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Silverlight 4 Released

Microsoft has just made available Silverlight 4 For Windows PCs and Macs, the plugin can be downloaded right now from this page. The Silverlight version on…

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Microsoft has just made available Silverlight 4 For Windows PCs and Macs, the plugin can be downloaded right now from this page. The Silverlight version on Windows Phone 7 is an hybrid between SL3 & SL4, for more info head over here.

Silverlight for Windows Phone supports core Silverlight capabilities in managed .NET code with XAML including:

-High quality video and audio using a wide range of codecs, DRM and IIS Smooth Streaming
-Deep Zoom for enhanced reading and photo browsing experiences
-Vector and Bitmap Graphics and animation

Silverlight can also access the unique capabilities of the phone including:

-Hardware acceleration for video and graphics
-Accelerometer for motion sensing
-Multi-touch
-Camera and microphone
-Location awareness
-Push notifications
-Native phone functionality

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