Microsoft announced Silverlight 5, the next version of its rich Internet platform, and previewed key features of the upcoming beta technology at its Silverlight Firestarter educational event for ...

Microsoft has released version 5 of its Silverlight browser plugin and runtime environment. Among other new features, the 7-12MB download gives Silverlight developers a 3D API based on Direct3D, ...

At a Silverlight event today, Microsoft gave a first look at the next version of the company’s development platform. Silverlight 5 will be a more complete, more capable development platform, and it ...

Today was a very important day in the land of Microsoft with the unveiling of Silverlight 5 in all its glory and features. If you missed our coverage of its announcement, give the post a read, we are ...

If reports of the demise of Silverlight are based on Microsoft's perceived support of the run-time tool, pundits might be on to something, as the company's quiet launch of Silverlight 5 last week - ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Microsoft has announced the next version of Silverlight, its competitor to Adobe Flash. A beta of ...

Microsoft's next iteration of Silverlight brings with it some big improvements to media handling and power efficiency. It also promises to make it easier, and faster to build apps. Josh Lowensohn ...

As part of the Patch Tuesday updates delivered on May 8, Microsoft quietly delivered a minor refresh to Silverlight. The new version (called in one place on Microsoft's Web site 5.1, but which ...

Yesterday, Microsoft released the fifth version of Silverlight. It’s available on IE, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari on both Mac and PC. The update adds hardware decoding for H.264 media, some new ...

Microsoft officials said earlier this fall that the gold version of Silverlight 5 would be released to the Web (RTW) in November 2011. It's the last day of the month, but there's no RTW happening ...