Internet-Explorer
Microsoft Launches Modern.IE To Help Developers Test Their Web Apps For Legacy And Modern Versions Of IE
Even though Microsoft itself would prefer to change this, many users still rely on older versions of Internet Explorer. For developers, this means spending hours on testing their web apps…
Microsoft Brings Internet Explorer 10 Preview To Windows 7 PCs
As promised last month, Microsoft today expanded access to its Internet Explorer 10 web browser, by launching a preview of IE 10 for Windows 7. Previously, IE 10 was only…
Europe Could Hit Microsoft With $7B+ Fine Over New Internet Explorer Antitrust Violations [Updated]
Looks like the European Commission is following through on what it’s been reportedly planning to do for weeks: it has filed a formal complaint against Microsoft for antitrust violations related to…
Microsoft Will Finally Release A Preview Of IE10 For Windows 7 In November
Microsoft will finally launch a preview of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 in mid-November, the company announced today. With the Windows 8 launch less than two weeks away, Microsoft has…
The New Internet Explorer For Xbox May Be Clumsy, But Wait Til It Gets Kinected
Internet Explorer suddenly became one of the most widely available Internet TV browsers today as it starts rolling out to Xboxes. And early reports say its joystick-based interface is awful.…
Report: Europe Inching Closer To Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer Internet Explorer Alternatives
Pull out the ibuprofen, Redmond: it looks like the antitrust headache that bothered Microsoft for years in Europe may be coming back: the European Commission is preparing to bring charges…
Microsoft Helps To Bring The Popular Mobile Game Contre Jour To The Web
Contre Jour, the imaginative mobile physics-based puzzle game launched in 2011, is now available on the web. Just like with Cut the Rope for HTML5, the Pulse web app and…
Google Apps Says Goodbye To Internet Explorer 8, Pulls Support For the Browser
Today, the Google Apps team announced that it will no longer support Internet Explorer 8. Thank goodness. This will affect everyone using Google Apps: businesses, educational and government institutions. The…
Kogan Hates IE7 So Much It’s Imposing A Tax On All Shoppers That Use The Browser
Ruslan Kogan may not be a known entity in the U.S., but the Aussie entrepreneur is a pioneer of online retail in Australia and happens to be the country’s wealthiest…
Internet Explorer Will Land On The Xbox 360 “This Fall” With Kinect Controls In Tow
The announcements just keep pouring out of Microsoft’s press event at the Galen Center, so here’s another one to chew on — Microsoft has announced that a version of their…
StatCounter: Google Chrome Pushes Past Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (Again)
Well, it’s official. Or at least it’s official if you believe in StatCounter’s data. Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. For real this time. Maybe. The stat-counting…
Nobody Wants To Feel Like They’re Obsolete
Q: Dad, what browser do you use? A: One that browses well. Q: Okay, what’s it called? A: A browser. I don’t know about you, but I try to avoid…
StatCounter: Firefox 4 Has Already Eclipsed Internet Explorer 9
Mozilla has just released Firefox 4, and in less than a day clocked more than twice the downloads Microsoft boasted about after the release of Internet Explorer 9. Now website…
Video: Installing Every Single Version Of Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft officially released Internet Explorer 9 the other day, and I think it’s fair to say it was reasonably well received. The problem is that so many of the “tech…
Internet Explorer 9 Officially Released (Just Not For XP Users)
Microsoft has officially released Internet Explorer 9. Not a beta, not a release candidate, but the real deal. You’ll recall that a Mozilla rep had already spoken out against it…
First 2 Browsers To Fall At Pwn2Own: Safari & Internet Explorer
Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 were the first two Web browsers to fall in the latest Pwn2Own contest. And yes, this takes into account Apple’s latest Safari security…
Last Week, IE Was The Top Browser On TechCrunch. Wait, What?
In late November of last year, we noted a changing of the guard: Chrome had become the most-used browser amongst TechCrunch readers, ending the four year reign of Firefox in…
Oh, dear. Microsoft has revealed a new security flaw in Internet Explorer that, if taken advantage of, could let evildoers take over your computer. That’s nice. The good news is…
Google Creates A Better Way To Turn IE Into Chrome: A Business-Ready Windows Installer
In September 2009, we wrote about something very interesting that Google was doing in order to penetrate the business market: they were essentially turning IE into Chrome. Chrome Frame was…
Biggest Browser Share Gain In October Goes To Chrome
Browser market share numbers are out for October from Net Applications. Chrome made the biggest gains with a 0.49 percent jump from September to 8.47 percent. Chrome is the third…
As IE8 Begins To Fall, IE Finally Drops Below 50 Percent Browser Share
According to the the latest data from the company, last month, September 2010, marked the first time IE fell below the 50 percent share mark in the past decade. Of…
Google Working To Remove A Big Barrier To Chrome Frame: Administrator Rights
I love the whole concept of Google Chrome Frame. It’s Google spitting in the face of Microsoft and showing them that their software isn’t good enough for the modern web…
A Tour Of IE9 With Internet Explorer's Senior Director (TCTV)
At this morning’s launch of IE9, Microsoft tried to reignite the browser wars with its latest iteration of Internet Explorer. You can test drive it yourself by downloading the beta…
IE9 Beta Now Available For Download
By now many of you probably know that Microsoft is unveiling the full public beta of the much-hyped new version of its browser, Internet Explorer 9, today. For those of…
Microsoft just announced the results from their latest preview version of Internet Explorer 9, and the results are good. Typically results are measured using the Acid3 accuracy test, designed to…
Internet Explorer Bucks The Trend As Worldwide Usage Grew By 0.57% In June
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is showing early signs of a ‘comeback’, reversing a practically constant slide in browser usage over the past few years for the month of June, according to…
Microsoft Office Live Workspace Demo Video Shines A Light On … Firefox
It’s a pretty old video, and it has garnered some 230,000 views since its publication in November 2009, but we hadn’t seen it yet and perhaps neither have you. Try…
Google Is Getting Better At Turning IE Into Chrome As Chrome Frame Goes Beta
Back in September of last year, Google unveiled an early look at an interesting (and rather hilarious) new project: Chrome Frame. What it does is take Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser…
IE9 Responds To Safari 5 With A Side-By-Side Hardware Acceleration Video
Yesterday, Apple released the latest version of its web browser, Safari 5. In their release notes, they highlight not only new features, but also the fact that it’s faster than…
StatCounter: IE6 Usage Falls Below 5% In The US, But IE8 Still On The Rise
Microsoft’s oft-lamented browser, Internet Explorer 6, may finally be put to rest. This will make many a Web developer happy – but also Microsoft itself. Web analytics company StatCounter claims…