October, 2010

Today you can watch John Papa 's PDC 2010 session titled “ Kung Fu Silverlight: Tips and Architectural Patterns and Practices ." Here is the summary of the session: Learn about the rewards of using RIA Services together with development patterns...

Building great applications, that’s the goal we all aim for. Apps that are fluid and beautiful, easy to use, robust, well architected, and above all delight our users. The release of the RTM versions of the Windows Phone Developer Tools on September...

Watch this video as John Papa sits down with Scott Guthrie, Corporate VP at Microsoft, to discuss the state of Silverlight. Scott discusses the impact of Silverlight in applications including Windows Phone 7, the history of releases, and what his favorite...

MSN Russia recently launched a Silverlight based Music channel in collaboration with world famous music and pop culture magazine, Billboard. The new site allows music lovers to read news, play tracks and watch music videos from thousands of artists. Browsing...

On November 16th, fans of Hip Hop Artist JAY-Z will be able to explore the inspiration behind his music and art when the life-in-lyrics book, DECODED is published. But if that’s too long to wait, they can access all the pages of DECODED exclusively, today...

You may remember that we showed the world’s first 1080p live 3D web stream last month at IBC in Amsterdam. This demo used NVIDIA’s 3D Vision system , which works with 120Hz displays and consists of active shutter glasses and an infra-red emitter. Now...

After you enjoy PDC10 , continue the experience with the Silverlight Firestarter! What is the Silverlight Firestarter? - An Event: A one day, global, live streamed and on demand event keynoted by Scott Guthrie - Training: New self-paced labs...

Silverlight Media Framework 2.2 is now available and includes full support for Windows Phone 7! The open source Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) enables developers to quickly deploy a robust, scalable, customizable player for IIS Smooth Streaming...

Microsoft has long been involved with the United Nations and one of the latest examples is a site for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that lets you explore how they’ve brought relief to millions of refugees worldwide. Powered...

How hard do you think it would be to increase your pitch to win ratio by 70% ? Anvil Digital , has done just that since introducing SketchFlow , a prototyping tool, to their workflow. An interactive SketchFlow prototype really helped to engage prospective...

Football season is back and viewers in the United States can enjoy better than ever online coverage of the NFL with NBC’s Sunday Night Football Extra coverage. Last year, NBC used Silverlight with IIS Smooth Streaming to deliver a truly innovative online...

We participated in OnHollywood at USC’s Entertainment Technology Center last week in sunny Los Angeles, California where it reached a sweltering 103F (40C). But the atmosphere at the conference was even hotter with leaders from the entertainment industry...