Yes, folks - that title is not a joke.  Silverlight can completely change how we think about the web. We're not writing activeX controls anymore, we're not coding "ActionScript" on a "Timeline" - we're talking about something revolutionary here. If you look at the underlying...

So, you aren't going to be locked in to buy On2's codec... but looks like despite the fact that they are using an open standard, if you want to intelligently stream the video you will be locked into buying Flash Media Server: The Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) is responsible for licensing of all...

Many Flash developers have been complaining about the choice of On2's codec over a standard like H.264 for years. Interestingly, Adobe is finally adding support for some standard video codecs in the next version of Flash. The question is, how much did Silverlight have to do with this decision? The timing...

"As I mentioned in Flash Player Update 3 we finally realized that multi-core CPUs are here to stay. So why not follow the times and take advantage of it? As most of you hard core Flash developers know, rendering is a huge bottleneck. I've seen a couple of blog post complaining that their second core...

"The demand continues to grow for secure, interactive content, applications, and services that run on a variety of clients. To simplify and speed the creation and deployment of high-impact content for a wide range of devices, Sun is introducing JavaFX, a new family of products based on Java technology...

JD is confused about the statement made in a MS presentation with don and chris: Chris: We’ve made our intentions clear with WPF/E; we’re not pretending [like Adobe is with Flash] that it is some kind of open standard. People are saying that Flash is good and WPF/E is evil, but we actually...

Tim Anderson has some commentary on WPF/E. He sums up his thoughts like this: In the past Microsoft has been characterised by its single-minded focus on Windows. Why does it now want to create a cross-platform runtime engine? It is the clearest sign yet that it can no longer base its entire strategy...