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It’s unlikely the Internet Explorer 9 will natively support mouse gestures, since Microsoft hasn’t really warmed up to such functionality with the existing iteration of its proprietary browser. However, while users could certainly put mouse gestures support for IE9 on their wish list, there is already an ... |
18 November 2009
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Later today, November 18th, 2009, Microsoft will deliver the first taste of the next iteration of its proprietary browser. The Redmond company is looking to share plans about the successor of IE8, namely Internet Explorer 9 on the second day of the Professional Developers Conference 2009 in Los Angeles. It was Ray Oz... |
18 November 2009
02:56 GMT |
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The Internet Explorer 8 version that ships as the default browser of Windows 7 is affected by three Critical vulnerabilities, Microsoft warned. The Critical security holes could potentially allow an attacker to take over vulnerable computers by tricking victims into visiting a malformed webpage. However, not just use... |
14 October 2009
12:30 GMT |
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Microsoft has been little shy of praising the latest version of the AVG Security Toolbar for Internet Explorer as a “great example of the Guidelines for add-on developers in action.” According to Paul Cutsinger and Herman Ng, from the IE team, the AVG Security Toolbar team is setting a new standard in ter... |
7 October 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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Power consumption is one aspect of technology where less is indisputably more. Less power consumption is synonymous with cut costs, reduced carbon emissions, and increased battery life. But while surfing the web with a power socket nowhere in sight, energy costs and the carbon footprint might just be the last things ... |
14 September 2009
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Microsoft is keen on keeping apps built on top of Internet Explorer 8 as a platform as high quality as possible. With the vast majority of add-ons now under the Redmond-based company’s control, as they are third-party built extensions, it’s only up to non-Microsoft developers to ensure that IE8 indeed get... |
10 September 2009
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Microsoft is catalyzing the evolution of its Windows Embedded for Point of Service platform with the addition of two new features. Fact is that both Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3 have been available for Windows client operating systems for quite some time, but both applications are only now coming to Windows ... |
3 September 2009
11:28 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to offer free copies of its Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems for download, in a tradition that started approximately a couple of years back. Earlier this week, the Redmond company has updated the range of offerings that provide users with free copies of the two supported Windows clie... |
28 August 2009
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In June 2009 Microsoft calculated that the nutritious equivalent of anInternet Explorer 8 download was no less than eight meals. Now the Redmond company is saying that it considers upgrades from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 8 no less than twice as nutritious. In response to Feeding America kicking off the... |
28 August 2009
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Microsoft is not yet done with the delivery of Internet Explorer 8 RTW to business users. The company started offering the gold version of IE8 via Windows Server Update Services on August 25th, 2009, as I told you yesterday. However, the will be an additional wave of downloads for WSUS admins to deal with on Septembe... |
26 August 2009
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Microsoft is pushing forward with the availability process of Internet Explorer 8, with a new wave of downloads scheduled to hit today, August 25th, 2009. The Redmond company announced since the end of June 2009 that it would start serving IE8 RTW to business users by the end of August, and the bits come right on sch... |
25 August 2009
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Microsoft is already offering extensive documentation for developers to start integrating Web Slices into their websites via MSDN, but the company has gone one step further. Devs interested in tailoring their websites for Internet Explorer 8 can now grab Web Slice tutorials from the Microsoft Download Center. The sof... |
24 August 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 bests Firefox 3, Chrome 2, Opera 10 and Safari 4 when it comes down to the effectiveness of the security features designed to protect end users against socially engineered malware and phishing. With the advent if IE8, Microsoft kicked up a notch the anti-phishing capabilities that were delivered b... |
14 August 2009
09:11 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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In an attempt to make its Windows flagship product compliant with the EU antimonopoly regulations, Microsoft announced that the upcoming Windows 7 flavor of the operating system would not include its Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser. Dubbed Windows 7 “E,” the OS version was expected to come to the market... |
3 August 2009
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The browser-less E editions of Windows 7 aimed for European markets could get Internet Explorer 8 after all, a move that would effectively contribute to killing off the EU-tailored editions prematurely. Last week, Microsoft submitted a proposal to the European Antitrust Commission involving the integration of a brows... |
27 July 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking a security refresh for Internet Explorer 8, and earlier supported versions of the browser, that will be released tomorrow, July 28th, 2009. According to the Redmond company, the IE update will be accompanied by a security bulletin for Visual Studio. The software giant underlined that, although tw... |
27 July 2009
