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Dundas has released a new version of their Charts component (v7) for .NET and Silverlight. Some of the nifty features: 1. Chart your gol...

One of my favourite data visualization tools is the heatmap, or treemap. There’s a new one out there for Silverlight. More info here . ...

Secondlight, turning anything into an interface. So what does this mean? It means a doctor can use a sheet of paper to dynamically 'cu...

Accessing external data feeds with Silverlight 2.0 Along with this difference is the ability to access data.  ASP.NET applications can use...

Master-Details datagrid with a twist. Introduction In my previous post on this blog, I showed how to display an extra field of dat...

  Silverlight 2 RTW (release to web) has been made public ! Well done to Microsoft ! Mark Mann's Blog : Silverlight 2 RTW Released!...

Doing mockups or wireframes?  Great napkin-style idea tool in Balsamiq. Balsamiq Mockups Improve your Usability Explore Differe...

I am a firm believer that code generation tools will one day make most software development projects obsolete, or at least force developers ...

  Silverlight and WPF - Sharing Library Projects One thing that I got asked a couple of times down at REMIX UK was the question of;...

  Silverlight 2 (beta1) - Database Operations with ASP.NET Web Service in Silverlight 2 Michael Sync » Silverlight 2 (beta1) - Database ...

  The Business Intelligence Update - September 2008 HOT TOPICS Register NOW for the 2nd Annual Microsoft BI Conference - c...

  Syncing audio with storyboard animations in Silverlight 2 Beta 2 You've seen complex animations created with Flash... e-cards...

  Update on My Illustrator Plug-In and Flash to XAML Conversion Tool Just over three years ago, in July, 2005, I released the firs...

The Dems are in the MS camp with Silverlight for their video feeds. Plus, in a first for a political convention, Silverlight, Microsoft...

I have the test library setup now for Brahama, the GPU wrapper for Microsoft Accelerator.  It looks fast.  Really fast.  And the ability to ...

C$ (CBucks).  Another CPU to GPU calculation engine. This about sums it up. C$ language, while concentrating on solving computationally ...

  FaceOut - Rich Internet Sales Dashboard Infragistics' faceOut is an interactive demonstration of our NetAdvantage for Silverlight p...

This would be useful for queuing systems and quote-tracking systems, among other things.  Not sure if it supports Silverlight, but definitel...

  Project Description This project includes a Silverlight wrapper Web Part that can be used in SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) or WSS 3.0 to expose...

  Test support for Silverlight At MIX we released source code to the controls, unit tests, and we including a unit test framework that r...

One example of WPF databinding. When announce any major project I always provide an "as a training tool" section to explain how t...

Silverlight mashup with Digg. Scott Guthrie has a great eight part series titled First Look at Silverlight 2 where he walks you through b...

  Online Conversion from PDF or AI to SVG With FreeSVG Before Inkscape added PDF and AI import, I used to use the FreeSVG service a...

  Check this out - http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/capabilities/reader/ interactive and all. Scroll/Zoom + click on a section where the ...

  Calling a JavaScript function from Silverlight 2 Wow, this is far better now with SL2! no more tips and tricks. JavaScript: <script ...

I was about a year too early the first time.  Here's crack #2 at getting a working datagrid in Silverlight.  Still disconnected though.....

A little bit of everything here. MIX University Visualize.Contextualize.Experience The next-generation Web experience is here. On this ...

158MB of goodness. XAML-Ready Design Agency with Expression Blend - MIX08 Session March 8th, 2008 Hello! We had such a blast at MIX08!  I...

Almost as good as being there... almost. Hard Rock Memorabilia

More goodies for XAML artists. SourceForge - Inkscape " A Linux, Windows & OSX vector graphics editor (SVG format) featuring ...

  Microsoft Downloads - Deep Zoom Composer "... We are pleased to present a technology preview of Deep Zoom Composer , a tool to...

Plus a howto on the article below for configuring Sharepoint & Silverlight. How to configure your SharePoint extended IIS Web App for w...

What's the deal with Silverlight and Sharepoint integration? Find out here... Silverlight for SharePoint Blueprint

That the video hosted on Microsoft Research's World Wide Telescope site is hosted with a Flash media player. Can't somebody on the...

