Microsoft (MSFT) showed off Windows 8 (the codename, oddly enough) at yesterday's D9 conference. It is influenced by Windows Phone 7, formatted for tablets -- and totally run by HTML 5 and JavaScript.

Microsoft has updated its roadmap for eliminating Adobe Flash Player from the Windows 10 operating system. Starting in July, the removal of the piece of software that has helped shape the internet ...

Adobe Flash finally died in 2020, and now Microsoft is helping to bury it. Microsoft clearly wants Flash dead but note that these updates might not actually wipe the now-defunct software from your ...

Windows 7 Phone Series, the brand new (and great) cellphone OS from Microsoft, will ship without support for Adobe's Flash. WinMo 7 joins Apple's iPhone and iPad in ignoring the widely used browser ...

Microsoft has released a Windows update that removes Adobe's Flash Player before it reaches end of support on December 31, 2020. Update KB4577586 is part of Microsoft's effort to follow through with ...

Adobe Flash, the multimedia software platform that powered so many pre-YouTube animated videos like Homestar Runner, is officially ancient technology. As of December ...

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