Silverlight: Is it the ultimate Web site “stickiness” solution?

If there’s one thing that’s getting Web developers and designers excited these days, it’s Microsoft's Silverlight, touted to make Web sites "sticky."

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Web designers, and developers too, have seen so many software applications that promise to deliver practically everything you can throw at them, and most fall short of expectations. But there is one tool that’s getting them all excited because of what it promises to deliver. 

The name is Silverlight, one of the newest additions to the Microsoft family of products that is compatible with .NET-based interactive applications for Internet multi-media. Similarly, different browsers can be used to access the Web pages and at the same time use various plug-ins under many other platforms to further enhance the pages.…

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Google Docs: Will it be the “Office” killer?

Don’t be confused by Google Docs. It’s not just a word processor but a spreadsheet and a presentation as well. Will it kill Office?

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The spartan-looking and powerfully built Google search. The intuitive and user-friendly email client Gmail. The amazing instant messenger client (with voice to boot!) Google Talk. 

And now, the innovative Google Docs, a Web-based office productivity suite, built using AJAX technology, the fundamental Web 2.0 technology.

In Google Docs, Google Almighty aims to “webify” [and alter our perspective of] the way we do office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Is defeat for productivity suite king Microsoft’s MS Office just around the corner? Or should it be threatened by the newcomer at all? Let’s see if it’s…

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MS Office Live:  Web sites quickly Exclusive

Has Web site creation gone simpler and cheaper since MS Office Live? Will it make your Web presence as easy as drag-and-drop?

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