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Internet Explorer 8 running on top of Windows 7 is incompatible with Drive Letter Access. Specifically, the browser fails to play nice with the Drive Letter Access add-on, an exception which becomes obvious as users with the extension installed will click on links in IE8. In such a scenario, users will be presented w... |
22 February 2010
05:55 GMT |
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Come March 1st, 2010, Microsoft will kick off the full scale roll-out of the “Web browser choice screen” which will end up being served to all Windows/Internet Explorer users in Europe. The Redmond company still continues to test the browser ballot screen internally, but will also start a limited, test ro... |
19 February 2010
07:14 GMT |
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With the advent of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft introduced a feature designed to allow end users to easily hide their browsing history from people sharing the same computer. However, even though IE8 came with the promise of complete browsing privacy, components intimately connected with the browser, such as Adobe F... |
12 February 2010
05:05 GMT |
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Microsoft is permitting a high degree of flexibility when it comes down to building custom Internet Explorer 8 browser packages. By leveraging the Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8, the latest version of IE can be personalized in accordance with specific preferences, the resource offering various options, includ... |
9 February 2010
09:44 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
10:33 GMT |
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Some customers that will attempt to view media files using default Windows 7 components such as Internet Explorer 8 and Windows media Player, will find, that in certain scenarios they will be unable to do so. Microsoft explained that the improper configuration of IE8 and Windows Media Player could prevent end users ... |
3 February 2010
08:57 GMT |
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As of the start of this year, Internet Explorer 8 is on top of the world, well, at least the browser world. At the end of January 2010, IE8 became the world’s most-used browser, according to statistics released by Internet metrics company Net Applications. However, Internet Explorer 8 is far from dominating th... |
3 February 2010
07:08 GMT |
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Microsoft recommends that users of older releases of its browser upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 in order to leverage the version’s advanced security features and mitigations and be better protected against exploits targeting a new 0-day security vulnerability in IE. In addition, the Redmond company notes that u... |
19 January 2010
10:05 GMT |
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In addition to the plain vanilla flavor of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft and company partners are also offering for download versions of the browser tailored to specific websites. In the past, Softpedia users have been able to read about a variety of custom IE8 releases offered either by the software giant or by var... |
8 January 2010
11:18 GMT |
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There’s a limit to how much users are able to reduce the size of Internet Explorer windows, and the browser will simply not go any smaller. Both Internet Explorer 7 and IE8, including the default browser of Windows 7 are restricted to a minimum window of 250 pixels in width. When it comes down to height however... |
29 December 2009
10:28 GMT |
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The browser wars continue on several fronts, from JavaScript performance to support for modern web standards, but perhaps most importantly in terms of audience. The success of each browser is ultimately measured in install base and usage share, and in this regard, Microsoft is at the top of the browser game, with In... |
21 December 2009
09:38 GMT |
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Microsoft has patched no less than three security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 8 running on the latest iteration of the Windows client. But in addition to resolving security issues for Windows 7’s IE8, the Redmond company has also plugged additional IE security holes on supported versions of the ... |
9 December 2009
09:38 GMT |
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Microsoft has readied a security bulletin designed to address a Critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, including the latest iteration of the browser running in Windows 7. The IE patch will, in fact, be the only one that will impact the successor of Windows Vista, as Windows 7 RTM is not affected by any of the s... |
4 December 2009
10:05 GMT |
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With the advent of Internet Explorer 8 earlier this year, Microsoft didn’t exactly manage to keep it a secret that it hoped the browser would turn things around when it comes down to market share. At the end of November 2009, IE’s usage share was down 6% compared to the start of the year, according to st... |
2 December 2009
10:47 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to beat the drum of Internet Explorer 8’s superiority in terms of security compared to rival browser. The Redmond company has used the Black Friday and Cyber Monday days, and the boost in online shopping associated with the two post-Thanksgiving dates, to stress the importance of running a s... |
2 December 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Microsoft’s latest iteration of Internet Explorer comes with enhanced security features compared to its predecessor, helping users stay secure while browsing. In both Windows Vista and Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8 is designed to run by default with low privileges, in the context in which User Account Control... |
27 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 is an excellent tool for online shoppers to stay on top of the best offerings from eBay this holiday season. Via a partnership between Microsoft and eBay, online shoppers can leverage the latest version of the Internet Explorer browser in order to make sure that they are updated constantly on the ... |
26 November 2009
07:20 GMT |
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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
03:44 GMT |
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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
06:16 GMT |
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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
10:00 GMT |
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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
13:31 GMT |
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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
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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
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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
03:41 GMT |
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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
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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
09:34 GMT |
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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
11:19 GMT |
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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
09:36 GMT |
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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
08:03 GMT |
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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
09:13 GMT |
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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
07:32 GMT |
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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
09:20 GMT |
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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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