Tag: INTERNETEXPLORER8

Share Today, the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy report revealing the behind-the-scenes debates that shaped the creation of Internet Explorer 8, and derailed the development team's plan to make the much-maligned browser the poster boy for privacy protection. As it turns out, the InPrivate filter, which is sometimes charmingly called "porn mode," was almost made the default behavior for ...

It's almost impossible to believe that it's been eight long years since Microsoft unleashed Internet Explorer 6 on the world and, according to Net Applications, it is still the most popular browser out there. Apparently, a full 23-percent of users are stumbling around the Interwebs with the creaky, toolbar aggregating, malware-inviting browser that came packaged by default with Windows XP. ...

Somewhere in the land between 'uncomfortably funny' and 'trying too hard' sits Microsoft's new commercials promoting Internet Explorer 8. Choosing Dean Cain, the ex-football player who made his acting debut in 'Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,' to play a William Shatner-like straight man is an odd choice, especially given Apple's adorably nerdy spokesman Justin Long. But the ...

Oh Microsoft, sometimes you're so unintentionally hilarious that we just can't handle it. Apparently the folks in Redmond are tired of watching Internet Explorer (IE) get beat up in the press and decided to release their own report showing that IE8 is the fastest Web browser out there, despite all other benchmarks putting it firmly behind every modern browser except IE7. In the words of Lee ...

A few months ago Microsoft released its second beta (pre-release) version of Internet Explorer 8, and while we liked what we saw, it was still a little early to think about installing for real. Now Microsoft has delivered an updated version, and while it's still not quite fully polished and ready to roll, it may be time to think about upgrading. Microsoft is calling this the first release ...