Pageturn v2.0? The British Library's Turning The Pages project is currently featuring 5 treasures from across the United Kingdom . In ...

  A SharePoint Silverlight Web Part which displays SharePoint Documents and Pictures in a rich Silverlight flow control. See SharePoint Si...

Good intro to 3 technologies vying for attention. Crash Course in Next-Gen RIA: AIR, Silverlight, and JavaFX Get a hands-on introduction ...

If you want to convert your images into vector graphics for use in Silverlight, here is step 1. VectorMagic | Precision Bitmap to Vector Co...

Another Visio to XAML converter... Some times ago, I developped a svg to xaml converter based on SharpVector library. I mainly use this t...

I'm currently studying for the Visio exam 70-545.  It will be interesting to see where this "Visio to Silverlight" conversion ...

Someday someone will port this to Silverlight...   The Microsoft Treemap control requires your XML to be formatted in a particular way in ...

Interesting story on Silverlight & the future of the web. This all happened before in the land before the web This story is a story a...

Saving ink in silverlight 1.0 In the TabletPC SDKs and in WPF it's very easy to take an ink image and save it to an image format - BMP...

Ok so where can I get one of these for under $50? The MK140 FM Magnet/Scribbler is a portable device that functions like an electronic note...

You'll need this for a wiimote whiteboard. World's smallest, brightest Infrared Keychain Flashlights & IR Illuminators! Used b...

  Creating a High-speed Loop John Bower steps up a gear, produces a Lamborghini, and examines the process of using a high-speed function ...

This code is probably kinda stale (it's from last Oct) but sounds like what I was looking for awhile back. Here's an example build...

One application of a 3D mouse or a wiimote is in the healthcare industry, by simulating interactions with different tools, like a hammer. ...

So I just picked up a bluetooth adapter to test out the wiimote on the PC.  A bit awkward but it really does work! Next... get it going wi...

Volta is a way to ajax-ify an application with a few clicks & some minor code changes.  It converts compiled MSIL .NET languages to Java...

Volta sounds interesting.  Tier-targeting without reprogramming your apps. "The freaking great and interesting part is that they'v...

  Adam Kinney and co held a training day at Microsoft's campus in Redmond to help people get started and answer some fundamental ques...

Since there is no go-live license planned for 1.1 code, it's DOA for anyone not using it for academic purposes.  Looks like we will be ...

Need a bit more than a wrist strap for this one... WiiMote Horse Riders Page A Wiimote, A Spring Horse, Need 4 Speed, an idea, 15 minutes...

Yes this has nothing to do with Silverlight.  But who wouldn't want to put a lightshow timed to music in their living room? I finished ...

This stuff is just getting started...   Instructions: Each player puts on their wireless "sensor bar" and switches it on, and th...

Nice WPF + Nintendo Wii + Surface + Minority Report mashup. Welcome to Cynergy Labs

Not sure if I already posted this... but it's worth a look for combining with the Nintendo wii controller for VR applications. Kit3D is...

This is great.  Imagine being able to touchscreen-enable any surface.  You could touch your fridge & order more beer.  Touch your couch ...

Silverlight is coming to a Microsoft Downloads site near you. We’re using Microsoft Silverlight technology to improve the Download Center e...

This is incredible.  Basically it moves the image on the screen in tandem with your head, giving you a sense of 3D perspective.  This would ...

Now we're getting somewhere... the future is here and it's hacked out of a wiiremote and some reflective tape. While writing my Sil...

Bill talks about about where Silverlight is headed (cash investment in cool technology = results?) and what the model is (designers + result...

  Here is your chance to really learn about Silverlight and WPF. Lynda.com has published 4.5 hours of Silverlight training videos to get ...

  Two weeks ago, I went down to Hollywood to meet with a very exciting team who is creating a TV experience on the web using Silverlight.  ...

Google is taking the Facebook approach with a $10 million developer challenge.  Waiting for Mono + C# instead of this java stuff... In the ...

Three questions to ask when building any app...  To recap Can my mom use it? Listen but you don't have to do everything someone ask...

