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Microsoft Corp. is raising its Silverlight rich-media delivery software to a new level -- in name, at least.

Instead of calling the next release of the cross-platform browser plug-in Version 1.1, as previously planned, Microsoft will bestow a Version 2.0 name on the upgrade, according to a blog posting today by Scott Guthrie, a general manager in the company's developer division.

Microsoft had already released an alpha version of Silverlight 1.1. But Guthrie wrote, "After stepping back and looking at all the new features in it, we've realized that calling it a point release doesn't really reflect the true nature of it."
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