ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework that enables applications to share data across web browsers, enhancing functionality and security in computing.

Over the course of nearly 300 posts, Jonathan Bennett set a very high bar for this column, so we knew it needed to be placed in the hands of somebody who could do it justice.

A compromised Chrome extension with 7,000 users was updated to deploy malware, strip security headers, and steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases.

For those of you in the United States, the 4th of July is a big deal. Its the day we declared independence from Great Britain. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team has announced a partnership with Nokia ...

Microsoft is working on the HTTP/2 protocol in Internet Explorer. Work supporting HTTP/2 began when they added the SPDY 3.0 protocol to both Internet Explorer for Windows and Windows Phone 8.1, and if ...

Copilot should be ahead of the competition—it comes pinned to the taskbar on every Windows PC. But I keep bouncing off it, and I’m not alone. AI-positive Windows users are largely going out of their ...

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...

Nearly three decades after the launch of Internet Explorer, or 27 years to be precise, Microsoft discontinued this classic browser to focus on Microsoft Edge. The company announced the end of Internet ...

Microsoft has announced that it's testing out a new change on Windows 11 that will automatically preload File Explorer in the background in an attempt to speed up the app when users launch it.

Microsoft said it has revamped the Internet Explorer (IE) mode in its Edge browser after receiving "credible reports" in August 2025 that unknown threat actors were abusing the backward compatibility ...

If you want to add an Internet Explorer mode button on the Edge toolbar, here is how you can do that. You do not need third-party extensions since Edge includes an in-built option for this purpose.