsoft's Lang.NET Symposium 2008 got up and running yesterday. C# father Anders Hejlsberg talked about C# 3.0 features, IronPython guru Hugunin discussed the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) and IronPython, and Pratap Lakshman from the...


January 25, 2008  1:56 PM

.NET reference posters: Great things come in large packages



Posted by: Brian Eastwood
.NET Programming Languages, SharePoint, Silverlight, Visual Studio and the .NET Framework

Posters make good conference swag, but they don't always fit into the suitcase. Fortunately, many of Microsoft's greatest hits -- .NET Framework namespaces, Visual Studio 2008 and 2005 keyboard shortcuts, Silverlight 2.0 Developer References and so on -- are available for download on MSDN. Chris...


January 7, 2008  11:38 AM

Silverlight to power NBC’s Summer Olympics Web site



Posted by: Brian Eastwood
Silverlight

On the face of it, Silverlight and sports Web sites complement each other nicely. In fact, Silverlight is a part of both MLB.com and NBA.com, the respective sites for North America's major...


December 19, 2007  9:52 AM

Jackass 2.5, first Web-only studio film, powered by Silverlight



Posted by: Brian Eastwood
Silverlight

Just in time for good tidings of comfort and joy, Jackass 2.5 has hit the browser. Aficionados of Steve-O, Johnny Knoxville and their whimsical shenanigans can take in the third installment of this cinematic wonder that is Jackass free on Blockbuster.com from today (Dec. 19) until Dec....