A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of ...

South Korea plans to remove as much as 90 percent of ActiveX from the country's 100 most popular websites operated by private companies by 2017. ActiveX, a software framework released by Microsoft in ...

A feature introduced in Internet Explorer 9 that allows the user to decide which ActiveX controls are allowed to run on a website. ActiveX controls that were downloaded for one site may work ...

ActiveX has long been regarded as a thorn in the side of Windows users everywhere; a gaping hole through which spyware and viruses can contaminate your PC and compromise your data. Although much of ...

Security problems have plagued Microsoft's Internet Explorer for years, and the Web browser continues to suffer from critical vulnerabilities. In fact, Microsoft has known about one of IE's latest ...

In your pages, you can test for the presence of the Windows Media ActiveX control with the following JavaScript: 01 var player; 02 var plugin; 03 var hasActiveX=false ...

Microsoft Corp. today issued “kill bit” updates for ActiveX controls from HP and a Washington state developer, the third time it’s disabled third-party add-ons in the last four months. One security ...

Ford is following the lead of other carmakers, like Toyota and GM, and introducing noise cancelling technology into its cars. The Active Noise Control system monitors noise and uses sound waves to ...