Silverlight 3 to headline MIX09 in Las Vegas
InternetNews | at | by Mike
At next week's MIX09 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft officials plan show off the latest and greatest technologies and products for designers and website developers.
Near the top of the list will be the first public demonstration of Silverlight 3.0, Microsoft's streaming media technology. Other likely featured technologies include Internet Explorer 8, and Windows 7.
The event, hosted at the glitzy Venetian resort, is in its fourth year.
What's coming in version 3 of Microsoft's Adobe Flash competitor? Silverlight is barely two years old yet it carries Microsoft's hopes of supplanting Flash on users' PCs, laptops, and phones ? a daunting task that requires Microsoft to evolve the technology quickly..