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    Rodney Reid

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  1. Review - Microsoft Silverlight for Windows

    2.0 Beta 2 (Jun 9, 2008)

    Here are a couple of blogs that list the changes between beta1 and beta2:

    Scott Gu's blog:
    http://weblogs.asp.net/s...t-2-beta2-released.aspx

    theADOguy:
    http://adoguy.com/2008/0...lverlight_2_Beta_2.aspx

    ars technica:
    http://arstechnica.com/j...s-on-time-available-now

    http://blogs.msdn.com/si...lverlight-2-beta-2.aspx

    Also of note and not listed on betanews is the june 08 update to Deep Zoom Composer (4.4mb)

    http://www.microsoft.com...-4bda-87a3-fa8a4673f8bf

    update to Blend 2.5 preview (32mb):
    http://www.microsoft.com...-4955-bc9f-cfba49273c7c

    update to Silverlight 2 SDK/docs: (56.1mb):
    http://www.microsoft.com...-4955-bc9f-cfba49273c7c

    update to tools for vs2008: (84.3mb):
    https://www.microsoft.co...-4521-b7d7-c0dba8866434

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    I really wanted to feed the FUD trolls on this one - but why bother? you're either going to install it or you're not going to.

  2. Review - Microsoft WorldWide Telescope

    2.1.8.1 Spring Beta (May 29, 2008)

    To people with install problems (seems like it wants to install something else?) - had this too. Put the msi/download in it's own directory and install from there.

    Insane requirements -- a good graphics card, gobs of RAM, fast CPU.

    I give it the highest mark because when everything is working right, it is visually stunning, and blows everything else (Celestia, Google Sky, etc) out of the water.

    Now if we can only get them to release PhotoSynth for everyday joes to create their own collections, that would be something.

    Addendum -- I had to uninstall the old one to get the new beta to correctly install

  3. Comment - First reports of a Firefox 3 vulnerability

    2.1.8.1 Spring Beta (Jun 19, 2008 - 3:04 PM)

    Niro --- shhhhh, you're spoiling the glee of Christmas for a lot of little kids!

    FWIW - FF3 final is running a lot more stable than the betas.

  4. Comment - Next Silverlight 2.0 beta to appear this week

    2.1.8.1 Spring Beta (Jun 4, 2008 - 2:39 PM)

    Almost everything I run is a pre-release.

    FF3 beta 2, released today, works fine with Silverlight 2 betas.

  5. Comment - Next Silverlight 2.0 beta to appear this week

    2.1.8.1 Spring Beta (Jun 4, 2008 - 2:37 PM)

    You're asking way too much man - clue bricks are in short supply.

  6. Comment - Next Silverlight 2.0 beta to appear this week

    2.1.8.1 Spring Beta (Jun 4, 2008 - 2:07 AM)

    Noticed that too, but I didn't know about the Flash side effect. Something must have changed in the plug-in interface between FF2/3.

    FF2 seems to do it fine but the last FF3 pre-release installed itself over FF2 (uh, thanks?)

    For new features/changes, see:

    http://community.irritat...t-2-Beta-2-Goodies.aspx

  7. Comment - Is Microsoft trying to pull an 'IE' on Google's product search?

    2.1.8.1 Spring Beta (May 22, 2008 - 2:50 PM)

    How dare they try to take profits away from those millionaires with their high-end lunchroom chefs and "don't be evil" fake attitudes!