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 ...

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 ...

Programmers who used plug-ins to invoke third-party software like password managers get a replacement technology built directly into Chrome 29. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Google on Monday gave traditional Google plug-ins a stay of execution and instead outlined a three-step plan that will finalize their demise in 10 months. The delay was the latest move in a year-long ...