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- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely...
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- Microsoft fixes IE patch again
- Microsoft has released an out-of-schedule fix for problems introduced by its last patch for Internet Explorer. Microsoft has released an out-of-schedule fix for problems introduced by its last patch for Internet Explorer. The fix, described in Microsoft support article ID 976749, was initially made available on...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, IE, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, browser, security, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK
- News items 2009-11-04
- Browser wars: who's the fastest?
- Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks about the race for the fastest browser engine. Google, Microsoft, Appleāare all competing with Mozilla. The competition, he says, is good for users and developers.
- Tags: Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Firefox
- Videos 2008-11-18
- Can Chrome give Internet Explorer a run for its money?
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Senior Editor Sam Diaz about the perks and pitfalls of the newly released browser from Google. Diaz also reveals why Sergey Brin is bugging the Chrome team on a daily basis.
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Team Management, Internet, Management, Google, Chrome, Sergey Brin, browser, Microsoft, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, tabs, web, Sumi Das, Sam Diaz, Mac, Linux
- Videos 2008-09-05
- Google demos speed benchmarks for Chrome
- At the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, Matthew Glotzbach, product management director of Google Enterprise, touts interface features for the company's Chrome browser. He also does a performance benchmark test comparing the new browser to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
- Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Chrome, Internet Explorer
- Videos 2008-09-04
- Will Chrome need more polish?
- The Internet search giant has released its brand new browser. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das reports on why Google has jumped into the browser fray. Das also explores how the company hopes Chrome will support a faster, more stable, and secure surfing environment while also creating a lucrative venue for...
- Tags: Web Browser, Search, Web Browsers, Internet, Google, Chrome, browser, Microsoft, Internet Explorer, ads, Firefox, Safari, tabs, web
- Videos 2008-09-02
- IT Dojo: Control users' temporary Internet files and browser history
- In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you a simple monitoring solution that uses Windows Server 2003 Group Policy.Before watching the video, you should realize this tip isn't right for every situation. This method uses Windows XP and Internet Explorer's local browsing history. To view the history files, you...
- Tags: Information Technology, Temporary Internet File, Monitoring, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, it dojo, security, internet, internet explorer, microsoft windows xp, ie
- Videos 2008-07-07
- Microsoft to alter Vista to address Google complaint?
- On June 19, the U.S. Department of Justice was slated to release its latest Microsoft antitrust compliance report. (It's past 8 p.m. EST. Still no sign of it yet.)In the interim, Reuters and Bloomberg are both reporting that Microsoft has agreed to alter Windows Vista in some way to appease...
- Tags: Windows client, Vista, Legal, Internet Explorer, Google, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Safari for Windows: Mozilla was right
- Back in January, the Mozilla folks hinted that they expected Apple to deliver a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows.They were dead-on.At the opening keynote at Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 10, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple is porting Safari to Windows...
- Tags: Windows XP, Vista, Internet Explorer, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- What's next for Internet Explorer? Microsoft opens up (a little)
- Microsoft still isnt talking specifics in terms of what it plans to deliver as part of the next version of Internet Explorer, IE 8.0. But at the Mix 07 conference in Las Vegas, Chris Wilson, platform architect of Internet Explorer, did share some general directions the team is taking with...
- Tags: MIX07, Internet Explorer, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- What would a Google investment in Maxthon mean to Microsoft?
- Maxthon -- the Chinese browser vendor that introduced tabbed browsing to Internet Explorer before Microsoft itself did -- is poised to become a Google ally and partner, according to TechCrunch.com TechCrunch reported on April 10 that Maxthon had sold a minority stake of approximately $1 million to Google and...
- Tags: Internet Explorer, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- Microsoft responds to DOT ban on Vista, Office 2007
- The Department of Transportation has put an indefinite ban on upgrades to Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7 and Office 2007, as first reported by Information Week. Heres the DOT memo outlining the Vista "moratorium," dated January 19. "Based on our initial analysis (from internal recommendations and analysis...
- Tags: App Compatibility, Internet Explorer, Office 2007, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- