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"Microsoft has dropped Flash support for the tablet version of Windows 8. The computing giant confirmed that the Metro edition of Internet Explorer 10 will based on HTML5 technology, which is incompatible with the Adobe plug-in. Dean Hachamovitch, head of IE development at Microsoft, wrote on the firm&amp;#039;s blog: &amp;quot;The experience that plug-ins provide today is not a good match with Metro style browsing and the modern HTML5 web. &amp;quot;Providing compatibility with legacy plug-in technologies would detract from, rather than improve, the consumer experience of browsing in the Metro style [user interface].&amp;quot;  Hachamovitch went on to say that plug-ins are becoming unnecessary on tablet devices, and their exclusion serves to extend battery life. Adobe&amp;#039;s platform general manager Danny Winokur responded to Microsoft&amp;#039;s announcement by defending Flash technology. &amp;quot;If you look a year out, there will be important differences between what you can do in a pure HTML world versus what you can do in Flash,&amp;quot; he told CNET. &amp;quot;Windows desktop is going to remain a fundamentally important part of Windows. By the same token, Flash will remain an important part of Web experiences for years to come.&amp;quot; Winokur added that Adobe is also taking measures to support HTML5, developing tools for Microsoft, Google and Apple.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re not so concerned about what the right technology is for that as long as we&amp;#039;ll be able to deliver those experiences,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re working with Microsoft and other members of the HTML community including Google, Apple and others to enable rich experiences on HTML5.&amp;quot; Windows 8 was unveiled at the Build developers&amp;#039; conference in California. The desktop version of the operating system, which will continue to support Flash, was shown  running on less demanding hardware than Windows 7. Windows 8 is expected to be released in 2012. &amp;gt; Microsoft to launch Windows 8 applications store Watch a first look at Windows 8 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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