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IE10 in Windows 8 Allows for Easy Sharing of Links and Content

When released to the general public in a final flavor, Windows 8 will bring along a new flavor of Internet Explorer, with new features and capabilities packed inside. Dubbed Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), the new browser was made available as a preview in the pre- and beta versions of Windows 8, offering users the po...

15 May 2012
08:56 GMT

You Can Control How IE10 Launches in Windows 8

With Windows 8 Microsoft also introduced a new version of its Internet Explorer browser, namely IE10, which was designed to change the way in which users browse the web. The application was meant to work both as Metro-style software, as well as as a desktop browser, as we are all accustomed to on the current Windo...

28 March 2012
10:41 GMT

Windows 8’s Internet Explorer 10 with Enhanced Protected Mode

One of the security measures that Microsoft has included in Internet Explorer 10 in the upcoming Windows 8 was an Enhanced Protected Mode, which is enabled by default when browser runs in Metro-style. This security enhancement is meant to ensure that users’ data remains safe even at times when an attacker ex...

15 March 2012
11:58 GMT

IE10 Connected with Apps in Windows 8’s Metro UI

In Windows 8, Internet Explorer is meant to deliver a brand new level of web browsing to its users, by combining the traditional features with new, Metro-style capabilities. For example, it offers full-screen browsing, along with navigation tiles for fast access to your web history or to popular websites while on ...

14 March 2012
18:41 GMT

Touch Optimizations in IE10 for Windows 8

Unlike previous Windows clients, the upcoming Windows 8 operating system will arrive with enhanced support for touch-enabled devices. The operating system is expected to prove great on the screen of tablet PCs, and Microsoft is focused on ensuring that users receive a leveraged experience regardless of what they d...

14 March 2012
15:31 GMT

Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 Delivers Metro-Style Web Browsing

Internet Explorer 10 represents one of the features that users will take advantage of in the upcoming Windows 8 platform. The browser has a lot to offer to those who have installed the Windows 8 Consumer Preview as well, providing users with all the features and capabilities that Metro apps include. The new brow...

14 March 2012
08:48 GMT

Windows 8 Consumer Preview: A New Internet Explorer 10 Release

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the latest release of Microsoft’s next generation desktop client, was made available for the masses on February 29th with new Internet Explorer 10 version inside, in addition to a variety of other enhancements over the Developer Preview flavor. IE10 Platform Preview 5 was include...

1 March 2012
05:00 GMT

Microsoft Demoes More IE9/IE10 HTML5 Capabilities

Before the end of this month, a new flavor of Internet Explorer 10 should arrive included in the upcoming Windows 8 Consumer Preview that Microsoft is preparing for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Before that, however, those who chose to install Windows 8 Developer Preview on their computers can get the br...

15 February 2012
16:31 GMT

IE10 to Face Competition on Windows 8 from Metro-Style Firefox

Internet Explorer 10 won’t be the only browser that Windows 8 users will be able to enjoy on their devices starting later this year. Mozilla is also looking into bringing its Firefox browser to Windows 8, and has already offered some details on how it aims to make the move. However, the company notes that ...

14 February 2012
08:52 GMT

Metro-Style Apps with IE10 Performance When Showing HTML5 Content

One of the great features the Microsoft decided to include inside Windows 8 was the ability of Metro Applications to take advantage of the performance of Internet Explorer 10 when displaying web content. Microsoft explains that web content will always be JIT compiled and hardware-accelerated when it comes to Metro...

8 February 2012
14:41 GMT

Test Webpages in IE10 Using Compat Inspector

Website managers who would like to learn whether the latest changes in the Internet Explorer platform also affect their site, can now use the Compat Inspector for IE10 to take a look into the matter. Compat Inspector can be easily run on a page that has problems, regardless of whether developers are getting ready ...

24 January 2012
09:42 GMT

IE9 and IE10 Let You Experience a GPU-Powered Snow Storm

The latest versions of Internet Explorer can offer an enhanced HTML5 experience to users, since they can take advantage of hardware capabilities of the computer they are running on. And when complemented by touchscreen capabilities in Windows 8, things get even more exciting, at least this is what the Redmond-base...

21 December 2011
11:21 GMT

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) with Quirks Mode

Among the enhancements that Microsoft has packed inside the fourth IE10 platform preview, we can count the availability compatibility modes aimed at providing users and developers alike with a better experience. The platform features great HTML5 support, using an interoperable quirks mode that is closely related t...

