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Microsoft’s Silverlight 3 Launches Early
TechCrunchIT Jul 09 09Microsoft’s competitor to Adobe Flash, Silverlight, has officially rolled out the new version, Silverlight 3, today. Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering media experiences and interactive applications for the Web. The first version was launched in 2007 and the second version was launched in September of 2008. In April, Microsoft reported 300 million downloads of Silverlight between September 2007 and April 2009, with an estimated 300,000 developers and engineers working off the Silverlight platform. SIiverlight 3 launched a day earlier today on Microsoft's servers, surprising the blogosphere. Full story...
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