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

Microsoft's new Edge browser will discard two of the oldest browser technologies found in the aged Internet Explorer and replace them with add-ons based on HTML5 and JavaScript.

Microsoft confirms that the ActiveX has been discontinued in the Edge browser, which means the browser will not support the companys own Silverlight web-b ...

Along with throwing out ActiveX, VBScript, and IE8 quirks mode, Microsoft has decided that Silverlight has no place in its upcoming Edge browser.

Six months after announcing plans for a plugin-free version of Skype on the web, Microsoft is rolling it out in a limited capacity. Microsoft Edge users can now conduct Skype calls and video chats ...

News Microsoft’s Edge browser will soon support Skype calls without a plugin Windows 10 users can expect a plugin-free Skype Web app sometime later this year.