Microsoft Silverlight is a component of many web browsers that lets them play music and videos. Silverlight used to be incredibly popular, but was eventually made obsolete by HTML5. Almost no major ...

Bad economy or not, Microsoft remains bullish on its Silverlight plug-in technology for rich Internet applications. While a recent report suggested the economy was stalling Silverlight adoption, ...

In touting deals it has signed with Internet video broadcasters such as Netflix Inc., Brightcove Inc. and Major League Baseball, Microsoft Corp. is declaring that its nascent Silverlight rich media ...

Silverlight 2.0, which is due in the next few weeks, fixes the flaws of the initial release and gives developers a viable alternative to Flash With the imminent release of Silverlight 2.0, developers ...

Q: What the heck is Microsoft Silverlight? My Windows systems keep trying to install it on updates, and I've opted not to on two of my computers. Is it a necessary piece of add-on for home user Web ...