Neowin News Feed for: Plug-ins

Microsoft partners with HackerRank to add executable code search results to Bing

Matthew Sims — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 07:32:01 +0000

Finding the right language for that bit of code could be much easier with the new Bing search tool. Microsoft has released an in-built code editor and searcher for easy translation and use. Read more...

Chrome to start blocking plug-ins using Netscape's API in 2014

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:46:24 +0000

Google has announced it will begin blocking most Chrome plug-ins that use the popular Netscape API in 2014 with plans to completely remove support by the end of that year. Read more...

Nintendo: HTML5 support for Wii U browser, but no Flash

Andy Weir — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:30:07 +0000

Nintendo has revealed a few details about the web browser on its new Wii U console, confirming that it won't support third-party plug-ins, including Adobe Flash. Read more...

Microsoft's IE team creates the Brandon Generator

John Callaham — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:27:43 +0000

The Internet Explorer Team at Microsoft have launched The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator website, which uses HTML5 to offer up an interactive story written by filmmaker Edgar Wright. Read more...

Internet Explorer 10 to dump plug-in support for Metro

John Callaham — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:33:24 +0000

Microsoft has announced on its official Windows 8 blog site that the Metro interface for Internet Explorer 10 will be free of any plug-in programs and will run instead on HTML5 as much as possible. Read more...

SP2 vs. the plug-ins

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:30:42 +0000

While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion. For years, software developers have offered applications... Read more...