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 has quietly released Silverlight 5, the latest major version of its application framework competitor to Adobe's Flash. Made available for download on Friday, Silverlight 5 adds GPU-based ...

The Silverlight 5 beta, promised to be released today, is now live for download. You can download it here. Inside of Silverlight 5, as per our previous coverage, is ...

Microsoft has released what might just be the last version of their Silverlight plug-in. Silverlight 5 is now finally available after a long — over two 2-years — of development. If there is any doubt ...

As part of the Patch Tuesday updates delivered on May 8, Microsoft quietly delivered a minor refresh to Silverlight. The new version (called in one place on Microsoft's Web site 5.1, but which ...

At a Silverlight event today, Microsoft gave a first look at the next version of the company’s development platform. Silverlight 5 will be a more complete, more capable development platform, and it ...