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  • Eight easy extras for IE8 08/10/2009 16:30:00

    New security settings in IE8 allow for more privacy, new add-ons allow quick access to Web-based information and services, and a new browsing mode changes the way you interact with your browser
    Internet Explorer 8, the latest update to Microsoft's venerable Web browser, introduces several features intended to provide greater security and ease of use.
  • IE8 runs 10 times faster with Google plug-in 25/09/2009 07:28:00

    Add Chrome Frame to instantly boost Microsoft browser's JavaScript performance
    Microsoft's Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly ten times faster than usual when Google's new Chrome Frame plug-in is partnered with the browser, benchmark tests show.
  • Eight quick tips for getting the most from IE8 18/09/2009 08:14:00

    Master the most useful new features in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8
    Internet Explorer 8, the latest update to Microsoft's venerable Web browser, introduces several features intended to provide greater security and ease of use. New security settings in IE8 allow for more privacy, new add-ons allow quick access to Web-based information and services, and a new browsing mode changes the way you interact with your browser.
  • Microsoft starts serving IE8 upgrade to enterprises 27/08/2009 06:25:00

    Makes good on promise, pushes new browser to businesses via WSUS
    As promised more than a month ago, Microsoft began pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises yesterday via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
  • IE8 whips rivals in blocking malware sites 17/08/2009 05:49:00

    Microsoft's browser lengthens lead over No. 2 Firefox, blocks 81 per cent of infected URLs
    Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) again trounced rival browsers in a test of their malware-blocking abilities, catching 81% of attack code-infected sites, according to a testing company.
  • IE 8 Beats Competition in Microsoft-sponsored Security Tests 15/08/2009 06:59:00

    But NSS Labs won't say where it got its list of malicious URLs, and why it left out exploit sites
    Internet Explorer 8 blocked about four out of every five sites that attempt to trick visitors into downloading malicious software in browser security tests performed by NSS Labs.
  • IE8 setup change hints at further concessions to EU over antitrust 20/07/2009 08:03:00

    'They wouldn't do this because they wanted to,' says analyst
    Microsoft on Thursday bowed to critics involved in the company's European antitrust case who have accused it of silently changing users' default browsers, a move that may be aimed at Brussels-based regulators.
  • Opera: Microsoft's 'minor tweak' of Windows 7 not enough 16/07/2009 08:05:00

    Rival says IE8's off-switch won't restore competition
    Opera Software, the Norwegian browser maker that sparked an antitrust investigation into Microsoft business practices in Europe, remains dissatisfied with its rival's move to dump IE8 from Windows 7.
  • Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7 07/07/2009 11:23:00

    'Browse-and-own' bug lets hackers hijack Windows XP; temp fix available
    For the second time in six weeks, Microsoft today confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX, this time by attacking Internet Explorer (IE).
  • Microsoft removes projectile-vomiting IE8 ad from Web 03/07/2009 08:28:00

    The ad, which promotes the InPrivate Browsing feature of IE8, left a bad taste in people's mouths
    An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it.
  • Microsoft to push IE8 at businesses next month 02/07/2009 07:46:00

    Newest browser will hit WSUS on Aug. 25, says company
    Microsoft will begin pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises next month, the company announced this week.
  • Thinking about upgrading to IE8? Think twice 22/06/2009 08:02:00

    By bribes or brute force, Microsoft is attempting to foist its latest browser upon the world. If you're not careful it might happen to you, too
    I find it's best to live by a few simple rules. I don't micturate into the wind. I don't mix tequila with red wine (not any more, anyway). I never get into arm-wrestling matches with fat guys named "Tiny."
  • Microsoft to offer IE8 at retail for EU Windows 7 buyers 16/06/2009 07:47:00

    What Microsoft takes away, it gives back after the fact
    Microsoft will offer European customers an "Internet Pack" that includes IE8 when they buy a retail copy of Windows 7, which will be sold sans browser, the company said late last week.
  • Microsoft trying to set own antitrust remedy, says Opera CEO 12/06/2009 19:24:00

    Stripping out IE from Windows 7 is an attempt to duplicate a failed remedy from an earlier antitrust ruling, Opera says
    Microsoft's plan to strip out its Internet Explorer (IE) browser from Windows 7 in Europe, due for sale in the fall, is designed to force the European Commission's hand as it devises an antitrust remedy to restore fair competition in the browser market, said Jon von Tetzchner, the CEO of Norwegian browser maker Opera.
  • EC to pursue antitrust case despite Microsoft's IE decision 12/06/2009 16:33:00

    Antitrust remedies still needed because stripping out IE from the OS doesn't give consumers a choice of browser, EC says
    The European Commission will proceed with its antitrust case against Microsoft regardless of the announcement late Thursday that the software giant is stripping its browser, Internet Explorer (IE), from the next incarnation of its operating system, Windows 7, in Europe.
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