Silverlight 5, the most recent -- and possibly last -- version of Microsoft's cross-platform browser plug-in, is poised to be released to manufacturing (RTM) before the end of November.

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 ...

Microsoft Silverlight is a component of many web browsers that lets them play music and videos. Silverlight used to be incredibly popular, but was eventually made obsolete by HTML5. Almost no ...

Have you heard of Microsoft Silverlight? It is an all-purpose plug-in designed by Microsoft and launched in 2007. As of now, it will receive its burial in the digital cemetery in October 2021.

Adobe’s Flash and Microsoft Silverlight once vied for a spot in people’s browsers as the preferred way to play audio and video on the Web. Both were doomed by the rise of the mobile Web and ...

Microsoft has come through with Silverlight 5, which was released as a final product today. The release is the latest -- and perhaps the last -- major update to the company's .NET technology for ...

With the release of Silverlight 2 in October, Microsoft added official support for the newly released Google Chrome, in addition to IE, Firefox, and Safari support. Support for Opera, and other ...

Remember Silverlight, Microsoft’s rich Internet application plug-in that competed with Adobe Flash before HTML5 pushed aside both? The introduction of OpenSilver this week by .NET software ...

For example, in 2010 Microsoft released a Mac compatible version of its Silverlight Web browser plugin. On the developer end, Microsoft Silverlight is a tool for creating Web-based applications ...