I gotta get a tablet pc...  To summarize the steps: 1) Create a note in Windows Journal 2) Convert note to Silverlight app 3) Upload to Si...

  Question Two: I hear they are going to start using Silverlight for their Lectures? Ken Arbogast-Wilson: The college turned 100 in 200...

  use expression encoder for creating silverlight media applications?  want to put them on silveright streaming ?  frustrated perhaps tha...

  Pumpkin Card - Silverlight demo with code - tagged animation , demo , Silverlight After enjoying the China Moon Festival Card , I w...

  In my previous Silverlight Closed Captioning screencast here , I showed you how to use Expression Encoder to import Closed Captioning in...

  You’ve probably heard about “Sirius” recently and wondering what it is. Yes, we recently announced in our October 2007 newsletter about o...

 Google's alternative to Tahiti?   Link to #q=video:buffett

Fake Bruce Chizen blasts Fake Steve Jobs.  I mean, come on! Try doing some research before you go and blast Adobe. I don't care how muc...

  The Silverlight Enterprise Deployment Guide is available for download now. We gave the white paper a trial run ourselves when Microsoft ...

  Easy Way To Upload Silverlight Apps To Windows Live Back when I wrote about adding a Silverlight Streaming app to your blog , I showed...

  Flex Camp Toronto 75% Sold Out (now 86%, according to the TorontoFlex! user group page ) -- If you're anywhere near Toronto, and rem...

 Competition for Joost & Slingbox? LIVESTATION, THE PEER-TO-PEER WEB TV service being readied by Microsoft and Skinkers, a British soft...

  Overview This package includes a whitepaper as well as two samples that illustrate best practices for creating an installation experien...

  Silverlight + Entity Framework + Astoria == Crazy? URL: http://www.silverlightdata.com I've been digging into the Entity Framewor...

Dr. Dobb's Flipbook with source code demonstrates a rich media solution with audio, video, and text in a page-turning Silverlight demo. ...

A ton of SVG resources. and the SVG To Silverlight Workbench. http://intertwingly.net/blog/2007/05/06/SVG-to-Silverlight-Workbench Have f...

A Powerpoint-Like demo in Silverlight with GOA Winforms Pro, written over the summer by a junior developer at GOA. Office Live anyone?   P...

A whack of javascript, ajax, css, etc. tools and downloads here.  Link to 250+ Tools and Resources For Coding the Web

  Microsoft Usability Is Looking For Software/Web Developers Microsoft's User Research Group is looking for independent consultants an...

Plus 2D gaming with XNA Game Studio & Silverlight here.   Kit3D is a 3D graphics engine written to work with Microsoft Silverlight. Th...

Facebook supports Silverlight with it's own tag.  Any Facebook Silverlight apps out there? <fb:silverlight silverlightsrc="http:...

 I wonder how this will impact companies that choose to build shopping carts using only Images, Flash or Silverlight without any text that i...

A blurb on XAML in Visio 2003.  This is 2 years old, so there's probably better content out there... Dev Luv: Visio --> SVG --> ...

Installing Silverlight? This guide helps you to plan and carry out a corporate deployment of Silverlight. The guide describes the system r...

 Interesting (and not Silverlight-related) heatmap showing which parts someone may glance at on your web site. Source: Feng-GUI - Feng Shui...

Facebook recently announced $10M in grants for startups dedicated to building Facebook apps... MS should publicize their partner marketing l...

I'm on a Facebook thread here... Silverlight posts will return after this commercial for iLike, an app that has more users than the 17 p...

More info on the Facebook fund, and here's a link to a Web 2.0 Biz Plan Generator.   How does an individual or company apply? Initiall...

One disadvantage I see for adoption of Silverlight is the jumble of javascript, xaml, manifest, etc. dependent files that need to be deploye...

Hurry up and get to work opening up the $10M in grant opportunities that are available.  Steve Trefethen has created a starter kit for dev...

  Silverlight and Expression Resources Here's a veritable cornucopia of resources online related to Silverlight and Expression. Thank...

  Here are some of the courses I have taught and the presentation materials that go with them. If you are interested in training, please v...

  10 Things You Should Know About Microsoft's Silverlight Software developers are busy kicking the tires on Silverlight, Microsoft...