05:52 GMT |
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An updated version of the Compatibility View List for Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 Release is now available via the Microsoft Download Center. The Redmond company is, however, not offering just the refresh for IE8 in Windows 7, but also for its latest version of Internet Explorer running in older versions of the ... |
22 July 2009
09:39 GMT |
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Downloading and installing the latest iteration of the Skype instant messaging client will hurt performance of the gold version of Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft has confirmed the issue, indicating that customers that deployed Skype 4.1 have noticed a consistent deterioration in the performance of IE8. Frank Olivier,... |
20 July 2009
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The gold version of Internet Explorer 8, made available to the public earlier this year, is set to suffer an evolution, with the changes scheduled to roll out in August 2009. Microsoft indicated that it would not limit modifications introduced to IE8 to the versions released to web for Windows Vista Service Pack 2, S... |
17 July 2009
11:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has debuted a new Beta program via Connect focused on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines. According to the Redmond company, the solution accelerator is designed to help organizations reduce the amount of resources necessary to meet the business-critical security needs and bulletproof M... |
16 July 2009
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Was the Internet Explorer 8 vomit video advertisement a tad hard for consumers to swallow? Did it manage to leave an unpleasant aftertaste? No matter the reason, fact is that Microsoft has pulled the commercial altogether. Fear not, it is still available in the wild, and I even managed to embed it among the videos at... |
2 July 2009
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Microsoft insists on pushing ahead with what has become nothing short of tradition: making available for download customized versions of Internet Explorer. The company did it with Internet Explorer 7, and now it is doing the same with Internet Explorer 8. The latest custom version of IE8 RTW is associated with Live N... |
1 July 2009
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Microsoft is gearing up for yet another chapter in the availability of Internet Explorer 8. In this regard, the Redmond company will release a new wave of IE8 RTW upgrades via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in just a couple of months. Affected are business customers that use WSUS in order to manage the updates... |
30 June 2009
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Three months after the RTW of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft continues to make available releases of the browser. At the end of the past week, the company started serving five additional localized versions of IE8 with support for the following languages: Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi (India), Kannada, and Bengali (India... |
29 June 2009
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The latest release of the Compatibility View list update for Internet Explorer 8 went live earlier this week and is now available for download. In an effort to maintain compatibility between IE8 and website developers for IE6 and IE7, Microsoft introduced the Compatibility View feature in the browser.The Redmond-base... |
26 June 2009
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The Beta version of Internet Explorer 8 shipped with a big Emulate IE7 button next to the Home button on the Command Bar. And yet end users looking to fix IE8 compatibility issues with certain webpages failed to notice or understand the option available to them. In order to increase discoverability of the Compatibili... |
22 June 2009
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Safari 4.0.1 is the first update shipped for the latest iteration of Apple's Mac OS X browser, which made its way to Windows starting with version 3.0. For both the 4.0.1 and the plain vanilla 4.0 flavors the Cupertino-based hardware company has included security enhancements introduced by Microsoft for Internet... |
19 June 2009
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With the advent of Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft has expanded the list of ports blocked by the browser, in comparison to previous versions of IE, namely IE6 and IE7. While past releases of Internet Explorer blocked eight ports, with IE8 Microsoft has extended the list to no less than 10. This behavior is by default a... |
18 June 2009
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Microsoft Australia has buried $10,000 somewhere on the Internet and is inviting users to download and install Internet Explorer 8 and then follow a series of clues that will potentially lead them to the money. Aiming to emphasize that the webpage where the $10,000 is buried can only be viewed with IE8, the division ... |
17 June 2009
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One aspect of the evolution from Internet Explorer 7 to Internet Explorer 8 is the introduction of accelerators. Designed to streamline mundane and repetitive actions performed via the browser, accelerators are an integral part of IE8, kicking functionality up a notch. The successor of IE7 does ship with a range of a... |
17 June 2009
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Internet Explorer 8, just as rival browsers, including Google Chrome and the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, comes with an evolved address bar. The IE8 Smart Address bar is no longer limited to allowing end users to enter a URL in order to navigate to a certain website. Instead, the space has become an invaluable... |
15 June 2009
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The European Antitrust Commission has responded officially to Microsoft's plans to cut Internet Explorer from the Windows 7 editions that will be sold in Europe, pointing the finger at the company and accusing it of providing less choice for consumers. On June 11th, 2009, the Redmond company indicated that in or... |
