Okay, not really – I’ve just always wanted to make that reference. Still, the words of Todd Brix, Senior Director for Mobile Platform Services Product Management at Microsoft, aren’t all that far off. As reported by multiple sources (including Cnet and Engadget), Mr. Brix (who I am sure is a lovely person), tries to wave off

From mocoNews: No word on when customers will have these options, but it comes just as viewers have tons of options for watching video on mobile phones, from free YouTube clips to even more professional content. To name one, CBS Mobile gives away a smartphone app called TV.com that lets users watch full episodes from many of its properties, including CW, Showtime and CNet. Likewise, Qualcomm’s FL...

The news has it that the Silverlight for Symbian-Beta is now available. By introducing Silverlight, Nokia plans to expand the reach of Silverlight to cellular devices. Silverlight is a cross-browser and a cross-platform execution of the .NET framework used to create media experience and fully-loaded interactive applications for the web on desktops and mobile

As was leaked earlier this week, a study paid for by the International Chamber of Commerce has come out with ridiculously misleading and misguided report about how "piracy" is killing jobs all through Europe. The tagline is that it's "costing" 1.2 million jobs and about $330 million. And, of course, that sort of report is the kind that the press loves, and so we get a series of headlines: Net...

Cell phone radiation. Some consider it a heath-hazard of paramount importance. Others couldn't care less. Whichever camp you're in, there's some perverse satisfaction in clicking through CNET's countdown to see which is the most mind-melting gadget on the market.

In this video Roger shows off a simple Silverlight tested application running on both a Windows PC and a Nokia N97 to show how Silverlight 2 can be used to target both platforms. The app in this video makes use of the Facebook Developer Toolkit for .Net and uses the Silverlight Symbian SDK released today.

Nokia Betalabs today announces the public availability of Microsoft Silverlight for Symbian – Beta. Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework for creating media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web on desktop computers and mobile phones. Silverlight beta contains an installer for Symbian^1 devices and developer tools for developi...

Silverlight is a development platform based on the Microsoft .Net technology and the good news is that it is now available for Nokia 5800 and other devices running on Symbian S60 5th Edition OS. It enables cross browser and multi-platform application design which somewhat similar to Java and QT platforms. Like QT, Java and Python, we also have a silverlight runtime installation available for Nokia...

InfoWorld - MonoDroid, which will enable deployment of .Net-based applications on Google Android phones, is in development at Novell, with a preview release planned for August, the head of the project said Monday.

Today at MIX10, Microsoft is showcasing advancements in its platform technologies that enable the developer and designer community to deliver compelling user experiences across a broad set of devices. Building on the excitement of the recently announced Windows Phone 7 Series, Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president, .NET Developer Platform, and Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president, Windows Phon...