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Microsoft is celebrating the fact that Internet Explorer 6 has now dropped below 1 percent market share in the US. That's a significant milestone for the browser which has been the bane of any web developer out there.There's very good reason to Microsoft's celebrating the demise of its own products, it... |
4 January 2012
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Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) continues to lose significant market share all around the world, a reason to rejoice for Microsoft, which is eager to see it gone for good. The web browser is old and unreliable and Microsoft has long been promoting newer flavors of the application to determine users to leave it behind. ... |
4 January 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Google has announced that it's dropping support for Internet Explorer 6 within AdWords. Before you get too excited, or too worried, this applies to the AdWords dashboard, not the ads themselves, these will continue to run on IE6 for the foreseeable future."By the end of this year, advertisers accessing the AdWor... |
27 October 2011
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Microsoft said a big thank you to Wordpress for the decision to dump support for Internet Explorer 6 announced on May 19th, 2011. The Redmond company is one of the driving forces pushing the transition away from IE6 and onto more recent browser releases, preferably IE8 or IE9, as far as the software giant is concern... |
24 May 2011
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10 years ago a browser was born, and now it’s time for it to come full circle. Microsoft has launched a new online experience designed to monitor the countdown to the near-extinction of Internet Explorer 6. Near-extinction for the software giant is equivalent with getting IE6 usage worldwide to under 1%, a rea... |
5 March 2011
16:51 GMT |
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Just as it was the case for Windows, upgrading from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 9 will be a much smoother process if customers use IE8 as a stepping stone, much in the same manner as moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 was easier for those that also embraced Windows Vista. Internet Explorer 6 usage has ... |
1 December 2010
06:03 GMT |
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Guidance and resources are available to customers looking to kick off the aging Internet Explorer 6 browser in favor of the latest release of IE. An illustrative example in this regard, is the upcoming Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable titled Migrating from Windows Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP to Internet E... |
6 September 2010
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Internet Explorer 6 is not getting all that much love these days, what with even Microsoft sending flowers to a mock-funeral event, and the General Manager of IE expressing regrets that representatives from the company were unable to attend. But there are those with a deep loyalty for the decade-old browser, and they... |
27 April 2010
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Microsoft has released an out-of-band security bulletin designed to patch 10 vulnerabilities affecting multiple releases of Internet Explorer. “Out-of-band” designates security updates for the Redmond company that do not fit the monthly patch cycle. As a general rule, the software giant releases updates o... |
31 March 2010
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A very dignified bouquet of flowers from Microsoft arrived at the address of a Denver venue on Thursday, March 4, 2010, where mourners had gathered for a tongue-in-cheek funeral of Internet Explorer 6. The Redmond company obviously wanted to compensate for its absence from the funeral ceremony, unable to break away f... |
5 March 2010
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The recent MS10-015 incident, related to BSODs and rootkit infections, got me thinking about a time, not so long ago, when Microsoft had to fight with security companies in order actually secure Windows. I know of no other example of a company doing valid work to bulletproof their software only to be accused by promi... |
20 February 2010
06:50 GMT |
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Believe or not, but Microsoft is right in line with companies and governmental organizations that advice Internet Explorer 6 users to dump the decade-old browser. In fact, the Redmond company has always labored to convince customers to embrace the latest iterations of its products, and with the latest move the softwa... |
3 February 2010
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Following the public reports of an unpatched zero-day vulnerability being actively exploited in limited and targeted attacks, Microsoft has moved extremely fast to produce a patch rendering the exploits useless. The security hole the Redmond company will plug today, January 21st, 2010, was used as one of the vectors ... |
21 January 2010
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Microsoft is not going to wait for its next patch cycle release in February in order to provide an update for a security vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer. George Stathakopoulos, general manager, MSRC, has confirmed officially that the software giant will release an out-of-band security update for Internet Ex... |
20 January 2010
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Well, here's another anti-IE6 (Internet Explorer 6) article to go with the 254,000 I found on Google recently. While many of IE6's detractors are web designers or web developers, we can certainly put on the board some greater flaws in Microsoft's browser than the extra amount of working hours put by pr... |
4 December 2009
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Customers already running the latest iteration of the Windows client, Windows 7, along with the Internet Explorer 8 are safe from potential exploits targeting a zero-day vulnerability in older releases of Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft. In an email message to Softpedia, Alan Wallace, security response... |
24 November 2009
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Details on a zero-day vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer are currently available in the wild, having been published to the BugTraq mailing list last week. So far, Microsoft has not commented on the exploit code made available in the wild, but security company Symantec has confirmed that it is fully functional... |
