Google Chrome has replaced Adobe Flash with HTML5 in its latest version, according to an Engadget report by Billy Steele. “Google proposed making HTML5 the default over Flash in its Chrome browser ...

Google is finally stepping up its bid to kill Flash content. Later this year, its Chrome browser will default to HTML5 wherever possible, using Flash only as a last resort. The move should make Chrome ...

We've come a long, long way from the time when Google was praising Adobe Flash as if it were a cornerstone of the internet. The internet firm has quietly proposed an "HTML5 by Default" initiative for ...

Adobe’s Flash Player, a stalwart technology for rich Internet media applications for years, continues to lose its prominence, with Google set to designate HTML5 as the preferred option in its Chrome ...

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If you're running Chrome or Safari as your main browser, Google's now offering up YouTube videos without Flash. That's right—fewer system hangs, browser crashes ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Continuing a move it began last year, Google will phase ...

Google has detailed its plans to aid the web's transition to HTML5, by announcing that Chrome will begin blocking Flash starting in September, and that HTML5 will become the default in December. After ...

Google has announced that hacker-favorite Adobe Flash Player will no longer, as of Q4, be the default in Chrome. Instead, Chrome will default to HTML5. As zero days in Adobe Flash Player continue to ...

Adobe Flash, once the de-facto standard for media playback on the web, has lost favor in the industry due to increasing concerns over security and performance. At the ...