Believe it or not, Flash still has an ardent fan club. The once-ubiquitous media player for browsers has taken its lumps, thanks in large part to security issues. However, diehards remain in Flash’s ...

HTML5 now the "best solution" for browser content across mobile platforms, Adobe admits... Adobe is ending development of its Flash Player on mobile devices to focus on HTML5 - a year and a half after ...

The update to Chrome 55 means that many internet sites will default to HTML5 rather than Flash, according to a story on Slash Gear. Google wanted to default to HTML5 earlier, mainly attributed to ...

The battle between Adobe Flash and HTML5 continues to rage, but in the meantime, YouTube has come up with a solution that serves up both players. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers ...

Flash versus HTML5 is a false dichotomy since they are not equal as tools or as mechanisms to deliver content and/or interactivity. Developers need to weigh the requirements of their project against ...

Adobe says HTML5 is generally mature enough and sufficient for typical business applications. HTML5 beats out Flash in terms of supporting applications that provide accessibility for users with ...

Google has weighed in heavily in favor of HTML5, but engineers at Google-owned YouTube maintain Flash is still the best platform for video distribution In the ongoing ...

Google this week added support for HTML5 playback of videos in its own Chrome browser as well as Safari from Apple. The new feature allows users to watch video ...

Social publishing site Scribd is making a big bet on HTML5 and scrapping its three-year-old Adobe Flash investment. The site, which features content from such publishers as Simon & Schuster and the ...

Google on Tuesday unveiled Swiffy, a free tool for developers to convert some Flash files (.SWFs) into HTML5 code. The upshot? It’s now easier than ever to get Flash content visible on platforms that ...

On Tuesday, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch fired back, claiming that Flash is plenty capable of running on the iPhone and suggesting that Apple hasn't shown interest in supporting the technology. As evidence ...

Adobe's Flash platform is coming under increased scrutiny as the iPad gets ready to ship. As a number of big players start thinking about their HTML5 strategy, it's clear that the “Flash issue” is on ...