Internet Explorer is getting with the times. As of next Tuesday, Microsoft Corp.’s venerable browser will begin automatically blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls as well as out-of-date versions of ...

ActiveX controls accounted for an overwhelming majority of all browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the second half of 2007, Symantec Corp. said this week in its semiannual Web security report.

The maturing of Web standards has fueled a wave of innovation in browser technology. It's injecting life into a stagnated market, to the benefit of Web users everywhere and on every platform. Powerful ...

Microsoft provided some news today about its Internet Explorer ActiveX blocking feature, including future support for blocking outdated Silverlight plug-ins. ActiveX blocking is an IE security feature ...

Regarding yesterday's report that the new version of Internet Explorer for Windows will not work with Netscape plug-ins, Gary Campbell found documentation of this in a Microsoft KnowledgeBase article.

Most browser implementors are quick to adopt emerging Internet technologies, but Microsoft can't or won't make Internet Explorer a modern web browser. Despite some positive steps in the right ...

A new security feature that will let users pick and choose which ActiveX controls can load is said to be included in a future version of IE9. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple.