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Internet Explorer

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer returns as a ‘mode’ inside Edge browser

Internet Explorer is making a comeback, more than three years after Microsoft retired the legacy browser. Microsoft is adding a… Read More

New Browsium ‘Proton’ tool gives IT departments a window into web app usage by employees

Lots of business activities take place within a browser, which can pose a problem for IT teams that need to know which… Read More

BuzzFeed axed negative Microsoft Internet Explorer post after BuzzFeed business exec complained

A Microsoft-related subplot emerged over the weekend in the ongoing controversy over BuzzFeed deleting posts under pressure from its own business… Read More

New Microsoft trademark filings: InkBack, TouchBack, Continuum … and Selawik?

We’ve been keeping an even closer eye than usual on Microsoft’s trademark filings, in part because the company may be… Read More

Microsoft will not enable Do Not Track by default in its new Project Spartan browser

Microsoft was hailed by privacy advocates and derided by advertisers when it decided to enable the “Do Not Track” setting… Read More

Internet Explorer’s successor, Project Spartan, makes public debut in new Windows 10 build

Microsoft rolled out its new Project Spartan web browser for the first time publicly today, offering members of the Windows Insider Program early… Read More

Adobe contributes new image features to Microsoft ‘Spartan’ browser, showing its more-open future

Microsoft’s new Project Spartan browser is getting some new tools for rendering images thanks to contributions Adobe made. The two… Read More

IE 11 bug allows login credential theft, security update in works

A newly discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer 11 — even for those browsers that are up-to-date with all security patches… Read More

New ‘Project Spartan’ browser will drop into Windows 10

As expected, Microsoft unveiled a new web browser today at its Windows 10 press event in Redmond. Code named “Project… Read More

Longtime Internet Explorer leader Dean Hachamovitch is leaving Microsoft

Dean Hachamovitch is leaving Microsoft. And yes, of course, there is an IE shirt associated with this milestone, too. The longtime Internet Explorer… Read More

Internet Explorer on iPad and Android: Microsoft’s new RemoteIE makes it possible for developers

Historically, Internet Explorer earned a reputation among web developers for being idiosyncratic and dodgy when it came to web standards.… Read More

Change Internet Explorer’s name? Nah, here’s what Microsoft really needs to do with its web browser

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser has made great strides in recent years, embracing web standards and upgrading its user interface, as the… Read More

Say farewell to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 … in 2016

Microsoft announced new support policies for Internet Explorer today: Starting on Jan. 12, 2016, the company will only support the most recent… Read More

Want bricks for some sheep? Microsoft releases browser-based Settlers of Catan game

The work week is winding down, which means that it’s a perfect time to find some Friday night fun. Luckily,… Read More

Microsoft, ESPN team up for slick World Cup website

Microsoft is getting in the World Cup spirit. Soccer — er, fútbol — fans will like a slick new website… Read More

Microsoft patches IE bug in Windows XP, changing course

In a major turn of events in the Internet security world, Microsoft says it will patch a high-profile vulnerability in… Read More

Microsoft under pressure to patch IE bug for Windows XP

With a high-profile bug leaving Microsoft’s Internet Explorer vulnerable to attack, and about 25 percent of the world still running Windows XP,… Read More

Feds warn against using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer until security hole is fixed

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team has issued an advisory today suggesting that people consider avoiding Internet Explorer until Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft wants users to “Rethink” their IE prejudices

Microsoft’s browser is on a comeback tour. Today, the company launched Rethink IE, a showcase of what Internet Explorer 11… Read More

NORAD picks Microsoft over Google again for help with Santa tracking

Maybe Google was naughty again. For the second straight year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has picked Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft will patch zero-day IE vulnerability Tuesday

As a part of tomorrow’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft will be patching a zero-day vulnerability that the internet’s nefarious elements have… Read More

Internet Explorer chief changing jobs to start mysterious Microsoft team

Dean Hachamovitch, the longtime leader of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team, is leaving the role — announcing this morning that he will… Read More

Internet Explorer 11 gets official release on Windows 7

Microsoft this morning is releasing the latest version of its web browser, Internet Explorer 11, for the most widely used… Read More

Meet Inori Aizawa: Here is Internet Explorer’s wacky anime mascot

Microsoft released a new ad for Internet Explorer featuring…well, just look for yourself. That video, posted to the Internet Explorer… Read More

Microsoft shows how Facebook and Twitter would have worked on Windows 95

Microsoft this morning released a remake of the classic game “Hover” for the web. Hover originally debuted on the Windows… Read More

Microsoft releases new IE11 preview for Windows 7, tries to win back former users

Microsoft this morning issued the release preview of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, following up on the earlier developer… Read More

Microsoft brings IE11 developer preview to Windows 7

[Correction: This post has been updated since it was originally posted. A Microsoft representative says the plugin-free experience for Netflix… Read More

First look: Internet Explorer 11 ‘continuous browsing’ and Windows 8.1 Reading List

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team showed some of the key features of Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8.1… Read More

Zillow, Lucid take home Webby Awards for internet innovation

Things continue to move fast for Seattle-based Zillow, and now the online real estate company can add two Webby Awards… Read More

Microsoft’s IE10 to run Flash by default on Windows 8, RT

Microsoft announced this afternoon that it’s updating the Modern UI (formerly “Metro”) version of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8… Read More

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