Plug-ins like Silverlight and Google Earth will be harder to find in the Chrome Web Store as Google works to build a safer, faster Web browser. Seth Rosenblatt Former Senior Writer / News Senior ...

Changing Web usage is hard. Google has granted a few extra months of leeway to those who rely on a handful of popular plug-ins, such as Silverlight, to extend what their browser can do. Stephen ...

Google Chrome is most famous for its array of simple to install extensions. However, extensions aren't the only add-ons for Chrome. Like other browsers, Chrome supports a range of plug-ins. Browser ...

Plug-ins based on the NPAPI architecture will be blocked by default in Chrome starting early next year as Google moves toward completely removing support for them in the browser. “NPAPI’s 90s-era ...

Google will soon be releasing a version of its Chrome browser that will automatically block insecure plug-ins from running. This move is part of an ongoing effort to secure users from attacks that ...

Users of Google's Chrome browser will be able to "purge" rogue plug-ins, after attacks where a supposedly helpful browser add-on contains malware - a tactic adopted by cybercriminals, as reported by ...

All of a sudden, the browser plug-in as we know it is starting to look mighty unpopular. Microsoft barred plug-ins from the modern UI version of Internet Explorer 10 right out of the Windows 8 gate, ...

Google plans to completely remove support for the popular Netscape Plug-in APIs from Chrome by the end of 2014 Plug-ins based on the NPAPI architecture will be blocked by default in Chrome starting ...