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Microsoft Ousting Flash from Windows in July

A Microsoft patch to be released this July will remove the Adobe Flash Player from most Windows systems, Microsoft announced this week.

NSA Gives Advice on Reducing TLS Security Risk

Organizations that want to detect and block the old and insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol can draw on some new advice from the U.S. National Security Agency.

Microsoft Announces Edge Browser Enhancements at Build

Microsoft's Build conference announcements included descriptions of several improvements to its Edge browser.

Windows 10 Preview Lets Users Test Encrypted DNS

Domain Name System (DNS) over HTTPS encryption, known as "DoH," can now be tested in a recently released preview version of Windows 10.

Microsoft Delays End of Support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1

Microsoft's plan to drop support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols 1.0 and 1.1 in its browsers has been pushed back to the second half (2H) of 2020, the company announced this week.

Microsoft Slows Pace of Edge Browser Development

Due to "current global circumstances," Microsoft has decided to pause updates to the "Stable" version of its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser.

Microsoft To Let Edge Browser Block Unsafe Apps

Microsoft this week announced a forthcoming feature in its Chromium-based Edge browser that will block potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) from getting installed.

Microsoft Rethinks Its Bing Push Amid Criticism

Microsoft has amended its plan, announced last month, that would have switched Office 365 ProPlus users to Bing from their chosen browser search engines.

Google Takes Steps To Block Insecure Web Downloads on Chrome

Starting April, Google will implement a process to warn users of its Chrome browser about potentially insecure Web site downloads.

Microsoft To Stop Supporting IE 10 on Some Platforms in February

Feb. 11, 2020, will mark the end of free patch support for the Internet Explorer 10 browser on both Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard, Microsoft announced this week.

Microsoft To Make Bing Search the Default for Office 365 ProPlus

An extension coming to Office 365 ProPlus subscribers will change the default search engine in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox to Microsoft Bing.

Microsoft Releases First Stable Chromium-Based Edge Browser

The first release of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser is now at the "stable" commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.

Google To Support Chrome on Windows 7 Through 2021

Google plans to support its Chrome browser on Windows 7 until "at least July 15, 2021," a year-and-a-half after Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7.

Microsoft Delivering New Edge Browser via Automatic Updates

End users will likely begin receiving Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser in January via the Automatic Updates service.

Microsoft Adds Extensions, Security Baseline Support to Edge Browser

The new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, based on Chromium Projects technologies largely fostered by Google, is poised to become commercially available in January.

Microsoft Talks Up Windows Support for Encrypted DNS

The Windows operating system will be getting support for an encrypted DNS option, Microsoft announced this week, adding greater privacy protections for Internet connections.

Microsoft Addresses Vulnerabilities in IE, Microsoft Defender

Microsoft this week issued "out-of-band" security advisories for Internet Explorer (IE) and the Microsoft Defender anti-malware service.

Microsoft Issues First Beta Release of Chromium-Based Edge

Participants in Microsoft's Edge Insider Program can now begin to access the Beta Channel release, the first since Microsoft shifted to using open source Chromium Project technologies in the Edge browser.

Microsoft Edge Getting Enterprise-Grade Improvements

Microsoft's roadmap for its Chromium-based Edge browser includes feature improvements aimed at enterprises and business users.

Windows 7, Windows 8.1 Users Get a Shot at Microsoft's Edge Browser

Microsoft is bringing its Edge Web browser to Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 for the very first time.

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