Edge, Microsoft's upcoming new browser, may drop support for older plugins - including Microsoft's 19-year-old ActiveX - to improve its security. Crispin Cowan, senior program manager for Microsoft ...

Microsoft is serious about giving a fresh start to its own Internet browser, with the new Edge browser, which will be included in the upcoming Windows 10 operating system, to not include old ...

Internet Explorer has long been the standard for desktop browsing in businesses. Older versions have persisted for compatibility reasons even as Microsoft has tried to get users and enterprises to ...

Binary browser plugins using the 1990s-era NPAPI ("Netscape Plugin API", the very name betraying its age) will soon be almost completely squeezed off the Web. Microsoft dropped NPAPI support in ...