23 November 2009
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With the advent of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft changed its browser development strategy, embracing modern web standards, as long as they were complete, a move that explains the lack of support for HTML 5 for example. SuperPreview is a tool designed to support website development in accordance with web standards, f... |
16 September 2009
09:58 GMT |
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With the next iteration of the Windows Mobile operating system, Microsoft will attempt to fuel a growth for its relevance on the mobile market. Windows Mobile 6.5, slated for release on October 6th, 2009, according to Microsoft, is regarded as a minor update to the existing mobile platform from Microsoft. In this reg... |
1 September 2009
11:10 GMT |
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Microsoft will not follow in the footsteps of Mozilla, which traditionally kills off support for a certain Firefox browser within six months after the release of the succeeding iteration of the open-source browser. Instead, the Redmond company has indicated a strong commitment to keep Internet Explorer 6 alive despit... |
11 August 2009
07:07 GMT |
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Web developers have constantly had to fight the limitations associated with the intimate integration between Internet Explorer and Windows 7 when it comes to testing scenarios. While competitive browsers allow different versions to be installed and run side by side, the same is not valid for Internet Explorer. In fac... |
18 March 2009
04:48 GMT |
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Having taken Chrome out of Beta the past week, Google is ready to start lending a helping hand when it comes down to browser security. Thus, while Microsoft has made available a variety of tools designed to bulletproof web content and applications against attacks, including UrlScan, Microsoft Source Code Analyzer for... |
15 December 2008
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Microsoft is currently offering the Beta 2 bits for Internet Explorer 8, with a release-to-manufacture date reportedly slated for the end of this month. Yet, it was Internet Explorer 6 that moved to center stage on November 11, a version that was not connected to the Windows client and server operating systems. The R... |
12 November 2008
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The first security and stability update for Firefox 3.0 is planned to drop one day short of a month since the general availability of the latest iteration of the open source browser. Mozilla will make available Firefox 3.0.1 tomorrow, July 16, 2008, taking Firefox 3.0 one step further on its evolution. The delivery d... |
15 July 2008
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Although the bundle between Microsoft's proprietary operating system and browser products seems nothing short of a match made in Redmond heaven, the fact of the matter is that the ubiquitous Windows-IE couple now experiences problems with the arrival of Service Pack 3 for XP. At this point in time, Microsoft is ... |
6 May 2008
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Even though the browser market is a multifaceted arena, the fact of the matter is that there are but two dominant players. Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox have pretty much split the vast majority of browser users between them, with IE grabbing the lion's share and Firefox a distant ... |
11 March 2008
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Internet Explorer 6 has long been the most popular choice in terms of web browsers worldwide. IE6 was still holding the lion's share of the browser market as of August 2006 with a share of over 80%, according to data made available by Net Applications. Later that year, Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 began e... |
4 March 2008
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Forget about Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 for a moment, because the brand-new Internet Explorer 7 is here. Essentially, the infrastructure of Internet Explorer 7, as well as its predecessor, because IE6 is also affected, will remain virtually unchanged with the exception of a small aspect. In April 2006... |
14 February 2008
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Out with the old, in with the new. Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 are virtually slaughtering Internet Explorer 6. There was a time, unfortunately not too long ago, when Internet Explorer 7 ruled the world wide web. Back in October 2006, IE6 still accounted for approximately 80% of the global browser market. Octo... |
5 February 2008
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Despite the fact that Microsoft's business model is in no way similar to that associated with open source software, the Redmond company does offer free copies of its operating systems. At this point in time, users have available for download no less than two free versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as... |
23 January 2008
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Internet Explorer 8 was officially confirmed back in 2006 as the successor of Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft was a little late with the announcement that it would go straight to IE8 from IE7 and would not make available an interim release such as Internet Explore 7.5. With the first beta for IE8 planned by mid 2008, ... |
23 January 2008
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Browsers are among the top exploited software products, as they provide the bridge between the users' machine and the Internet. And being one of the main vectors for attacks and exploits makes bulletproofing browsers a critical task in terms of delivering user protection. Microsoft's proprietary Internet Ex... |
21 January 2008
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Internet Explorer 7 is currently the most used browser worldwide, according to statistics made available by Net Applications. Released over a year ago for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, the browser has grown as of December 2007 to a market share of 40.61%. With the end of 2007 also comes the dethroning of In... |
7 January 2008
