Microsoft’s much-touted and much-anticipated RIA (rich Internet application) entry, Silverlight, lets Web developers and designers create “rich, engaging user experiences with 2-D graphics, animation, ...

Silverlight, a subset of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) system that powers Windows Vista, is Microsoft's attempt to trump Adobe's Flash technology by offering better-looking, more advanced ...

Microsoft is beta testing a new version of its Download Center site that makes use of its Silverlight browser plug-in technology Microsoft continues to eat its own dog food to promote the adoption of ...

Microsoft Silverlight is a component of many web browsers that lets them play music and videos. Silverlight used to be incredibly popular, but was eventually made obsolete by HTML5. Almost no major ...

Microsoft this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe. As described by ...

In touting deals it has signed with Internet video broadcasters such as Netflix Inc., Brightcove Inc. and Major League Baseball, Microsoft Corp. is declaring that its nascent Silverlight rich media ...

With all the talk about Adobe Flash coming to Android, Windows Mobile, WebOS, and other mobile platforms, it’s easy to forget that Microsoft has a Flash competitor called Silverlight. And it looks ...

LAS VEGAS — As part of its foray into the Web design tools market, Microsoft Corp. is eschewing its usual tactics for encouraging or, as many of the companys critics would put it, strong-arming end ...

Microsoft has announced it is killing off Windows legacy DRM support on Windows 8, Windows 7, Silverlight, and legacy Windows Media Player. Recently, Microsoft gave the first official on-record ...

Over the weekend, angry Netflix users flooded the company's blog with reports of choppy video performance and audio synchronization issues related to Netflix's Silverlight-based video player, which ...