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MLB.com goes Silverlight but try at your own risk

Posted by Charles | August 7, 2007 .

The production video contents on MLB.com are still in Flash but they are having a beta version out on Silverlight. I tried but wish I didn’t.
First, I went to the link given here. Then my computer froze. The Firefox (silverlight plugin) took 99% CPU and the machine just hang. With MLB web site page […]

Biking with Silverlight in London

Posted by Charles | August 1, 2007 .

This demo from Microsoft live lab is a combination of Microsoft Live map and the Flash competitor, Silverlight.
The silverlight used here is for the webcam broadcasting. Right click the video, you won’t find the familiar Flash context menu, where we used often to figure out if the piece is running on Flash. Instead, it’s Silverlight […]

Microsoft readies Silverlight release candidate

Posted by Charles | July 27, 2007 .

Microsoft is set to release a string of web tools this week, including Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate and a second beta of Visual Studio 2008.
Silverlight 1.0 is scheduled for final release in the autumn, and Visual Studio 2008 and the .Net Framework 3.5 are set for release by the end of the year.
Silverlight […]

Microsoft releases initial code for IronRuby

Posted by Charles | July 24, 2007 .

At the open source conference Sys-con, Microsoft released an early version of IronRuby that will let programmers write .Net applications with the Ruby language.
Microsoft intends to fully release IronRuby on RubyForge and take a wider range of contributions by the end of August. The software is available under the open-source style Microsoft Permissive License.
Once Microsoft […]

Microsoft releases new product - surface computing

Posted by Charles | May 30, 2007 .

 
Picture a surface that can recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music and maps. Today at the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil Microsoft Surfaceâ„¢, the first in a new category of […]

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