[Press Release] San Francisco in USA, July 10.
Microsoft Corporation, founded 1975, today launched Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 – combining new capabilities with simplified packaging to provide the industry’s leading media and Rich Internet Application (RIA) solution.

In conjunction with Microsoft Visual Studio, Silverlight and Expression offer a highly collaborative development and design environment that simplifies the process of delivering engaging user experiences.

Wikipedia; Microsoft Silverlight is a web application framework with a scope similar to Adobe Flash. Microsoft made the beta of Silverlight 3.0 available on March 18, 2009.

Adoption of Microsoft’s platform continues to rapidly accelerate as evidenced by strong demand for Microsoft Silverlight 2. In less than nine months since its release, more than 1 in 3 Internet devices now have Silverlight 2 installed.

Introducing New Features

Microsoft is introducing several groundbreaking features in Silverlight 3 and Expression 3, including the following:

• Expression SketchFlow. Available to customers just four months after its initial debut at MIX09, SketchFlow provides development teams unrivaled capabilities to rapidly prototype applications and take their ideas from concept to reality.
• Out of Browser. Silverlight 3 provides the seamless ability to add out-of-browser, connected and disconnected scenarios for cross-platform applications, radically improving the productivity and capabilities over traditional RIAs.
• IIS Smooth Streaming. As part of Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) Media Services and combined with Silverlight 3, IIS Smooth Streaming enables the industry’s first HDTV-quality (1080p) video experiences with rich interactivity for both on-demand and live video.

All this news and more will be highlighted as part of the Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 interactive virtual launch experience available at See the Light.

Wikipedia; Microsoft Expression Studio is a suite of tools for designing and building web and Windows client applications and rich digital media contents.

Related:

• Silverlight Web site
• See the Light Web site
• Silverlight Partners Web site
• Microsoft Launches Silverlight 3 and Expression 3