IE9 started from the premise that the modern web will deliver HTML5 experiences that feel more like native applications than sites. Building on hardware-accelerated SVG, canvas, video, audio, and text, developers will use the power of the whole PC to...
Microsoft is readying a beta of its Internet Explorer (IE) 9 browser that it will roll out in September, according to Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner.
Turner shared the beta date during his morning keynote at the annual Microsoft...
Today we released MS10-018 out-of-band due to increases in attacks against Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 using the vulnerability discussed in Security Advisory 981374. I want to reiterate that Internet Explorer 8 is not affected by this...
Microsoft is back in the browser race, an analyst said today after the company unveiled a rough developer's preview of its next browser, IE9.
"They want to be more than a follower or just on features parity," said Forrester analyst Sheri McLeish as...
A recently released report claims that Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is more than twice as effective at blocking malware sites than its nearest rival.
According to NSS Labs, which conducted the Microsoft-sponsored study, IE8 blocked 69% of the 492...
Sets start time at 9 a.m. Pacific time to download its newest browser.
Microsoft Corp. will release Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) at 9 a.m. Pacific time today, beating its biggest rival, Mozilla Corp., in the race toward final code.
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According to Russian publication Wzor, Microsoft finalised Internet Explorer 8 on February 21st.
The final build that was prepared and passed to internal staff and partners is 8.0.6001.18691. Microsoft is reportedly readying this build for distribution...
In an effort to improve Web users’ compatibility experience, Microsoft added a new, user-selectable Compatibility List to the Release Candidate test version of IE 8 that the company released in January.
Microsoft describes the list — Version 1.0 of...
Microsoft won't say exactly when it will ship the Release Candidate of its Internet Explorer 8 browser but it's "just around the corner," according to a senior company official.
Dean Hachamovitch, general manger of the company's Internet Explorer team,...
We’ve just posted a revision to Microsoft Security Advisory (961051) with the latest information from our ongoing work around this issue. While the known attacks are only targeting Internet Explorer 7, we have found that the underlying vulnerability...
Microsoft plans to offer one more public test version of Internet Explorer 8 before releasing the final version of the updated browser, the company said late Wednesday. The next test, essentially a "release candidate" version will come in the first...