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Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Best at Blocking Malware Sites

In a study carried out for Microsoft, IE8 RC1 beat six windows based browsers in blocking malware distributing sites. Though the results are being viewed with some degree of jaundice by the industry, the study was carried out by a company with a solid...

Internet Explorer 8 Release Imminent?

What ever your opinion on the rights or wrongs of how IE8 renders websites produced for previous versions, whether it is anti competitive to bundle it with Vista, it would appear that Microsoft is preparing to release it imminently. If you go on their...

IE 8 Release Candidate Has More Work To Do

Who is out of step; the world or Microsoft? The list of major websites that aren’t compatible with IE8 RC grows ever longer and now, apparently includes Microsoft and MSN (irony of ironies!) as well as the BBC, PayPal, Amazon, Barclays, Tesco, CNN and...

Microsoft Hits the Headlines

Microsoft has been in the headlines over the last few days, not all of which were for the best reasons. The Wall Street Journal forecasts that Microsoft will make 16% of its workforce redundant this week by shedding 15,000 jobs, while the European commission...

IE 8 downloads blocked by Microsoft

An IE 8 blocker toolkit has been released by Microsoft to stop it being installed via automatic update before completing a compatibility test and consequently IE 8 will arrive as an "optional" install. IE 8 was built to support "web standards"...