15 December 2011
15:31 GMT

Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4 Released

A new Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 is now available for download, restricting client support to Windows 8 Developer Preview and adding support for a wider array of HTML5 technologies. The new Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4 is meant to offer developers the possibility to deliver richer Web appl...

30 November 2011
03:52 GMT

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) on Windows 8 Spellcheck and Auto-Correct

Spellcheck and auto-correct features will become available to Internet Explorer users with the next version of the browser. This is valid not only for Internet Explorer 10, but also for additional applications across the operating system. At the same time, Windows 8 won’t be the only platform supported by IE10,...

9 November 2011
04:31 GMT

Fix Windows 8 IE10 Right-To-Left Input Text That’s Displayed Mirrored

Microsoft offered early adopters the first Windows 8 bits two weeks ago, and as expected, testers are coming across various issues with the operating system. I said as expected because Windows Developer Preview is Windows 8 Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3), a pre-Beta release for which bugs are inherent, as they would be...

27 September 2011
11:01 GMT

IE10 on Windows 8 HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 Features

Early adopters that want to get insight into the HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 features of Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 can do so via a guide that Microsoft is offering for developers. At BUILD last week, the Redmond company introduced not only the Windows Developer Preview, but also Platform Preview 3 of IE1...

22 September 2011
10:48 GMT

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) Platform Preview 3 (PP3) Exclusively in Windows 8

A new pre-release version of Internet Explorer 10 is available to early adopters for testing, but testers running Windows 7 won’t be able to get it. IE10 is the default browser of Windows 8, as users must know by now, but it will also be supported on its predecessor, Windows 7. The successor of IE9 won’...

22 September 2011
04:36 GMT

Plug-in-Less Metro IE10 Offers Superior Battery Life, Security, Reliability, and Privacy

Be honest, what would you rather have? Superior battery life, security, reliability and privacy or Adobe Flash and additional plug-pins, but an inferior overall user experience?If you can’t answer, know that a move from Microsoft is designed to help you make a choice. Internet Explorer 10, Windows 8’s d...

16 September 2011
04:11 GMT

Metro IE10 Platform Preview 3 Included into Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 M3

Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) includes a new preview release of Internet Explorer 10, Build 10.0.8102.0. The fact that IE10 Platform Preview 3 is included into Windows 8 Build 8102 M3 should not come as a surprise to Softpedia readers, since I told you about this at the end of August 2011. ...

13 September 2011
12:11 GMT

Download IE10 Compatibility Fix for ASP.NET

 A hotfix available for download from Microsoft is designed to kick Internet Explorer browser definition files in the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 up a notch in order to make ASP.NET recognize the latest browser releases, including Internet Explorer 10. Users need to be running one of...

6 September 2011
11:34 GMT

It’s Right About Time for a New IE10 Preview

It’s right about time for the release of a new preview of Internet Explorer 10 if you ask me, although Microsoft is keeping mum on the evolution of the next major iteration of IE. The first Platform Preview of IE10 was released in mid-April 2011, almost immediately after the general availability deadline of ...

31 August 2011
10:40 GMT

Windows 7 Update Lets IE9 Install Without Restarting the PC

Internet Explorer 9 installations cannot complete unless the computer is restarted during the deployment process. Microsoft indicates that this behavior is not generalized, but I had to restart all the machines I own and manage on which I installed IE9, and I highly doubt it that I was the only one. On seve...

26 August 2011
10:17 GMT

Internet Explorer Is 16 Years Old

16 years after it made its debut to the world wide web as an underdog but with the Windows monopoly behind it, Internet Explorer is up against a number of rivals, and just as the Netscape browser it killed, it’s seeing its market share being eroded. Internet Explorer 1 was launched on August 16, 1995, and 16 y...

16 August 2011
11:00 GMT

Windows 8 Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) Contest Launched 10K Apart: The Responsive Edition

Microsoft launched a new contest involving Internet Explorer 10, the default browser of Windows 8, the next generation of the Windows client. Some web developers are bound to be familiar with the 10K Apart challenge that was brought to them by the MIX Online team in collaboration with An Event Apart. Well, the duo ...

4 August 2011
10:17 GMT

Microsoft to Support IE10 for 10 Years After Release, Just as Windows 8, Probably

Microsoft is going to support Internet Explorer 10 for as much as a decade, the company revealed as Platform Preview 2 of the browser was released to early adopters for testing. It appears that IE10 will be intimately connected with Windows 8 not just as the platform’s default browser, but also in terms of sup...

30 June 2011
13:51 GMT

Download a Piece of Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) Platform Preview 2 (PP2)

Users who like to live on the bleeding edge of next generation software can already download a small piece of Windows 8, Microsoft’s upcoming Windows client, although no actual bits of the operating system have been released to the public. The Redmond company confirmed for some time now that Windows 8 will inc...