12 June 2009
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Microsoft has confirmed officially that it will strip Internet Explorer 8 completely from Windows 7 SKUs aimed for European markets. The move comes as a response to antitrust concerns for the bundling of the Internet Explorer web browser and the Windows operating system. In this context, the Redmond company has annou... |
12 June 2009
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Firefox and Chrome might have Internet Explorer 8 beat on web standards support (CSS3 and HTML 5) and in the speed of the JavaScript engines, but fact is that IE8 bests both rival open-source browsers from Mozilla and Google in terms of nutritious value per download. In partnership with Feeding America, Microsoft has... |
11 June 2009
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Microsoft has released the first security update for the latest version of its browser. Internet Explorer 8 downloads became available to the public in mid-March 2009, and in parallel the successor of IE7, running on Windows 7 no less, was hacked by a security researcher participating in the CanSecWest Vancouver 2009... |
10 June 2009
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As an integral part of this month's release of security bulletins, Microsoft has made available the IE Cumulative Security Update for June 2009 through its Windows Update or Microsoft Update distribution channels. The cumulative refresh for Internet Explorer contains patches for no less than eight vulnerabilitie... |
10 June 2009
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Microsoft may have already started gathering feedback for Internet Explorer 9 and debuted planning for the next iteration of IE, but it is still in the process of making Internet Explorer 8 available worldwide. On May 29, 2009, the Redmond company released a new wave of IE8 RTW downloads, the third one since the init... |
2 June 2009
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Microsoft has issued an update designed to take to the next level the Compatibility View List for the copies of Internet Explorer 8 that ship as default components of Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2. The refresh is designed to integrate seamlessly with IE8 running on top of the Release candidate builds of... |
27 May 2009
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Microsoft is enriching the collection of language packs available for Internet Explorer 8 RTW. At the end of April 2009, the Redmond company promised that it would deliver the IE8 gold language packs aimed specifically at Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 in mid-May. With the release of the two Multilingual User Int... |
15 May 2009
13:21 GMT |
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With the advent of Internet Explorer 8 RTW, Microsoft has changed the way that the browser informs users that mixed content is available to be displayed. Essentially, the Redmond company has re-focused the dialog box from nonsecure content to secure content, and is making it abundantly clear that selecting the first ... |
15 May 2009
05:59 GMT |
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With the advent of Windows 7 Release Candidate, Microsoft also delivered a new version of Internet Explorer. Being bundled into Windows 7 as a default component, Internet Explorer 8 comes in a separate flavor tailored to the next iteration of the Windows client, still in development, although the versions designed fo... |
11 May 2009
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Accelerators are by no means restricted to Internet Explorer 8. In fact, Microsoft has worked to build the necessary infrastructure in Windows 7 in order to deliver the fertile soil necessary to make Accelerators pervasive throughout the operating system. Just as IE8 features a collection of accelerators, so can any ... |
8 May 2009
07:33 GMT |
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With Internet Explorer 8 users are able to run multiple instances of the browser, completely separate, each in its own session. With the latest release of the Internet Explorer, the Redmond company aimed to simplify browser session handling, simplification which allows IER8 to move away from the traditional model of ... |
7 May 2009
09:14 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 will not be technically done until Microsoft will sign off the code for Windows 7, which comes to the table with its own IE8 components. And yet, even after the Release Candidate of Windows 7 hit the web, Microsoft has started looking ahead to the next iteration of Internet Explorer. It's yet... |
7 May 2009
04:35 GMT |
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After just one day since Windows 7 Release Candidate delivered new functionality for Internet Explorer 8 Build 7100, Microsoft is killing it off. IE8 continues to evolve past the RTW stage for previous versions of Windows, as the browser is an integral component of Windows 7. With the RC Build 7100, the Redmond compa... |
6 May 2009
03:41 GMT |
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The evolution of Internet Explorer 8 did not stop with the release to web in mid-March 2009 for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Fact is that the development process continued as Windows 7 moved from Beta to Release Candidate stage. Now, with the public availability of Windows 7... |
5 May 2009
09:58 GMT |
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Starting in the third week of April, Microsoft has debuted automatic upgrades to Internet Explorer 8. IE6 and IE7 users running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 are being offered IE8 as an update via AU. Still, Microsoft has stressed the fact that Internet Explorer 8 delivered th... |
4 May 2009
06:47 GMT |
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No less than 43 localized versions of Internet Explorer 8 are currently available for download from Microsoft. The Redmond company made the first 25 available with the initial release to web of IE8 in March 2009, and added support for an extra 18 languages on April 24. But in addition to offering IE8 in 43 languages,... |
29 April 2009
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