Say goodbye to Flash, but is HTML5 winning

It’s complicated.

See my InfoWorld Tech Watch post. [Link fixed. Sorry 'bout that. -Woody]

Also, the Wall Street Journal reports that MS and Apple, among others, are being investigate for unfair restraint of trade in the dispute over Google’s WebM/VP8 technology.

Blocking Flash cookies in a corporate environment

It ain’t easy – there are no tools!

See my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog.

And all Adobe does is wag its finger….

Adobe’s in a patching mood, too

As if we didn’t have our hands full with a record number of Microsoft Security Bulletins, Adobe’s gotten its patching into high gear.

The Adobe Flash patch is something to be concerned about – it covers six separately identified security holes in Flash. I’ll be watching it closely over the next few days, and advise you when it’s safe to patch.

Flash (in) security

Once again, Ed Bott hits the nail on the head in his ZDNet blog “How Secure is Flash?”

Flash is more ubiquitous than Windows. But it’s riddled with security holes.

Way back in October 2008, my Windows Secrets Newsletter column talked about Flash cookies and their inherent insecurity. I don’t think anything has been done to fix it. Adobe didn’t listen, and apparently doesn’t care.

The world needs a good alternative to Flash. Let’s see if that happens sometime soon.