When Microsoft rolled out its Silverlight RIA (rich interactive application) platform this week, it threw down the proverbial gauntlet, so to speak, at longtime rival Adobe, whose Flash product has ...

Microsoft on Monday unveiled Silverlight, a new browser plug-in designed to compete head-to-head with Adobe’s Flash plug-in. Announced at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show in ...

Silverlight, though, must compete with the more established Adobe Flash platform as well as with Sun Microsystems’ JavaFX technology. Complicating this field are HTML technologies that could ...

The head of Adobe Systems has questioned Microsoft’s commitment to keeping its new Silverlight platform compatible with other operating systems besides Windows. Silverlight, which is seen as Microsoft ...

Adobe's ubiquitous Flash has never had serious competition, which allowed it to become the dominant technology for Web multimedia, even though its complexity causes some headaches for developers. Yet ...

Looking to dethrone Adobe's Web video tool, Redmond to unveil a browser plug-in called Silverlight. Image: Microsoft's 'Silverlight' browser plug-in Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

Microsoft this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe. As described by ...

Microsoft’s much-touted and much-anticipated RIA (rich Internet application) entry, Silverlight, lets Web developers and designers create “rich, engaging user experiences with 2-D graphics, animation, ...

Microsoft Silverlight, a browser plug-in for developing web applications, is making the leap onto Nokia's smartphones. The announcement marks another big step in Microsoft's efforts to make ...

Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has “fizzled” as a competitor to Adobe’s Flash. In his blog, Tim Sneath, director of the Windows and ...

Adobe's Flash technology will help deliver streaming video of Major League Baseball games. MLB.com exec said Flash gave service more flexibility. Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment ...

Microsoft's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash Player has an official name--Silverlight--and a coveted target audience: media and entertainment companies bringing video to the Web. On Monday at the ...