Microsoft on Friday updated Flash on Windows 8 to protect IE10 users from attacks that may have started months ago.More than a week before, Microsoft had backed away from an earlier position that held it would not patch Flash until late October. Instead, the company promised to update the media player "shortly." Microsoft, not Adobe, is responsible for patching Flash Player in Windows 8 because the company mimicked Google's Chrome by building... full story ![]()

Internet Explorer 10 got an update today that finally allows Flash to run by default out of the Windows 8 start screen.While Flash was always enabled in the desktop version of IE 10, running the browser through Windows RT or the Windows 8 start screen limited Flash to only a few whitelisted sites.With today's update, Microsoft says that the majority of Flash content on the...
techradar.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
Microsoft this week loosened its restrictions on Adobe Flash within Windows 8, allowing the program to run within the immersive UI (previously known as Metro) version of its new OS by default.
pcmag.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

Internet Explorer 10 got an update today that finally allows Flash to run by default out of the Windows 8 start screen.While Flash was always enabled in the desktop version of IE 10, running the browser through Windows RT or the Windows 8 start screen limited Flash to only a few whitelisted sites.With today's update Microsoft says that the majority of Flash content on the...
techradar.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
Microsoft shared more details about Windows "Blue" today. Speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media, and Telecom conference in Boston this morning, Tami Reller, CMO and CFO of Microsoft's Windows Division revealed that Windows 8.1 (the official name of Windows "Blue") will be available later this year as a free update through the Windows Store. The scope and purpose of...
forbes.com (10 days ago)
Microsoft says its Windows 8 'Blue' update will fix some of the biggest customer gripes about the operating system.
cnn.com (17 days ago)
With Windows 8, Microsoft ignored the basic tenets of change management and paid the price. Now Microsoft is finally trying to correct the mistakes it made with Windows 8.
forbes.com (17 days ago)
Windows 8 is not Microsoft's first rodeo, but it's the most important version of the operating system since Windows 3.0 when it comes to the future of Microsoft. If Microsoft succeeds, it will cement its position atop the tech pyramid for another generation. If it fails, the next generation may regard Windows as a fond memory like floppy disks.
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The long-promised Internet Explorer 10 is finally available for Windows 7 users as Microsoft suddenly remembers that there are a few of you out there. You'll need Service Pack 1 installed, but if you're running Windows 7 and haven't blocked the upgrade, it should install automatically through Windows Update - those of you with the IE10 Release Preview installed will get the...
techradar.com (2 months and 28 days ago)

Microsoft's Windows Blue will bring user-experience updates to Windows 8. It will also enable smaller Windows tablets.
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