The Silverlight vs. Flash SmackDown was a smashing success! Thanks to everyone that made it out to the Silverlight vs. Flash SmackDown event yesterday in Winnipeg.  It was a lot of fun to present the content on the Silverlight side, and have some friendly banter back and fourth with Darren Osadchuks who presented Flash. We [...]

  See Adobe Flash go head to head with Microsoft Silverlight, maybe walk away with an XBOX 360. Finally, SmackDown has come back to Winnipeg on May 19th, 2009!  For the first time under one roof, New Media Manitoba, Flash in the Peg, and the Winnipeg .net User Group bring you The Silverlight and Flash [...]

Ever tried watching a popular sporting event online only to be disappointed at the poor quality?  Well this year CBS will be streaming the NCAA Men’s Basketball March Madness Tournament with Microsoft Silverlight. With the Silverlight player, CBS will be able to send streams of up to 1.5 mpbs to millions at home (or at [...]

The eyes of the world will be on Barack Obama today as he takes the oath of the office to become the 44th President of the United States.  Over a million people will be at the event.  With the advances in technology in the last few years, Barack Obama’s inauguration will be the most well [...]

Silverlight 2 was finally released to the world today!  Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Division at Microsoft made the official announcement today at 9am PDT. This is a significant event as it not only marks a huge milestone for the Microsoft Silverlight Team, but it also marks the date that Flash [...]