Multimedia

Microsoft unveils Silverlight

Silverlight is Microsoft’s attempt to compete with the all dominating Flash plug-in from Adobe by providing a browser plug-in to deliver Flash like vector graphics, animation, video and sound. It seems to extend an all round assault from Microsoft on Adobe and their domination of the web design software marketplace. Microsoft is copying the software model from Macromedia (acquired by Adobe) where their free Flash plug-in has become virtually ubiquitous on the web and revenue is created from the sale of development tools to create content for the Flash plug-in.

Joost online TV service

Joost is a new online TV service and the brainchild of Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, who sold Skype to eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005. I’ve taken the beta version for a spin this week and I have to say my initial impressions are very good. The service is described on the Joost website as follows:

Let multimedia do the talking

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  • Directing prospective customers to a stale and un-imaginative website?
  • Handing prospective customers boring brochures?
  • Giving prospective customers boring presentations?

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