

Ron Wyden (D.-Ore.) sent a letter to the heads of the National Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (a branch of the Commerce Department) asking that they require federal agencies to remove all Flash-based content from their sites by Aug. Heres how you can enable Adobe Flash Player in Chrome, and better yet, how to keep Flash disabled until you click on it to play. The government can’t seem to let go of Flash either. Intuit now promises a fix: Mint plans “a revamp of the investments page that includes moving away from Flash in the coming months,” Intuit spokesperson Keri Danielski e-mailed. More: Total crock? Death via slow cooker like on 'This Is Us' remains unlikely More: From compact speakers to selfie sticks: Best gadgets you can find at the dollar store More: With Sirius behind it, can Pandora now stage a comeback? Likewise, Intuit’s personal-finance app still demands the Flash plug-in to show its stock charts even as almost every other stock-tracking site ( USA TODAY’s included) runs on HTML5. And American Airlines’ just-announced live TV relies on HTML5, spokesperson Joshua Freed e-mailed.
