SilverlightShow for May 30

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Here are the top 5 news on SilverlightShow for last week:

Windows 8 apps going html/js
HTML5? Ok, so let’s also deploy Microsoft Silverlight onto Android then
Windows Phone 7 SQL CE – DataContext Tables
Telerik Announces Support for Windows Phone 7 Mango, Ships the Fastest WP7 Chart
Yet Another Podcast #37 Silverlight HTML5 & Developers Part 2

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