30 June 2011
02:51 GMT

Microsoft Dogfooding IE9 RTW on 120,000 Computers

Microsoft has yet to wrap up the company-wide rollout of Internet Explorer 9, but once it does, the software giant will be dogfooding IE9 RTW on approximately 120,000 computers. The deadline for the end of the IE9 deployment process is some three months after RTM, with the company noting that it’s ahead of sch...

9 June 2011
09:01 GMT

First Deep Dive into Windows 8 and IE10 in September 2011, Says Microsoft

Windows and Internet Explorer have traditionally formed an unmatched pair integration-wise, and although there have been successful efforts to break the two apart, users should expect the platform and browser marriage to continue with Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10. Come fall 2011, Microsoft is planning to provi...

7 June 2011
03:07 GMT

Windows 8 Features IE10, Traditional Desktop, App Tiles

Microsoft released the first official preview of Windows 8, offering a small taste of what’s coming next. Along with the first ever Windows 8 video demo, Microsoft also published a screenshot of the Start View. Combining natural user interface concepts with the graphical user interface, the Redmond company ca...

2 June 2011
04:29 GMT

Microsoft to Push IE HTML5 and JavaScript Faster and Harder than Chrome and Firefox, Says Ballmer

Microsoft’s efforts around HTML5 and JavaScript in the context of Internet Explorer’s evolution will surpass those of rivals Google and Mozilla, according to Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. The CEO of the third largest technology company in the world after Apple and IBM, revealed during the Micros...

24 May 2011
13:01 GMT

Postponed IE9 RTW Japanese Build Now Released

Microsoft has now released all the language variants of Internet Explorer 9, with the localized version for Japanese users live as of the start of this week. The Japanese language flavor of IE9 RTW was the only version of the latest IE iteration delayed, only because the Redmond company cited the need to protect the...

26 April 2011
04:00 GMT

IE10 Packs IE9, IE8, IE7, and IE5 Rendering Modes

Internet Explorer 10 can seamlessly “go back in time” and render websites as if it was one of its predecessors, such as IE5, IE7, IE8, IE9. Not that this is anything new when it comes down to major IE iterations. Microsoft remains committed to supporting legacy websites with new versions of IE just as it...

22 April 2011
03:53 GMT

IE10 Comes with New User-Agent String

Some web developers might want to adapt their websites in order to welcome a change introduced by Internet Explorer 10. At MIX11, Microsoft launched the first Platform Preview of IE10, and with it a new user-agent string for the browser version. IE10 PP1 is specifically designed for web devs to get ready for the su...

18 April 2011
06:52 GMT

Must Try IE9 / IE10 Immersive Web Experiences

Have you ever felt the urge to play Pac-Man on a larger than life scale? Ever dreamed about what it would be like to use Foursquare as your own personal playground, direct a Bing Jovi concert or edit an anime? Now you can. It’s really not fair to refer to four projects celebrating the latest iteration of Inter...

14 April 2011
08:31 GMT

IE10 Exclusively on Windows 8 and Windows 7, Forget XP and Vista

Forget Windows XP and Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 10 will support Windows 7 and Windows 8 exclusively.Since IE9 doesn’t play nice with XP, it’s really no surprise at all that IE10 will also be ignoring the decade-old operating system. However, with the delivery of the first Platform Preview of IE10,...

14 April 2011
03:16 GMT

IE10 on Windows 8 Sneak Peek at MIX 2011

On the opening day of MIX 2011 Microsoft offered much more than the first taste of Internet Explorer 10. Participants on-site as well as those that watched the keynote address live via the web got a sneak peek at IE10 running on Windows 8. I’ve included a screenshot in this article from the on-stage demonstra...

13 April 2011
03:00 GMT

Download Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) Platform Preview 1 (PP1)

The first development milestone of Internet Explorer 10 is now available for download from Microsoft, although barely four weeks have passed since Internet Explorer 9 was released to web (RTW). Early adopters can head over to the IE Test Drive website and download IE10 Platform Preview 1 (PP1) immediately. Just as ...

12 April 2011
13:03 GMT

Windows 8 and IE10, a Match Made in Speculation Heaven

At this point in the development process, Milestone 3 if sources close to Microsoft are to be trusted, there are more questions than answers about Windows 8. The Redmond company has yet to confirm officially any details related to the next major iteration of Windows, and the operating system’s default browser ...

16 March 2011
13:01 GMT


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