The Internet Browser War

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See Google Chrome tearing down Firefox, whereas the baby (Internet Explorer) is having Glue because it's stuck in 1980's. … [Read more...]

Internet World : Internet Explorer 6 users have low IQs, says a recent study

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As of today, Internet Explorer 6 has a market share of more than 10 percent. It is famous for proving to be one of the most notoriously buggy and incompatible web-browser every launched. This isn't a secret among users using it and the one who created it. Microsoft has run many campaigns for … [Read more...]

Microsoft releases new Internet Explorer v9.0.1 update

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Microsoft has released a new update for Internet Explorer, now standing at v9.0.1 via Windows update. This current update resolves a total of seven vulnerabilities that were discovered in Internet Explorer, and were earlier disclosed by Microsoft in a security bulletin post. The vulnerabilities … [Read more...]

Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 10 Platform (Download Now)

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Yesterday, Microsoft released Internet Explorer Platform Preview 10  with focus on CSS3 Multi-column Layout, CSS3 Grid Layout, CSS3 Flexible Box Layout, CSS3 Gradients, and ES5 Strict Mode. This current build supports supports Windows 7 (x86 and x64) OS only. Download Internet Explorer … [Read more...]

Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate for Windows 7 32bit & 64bit Released

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Quietly, Microsoft has released Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7. This download is now live and is available for Windows 32 bit and 64 bit builds. Some of  new notable features are as follows : 1. Improved Tabs, square tabs and minor UI enhancements to the address … [Read more...]

Internet Explorer’s Protected Mode isn’t Protected in real

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With Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a Protected Mode. This feature is designed to protect computers against attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in IE extensions or in the browser itself and prevent the injection of malicious software. Researchers from Verizon Business … [Read more...]

Microsoft finally wakes to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)

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SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), one of the most powerful medium to display graphics has been in existence since 1999, but didn't had the share of success that it should have enjoyed owing to the fact that Internet Explorer wan't much compatible though almost every other web browser supported it. … [Read more...]

Internet Explorer Hacked in 2 minutes on Windows 7

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Peter Vreugdenhil of the Netherlands and a German researcher, who only would give his first name of Nils, found ways to disable DEP (data execution prevention) and ASLR (address space layout randomisation), two of Windows 7's most shouted anti-exploit features. The test was performed on 64 bit … [Read more...]

Microsoft Nears Its Launch Internet Explorer to 6

Microsoft at its TechEd conference has confirmed the impending launch of Internet Explorer Mobile 6, the next major version of its cellphone browser. Originally announced in February, the significantly delayed update is available to test in emulator form and has also detailed all the major changes … [Read more...]