Microsoft to release Silverlight 2 tomorrow

Competitor to Flash will come with DRM and new media controls 2 minutes ago | Silverlight gets an upgrade tomorrow, with Microsoft hoping its content delivery system can start to gain ground on Adobe's all-conquering Flash software. Silverlight 2.0 boasts changes across the board, including powerful new built-in controls, advanced skinning and template for customisation and - shudder - Silverlight DRM content protection based on Microsoft's PlayReady for mobile devices. Deep Zoom, for example, makes navigating and examining high resolution images much smoother and faster. There are also a host of new networking and developer tools (including some open source resources) to make it easier for third party companies to create applications. Silver-tongued techy "We launched Silverlight just over a year ago, and already one in four... [read full story]