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Run Silverlight Plug-In On Google Chrome
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | For those Google Chrome users who need access to one or two Silverlight sites, a Microsoft developer offers a file-tweaking work-around to get access to certain sites. The Chrome/Silverlight hack requires grabbing a few .js files normally intended for Silverlight developers and tweaking them to have Silverlight sites accept and provide content to Chrome. By downloading the .js files and modifying them a bit, you should be able to access, as the developer rates it, “most” Silverlight apps, but your mileage will certainly vary. Moonlight 1.0 Released, Silverlight script updated – and a Chrome hack [Tim Heuer via FavBrowser.com] More »
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Moonlight 1.0 Gives Linux Users Silverlight 1.0 Compatability
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Linux users running into the web’s brick walls of “This site requires Microsoft Silverlight,” rejoice. The Moonlight team has brought Silverlight compatibility to Firefox browsers on Linux systems. Moonlight installs like any other Firefox extension. Once it’s installed, you should be ready to use any site or webapp that requires Silverlight 1.0; 2.0 access is, hopefully, coming up soon. You should also be able to work inside Silverlight apps with traditionally Windows-based media codecs, another compatibility bonus. Tell us how Moonlight works for your Linux systems in the world of Windows in the comments. Moonlight Downloads More »
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10:24AM Angus Kidman | Microsoft Australia is currently running one of those “visit our site and we’ll give money to charity” promotions, promising to donate $1 to the Smith Family for every viewer (up to a $100,000 ceiling) of a site which promotes Office 2007 (and is also a sneaky way to get people to install Silverlight, Microsoft’s Flash wannabe). I can’t help thinking Microsoft would convince more people to use 2007 if the cursed Ribbon got dumped, but still, why not direct some more of Bill’s money towards a worthy cause? (Handy tip: don’t try this on a slow connection, on my Next G link it was beyond painful.)
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Mock Microsoft, give money to charity
10:24AM Angus Kidman | Microsoft Australia is currently running one of those “visit our site and we’ll give money to charity” promotions, promising to donate $1 to the Smith Family for every viewer (up to a $100,000 ceiling) of a site which promotes Office 2007 (and is also a sneaky way to get people to install Silverlight, Microsoft’s Flash wannabe). I can’t help thinking Microsoft would convince more people to use 2007 if the cursed Ribbon got dumped, but still, why not direct some more of Bill’s money towards a worthy cause? (Handy tip: don’t try this on a slow connection, on my Next G link it was beyond painful.)
Microsoft Smith Family Office Charity
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New York Times Reader Now Available for Mac
1:31PM Gina Trapani | Windows and now Mac OS X only: The beta NY Times reader application which Adam gave the full screenshot walk-through treatment is now available for your Mac. The application definitely provides a better reading experience than the web site only; there are fewer ads, more ways to customise the page’s layout (headlines only, headlines with excerpts, different photo sizes), and it helpfully grays out articles you’ve already read. (Click the image to see a full-size screenshot, where the American Idol article I read is grayed out.) The NY Times beta reader is a free download, and it requires (ugh) Silverlight to run on your Mac, as well as login details to NYTimes.com (free registration). Times Reader Beta for the Mac Now Available [First Look Blog via steverubel] More »Prism
1:59AM Adam Pash | Mozilla has begun developing an open source Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight competitor based on WebRunner designed to more closely integrate the web with your desktop—and they’re calling it Prism. More »
