Google Launches Chrome 42 that deprecates the NPAPI (Netscape plugin API) due to numerous problems it caused in the past. Google has already removed on Linux support in Chrome 35 version, same choice for browsers in mobile platforms. Chrome 42 includes various fixes that solve 45 security vulnerabilities in the popular web browser. The principal improvements are:Advanced Push API and Notifications API.Disabled Oracles Java plugin by default as well as other extensions that use NPAPI.”]
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