Yesterday I noticed this story about a web startup called SlideShare ditching Flash (a proprietary plugin provided by Adobe) in favor of HTML 5 (a set of open web standards that have recently been adopted by the major browsers).

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Introduced in late February the plugin lets users comment on various sites using their Facebook profile, nixing the need to create new profiles on every site.

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You can't even install Microsoft's own Silverlight browser plugin, which should be the final nail in that platform's coffin.

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If the user account of "tivo" logs in and requests a file, the plugin intercepts the request.

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One notable plugin hangup is the fact that Flash only works in the browser, and can't be embedded into a regular webOS app, PDK or no -- though we have to assume this is something that's in the works.

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Embed them in your own posts using the Trefis WordPress Plugin.

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Currently, consumers can request a company stop tracking them online by changing a setting in their browser or by adding a browser plugin.

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In the meantime, rolling back to your Flash plugin to a previous version i.e.

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