The software giant is hoping the Silverlight upgrade will push adoption of the plug-in close to rates enjoyed by its ubiquitous competitor, Adobe Flash. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek Microsoft announced Monday the imminent availability of Silverlight 2.0, the company's rich Web application plug-in that today competes primarily with Adobe Flash. With Silverlight 2.0, Microsoft is hoping to push Silverlight beyond Flash competition by taking its plug-in much further than it did with the mostly video-focused first version. Silverlight 2.0 has not only enhanced video support, but includes a subset of the company's popular .NET Framework, supports new programming languages like C#, Python, and Ruby, and can call Web services and ATOM endpoints to support componentized Web apps. Bloxx Tru-View Technology Web Filter...
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