SilverlightShow for June 27

Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for SilverlightShow Top 5 News for June 27 - July 03, 2011.

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

WCF RIA Services series now available as a fully offline resource
Download Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 (Mango) - Web and Offline Installer
Telerik XAML controls Q2 2011 Beta Release
Using the Task Parallel Library (TPL) for Events
Developers Get Goody Basket Full of Mangos

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