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• Second Silverlight 2.0 beta to take up Flash fight

  Microsoft is launching a revamped test version of its Silverlight software that is designed to broaden the appeal of the company's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash.

• Google's offline apps do not threaten Microsoft Office: Analyst

  The launch of Google Gears, which is likely to mean the search giant's word processing, spreadsheet and calendar applications will soon work offline, is unlikely to dent the market share of Microsoft's Office productivity suite, according to an analyst.

• Nokia switches on Microsoft's Silverlight

  Content developed for the software giant's alternative to Adobe's Flash will be able to be viewed on Nokia smartphones.

• Silverlight update fights back against Adobe's AIR

  On Monday, Adobe released the long-awaited AIR download for running Web applications offline, but Microsoft is readying an update to its Silverlight platform that it hopes will keep Web developers in its camp.

• Mono brings Silverlight and Adobe AIR closer

  Miguel de Icaza, who heads up the open source Mono project, has provided an update on a project to create Silverlight applications that run out of the browser, moving a small step toward what Adobe Systems offers with AIR.

Blogs (1)

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  Moonlight 1.0 hamstrung in Catch-22

  Little wonder these RIA on Linux discussions make me feel icky, as we can dial in at least another two years of proprietary plug-ins dominating on open-source desktops.

Features and Case Studies (3)

• Lights out for Silverlight

  It's been a couple of weeks since the full announcement of Silverlight took place -- now that other players have shown some of their cards and the dust has begun to settle, what can we take from it?

• Flash in the Pan

  So Silverlight will kill Flash, will it? Maybe it will. A lot of people have told me this and I began to wonder if the opinion had any validity. It took me less than 15 minutes of research to determine that it may not kill Flash but it will most definitely do it some serious market damage. Why?

• GPS Tag wins Microsoft Devsta Challenge

  Turbulence, a game of tag using GPS-enabled mobile phones, has taken out Microsoft's Devsta Challenge 2008. We take a look at the top five entries.

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