Microsoft to disable Adobe Flash by default in Edge
After yet another Flash zero-day, Microsoft has unveiled plans to phase out the buggy software for good.
After yet another Flash zero-day, Microsoft has unveiled plans to phase out the buggy software for good.
Google has published a proposal to kill one of the most widely attacked and buggy pieces of software on the internet.
Just as Adobe released new Flash Player patches, Google has given advertisers six months to convert all their display ads to HTML5.
Adobe’s last scheduled patch for Flash Player this year is huge, bringing fixes for a whopping 79 bugs, which came as Apple released iOS 9.2 with fixes for 49 flaws.
System76, a PC maker that ships systems with Linux distribution Ubuntu, has abandoned pre-installed Flash Player because of security concerns.
Microsoft says its replacement for Internet Explorer, known as Edge, will be much tougher to hack than previous browsers.
Forrester Research predicts that with the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend expected to increasingly include laptops in addition to smartphones and tablets, the approach to managing those devices is in for some big changes.
Ellen Messmer | 28 Mar | Read more