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Silverlight's Fate

While Microsoft is busy churning out the newer versions of Silverlight and we are all learning to cope with plurality and continunal changes in the RIA world,...

0 replies - 1027 views - 05/02/08 by Shashank Tiwari in Uncategorized

Essential Silverlight 2 Up-to-Date--New from O'Reilly

As per the O'Reilly press release, now you can design rich Internet applications (RIAs) for the Web using Silverlight 2, Microsoft's second release of the...

0 replies - 344 views - 03/24/08 by Meera Subbarao in News

What Does it Take to Be a Good RIA Platform?

Yesterday, I had a very interesting blog debate with a guy named Martin Beeby. He was arguing that Silverlight would eventually crush Flex because Adobe is...

1 replies - 1010 views - 03/15/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Microsoft Giving Away Development Software to Students

Dreamspark is the name of the Microsoft initiative to give students free developer tools so "you can chase your dreams and create the next big...

1 replies - 746 views - 02/19/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in Tips and Tricks

Why Microsoft Needs Yahoo: the Real Story

So one day, Scott McNealy, founder and chairman of Sun, read in his morning newspaper how the use of Java was rapidly diminishing, courtesy of something called...

0 replies - 9501 views - 02/03/08 by Ivo Jansch in News

Microsoft & .NET Titles by Apress, Manning, O'Reilly and InformIT

There are several ways to keep yourself updated in the ever changing world of IT, be it Java or .NET or any other technology; we use online forums, web sites,...

0 replies - 1255 views - 02/02/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

Microsoft Makes $44.6b Hostile Bid for Yahoo

Microsoft this morning made a $44.6 billion hostile bid for the floundering Yahoo, striking at a point when it has become evident to all and sundry that Yahoo...

0 replies - 824 views - 02/01/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft Makes Hostile Bid for Yahoo - Developing Story

Microsoft is offering $44.6 billion for the floundering Yahoo. The $31 a share represents a 62% premium to Yahoo's $19.18 yesterday. Microsoft expects the deal...

0 replies - 233 views - 02/01/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

If Microsoft Pushes It Out Much Further They Won’t Be Able To Call It SQL Server 2008

Something has happened – or maybe didn’t happened – that has caused Microsoft to delay the release of SQL Server 2008 to the calendar three quarter. It...

0 replies - 613 views - 01/28/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News