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January 2008 marks the month when Internet Explorer 7 has made the first definitive move designed to kill Internet Explorer 6 for good. Microsoft made IE7 available in October 2006 for Windows SP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, and as a component of Windows Vista in November 2006 and January 2007. Internet Explorer 6, o... |
4 January 2008
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Is Internet Explorer 7 matching Windows Vista in the level of disappointment delivered to end users? Well, such an answer lies ultimately within you. But at the same time, IE7 has not been submitted to the same barrage of fire that Vista had to face throughout 2007. Still, users are failing to take a shine to the lat... |
28 December 2007
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Microsoft has patched a patch released for Internet Explorer. It might not sound good, but it's true. And it all began with the Redmond company's monthly patch cycle. On December 11th, 2007, Microsoft made available Security Bulletin MS07-069 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615). As it ... |
21 December 2007
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Microsoft is well aware of the fact that the latest bunch of security patches it has made available for Internet Explorer manages to cripple the browser in specific situations, but strongly advices users to patch away. On December 11th, Microsoft patched a total of four vulnerabilities impacting various versions of I... |
20 December 2007
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Microsoft will not integrate Internet Explorer 7 into the final version of Windows XP Service Pack 3. The users who have already been involved in the testing process of the third and final service pack for Windows XP have already got a taste of what the refresh will bring to the table. Released in mid July alongside ... |
14 December 2007
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Here is your chance to set Internet Explorer free! You will be able to do so, not only for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista, but also for the previous version IE6 on XP and 2003. Starting this month, users can strip the Microsoft browser of the "click to activate" behavior... |
12 December 2007
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As in the case of the inhouse competition between Windows XP and Windows Vista, due to its prolonged support strategy, Microsoft is also one of its most fierce and stubborn competitors on the browser market. The XP vs. Vista race translates here into the face-off between Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. ... |
5 December 2007
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Internet Explorer 7 is slowly crawling towards the top of the world wide web, and Windows pirates are its vessels. Microsoft's latest strategy with IE7 is to apply an "all is fair in browser war" tactics. And to get the upper hand in the browser measuring contest that puts IE7 and Firefox 2.0 in the same arena o... |
3 December 2007
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Following the introduction of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 in October 2006, and then in November 2006 and January 2007, concomitantly with the business and consumer launches of Windows Vista, Microsoft debuted the next stage into the evolution of IE. At this point in time, early buil... |
30 November 2007
03:17 GMT |
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That's right! Microsoft is currently cooking two free editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 that will be up for grabs via the Download Center as early as the beginning of the upcoming week. This is certainly not the first time when the Redmond company has shown signs of generosity with its Windows client in an ... |
29 November 2007
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While completely failing to breathe a single word on Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft is still focused on the copy of the browser that originally shipped with Windows XP. In this context, the Redmond company announced that it is introducing an update to Internet Explorer 6 running on the 64-bit editions of Windows XP a... |
14 November 2007
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Microsoft is labeling software piracy as a persistent and evolving crime. And despite this "anodyne" aspect, the Redmond company is going out of its way to help ensure that Windows pirates are well protected. According to data made available by The Business Software Alliance and market research firm IDC reported in t... |
8 November 2007
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Windows pirates failed to crowd to Internet Explorer 7 stripped down of the Microsoft antipiracy mechanism. At the beginning of October, the Redmond company introduced the first major update to Internet Explorer 7, moving the browser from build 7.0.5730.11 to 7.0.5730.13. The refresh was exclusively addressed at IE7 ... |
2 November 2007
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Mozilla's open source browser Firefox topped 400 million downloads, according to a report from Spread Firefox. The actual number of downloads is an irrelevant statistic when compared to the usage share, but 400 million spells not only the success of Mozilla but also Microsoft's failure with Internet Explore... |
10 September 2007
14:24 GMT |
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Two new free editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 are live for download from Microsoft. The offerings are just the latest versions from a series delivered since late 2006, following the release of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2. At the end of November 2006, Microsoft was making available the first bundle of ... |
20 August 2007
13:19 GMT |
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Microsoft has a long history of providing free downloads of its flagship products, and the company is now hard at work on the next wave of free Windows XP SP2 offerings. Following the availability of Internet Explorer 7 in October 2006, Microsoft decided to lend a helping hand to web developers that needed to test th... |
27 July 2007
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Windows has become a crowded platform as far as browsers are concerned. There is only so much room to grow, and Apple has introduced Safari 3.0 into the equation in June. Apple Chief Executive Officer Stave Jobs, revealed since the birthday of Safari 3.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows XP that it was s... |
2 July 2007
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