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Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps

News Described by Sun as a family of products for creating RIAs with engaging content, JavaFX is intended as a competitor to Adobe's AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight. Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco this week with...

Tags: ria, java, sun

[08 May 2008]

Microsoft smartens up for enterprise mobility

News The software giant has launched an update to its Windows Mobile OS - version 6.1 - which includes a new home-screen user interface, threaded SMS messages for at-a-glance text conversations and an updated Internet Explorer that enables users to...

Tags: microsoft, mobility, windows mobile

[02 Apr 2008]

Leading Airline Set to Transform Customer Experience With Powerful Travel Portal

whitepaper Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in offers a seamless interface, new levels of flexibility, and inspiring travel options and services. From its inception, low-cost airline easyJet led the market through its use of the Internet as a ticket...

Tags: portals

[02 Apr 2008]

Engineering Firm Builds Mobile Tracking Technology For Romanian Postal Workers

whitepaper The new solution provides customers with a rich browser-based experience using a software-plus-services approach to application delivery; Microsoft Silverlight, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in; and complex location-aware capabilities...

Tags: application servers

[02 Apr 2008]

MSDN Webcast: What's New in Visual Studio 2008: Targeting All Platforms (Level 200)

whitepaper The presenter shows how Visual Studio 2008 can be used to build applications that are platform agnostic, as well as client agnostic, through technologies such as Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX and Microsoft Silverlight.

Tags: programming languages

[27 Mar 2008]

Fidelity National Real Estate Speeds Time-to-Market 50 Percent, Saves $1.4 Million

whitepaper It turned to Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Neudesic and to Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008, Virtual Earth, SQL Server, Windows Server 2008, and Silverlight.

Tags: application servers

[23 Mar 2008]

Leading Weather Data Provider Accelerates Development With Easy-to-Use Technology

whitepaper Using the Microsoft Silverlight cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in; Windows Presentation Foundation; and Microsoft Expression Blend design software, the WeatherBug team completed the new graphing application in three weeks.

Tags: windows server 2008, weather, windows presentation foundation, innovation

[23 Mar 2008]

Microsoft unveils web tool betas

News Microsoft has used its MIX08 event in Las Vegas to announce beta releases of web tools including Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2 and Expression Studio 2 products. Along with IE8, the new versions of Silverlight and Expression Studio are targeted...

Tags: microsoft, beta, silverlight, ie

[09 Mar 2008]

Steve Jobs slams Flash - opens door to Silverlight?

News At Apple's shareholder meeting this week, CEO Steve Jobs took a bat to Adobe's Flash - leading to speculation the door is open for Microsoft's Silverlight on the iPhone. Meanwhile, Silverlight has been receiving some attention this week with...

Tags: flash, steve jobs, iphone, silverlight

[06 Mar 2008]

Microsoft Silverlight makes pact with Nokia

News Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in will be bringing videos and other rich media to Nokia smart phones later this year. The two companies are scheduled to announce today at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference that Microsoft will write a version of...

Tags: nokia, adobe, silverlight, microsoft

[04 Mar 2008]

MSDN Webcast: An Introduction to Silverlight (Level 100)

whitepaper This webcast is a quick introduction to Microsoft Silverlight. This webcast explains what Silverlight is, describe how it works, and explore what it is used for. It also gives an overview of the designer and developer workflow in Silverlight.

Tags: graphics applications

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Designer Series (Part 1 of 5): Getting Started With Silverlight for Designers (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast discusses the basics of Microsoft Silverlight and how it can be useful to designer. It illustrates the workflow of a Silverlight designer working alongside a developer. Get a jump start with Microsoft Expression Blend project, and then...

Tags: graphics applications

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Developer Series (Part 1 of 5) - Introduction to Silverlight 1.1 Using Visual Studio 2008 (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast is dedicated to getting developers acquainted with building Microsoft Silverlight version 1.1 applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. This webcast cover creating first Silverlight application, debugging a Silverlight...

Tags: software engineering

[14 Jan 2008]

Live From Redmond: Representing Data in a Silverlight Control

whitepaper How data is retrieve from various sources, such as a database, a JSON representation, XML, etc.and represent it in a Silverlight control (e.g.charts, etc. Archetype example: an animated pie chart that shows changing proportions over time.

Tags: xml

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Designer Series (Part 3 of 5) - Introducing Events in Expression Blend to a Silverlight Designer (Level 200)

whitepaper The attendee of this webcast will learn how to create events with Microsoft Expression Blend for developers to use. This webcast shows how to create basic animations in Microsoft Expression Blend, and how the information is converted into XAML.

Tags: xml

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Developer Series (Part 2 of 5) - Silverlight XAML and Dynamic Code (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast in introduce the developer to Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML). Everything that a designer can create using Microsoft Expression Blend, a developer can create with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

Tags: xml

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Windows Live Platform Technical Drilldown (1 of 4) (Level 300)

whitepaper It explores Windows Live ID, Microsoft Silverlight Streaming, and Microsoft Expression Encoder. This webcast covers the authentication and rich media services that Windows Live offers for developers.

Tags: collaborative web

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Designer Series (Part 2 of 5): Working With Expression Design to Create Visual Assets (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast touches base on the look and feel of Microsoft Silverlight applications, and the workflow between designers and developers. It also teaches how to export visual elements from Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop into Microsoft...

Tags: gui

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Windows Presentation Foundation Soup to Nuts (Part 18 of 18): Helpful Tools (Level 200)

whitepaper He also demonstrates Microsoft Silverlight, which uses the Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) to produce rich media-based applications for distribution in Web pages. The presenter of this webcast discusses some of the other professional...

Tags: .net

[14 Jan 2008]

MSDN Webcast: Designer Series (Part 5 of 5): Understanding Development Fundamentals and Publishing to the Web (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast shows how to insert current Silverlight application into any Web page, as well as how to call full-screen functionality. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to take projects and put them on the Web.

Tags: application development

[14 Jan 2008]

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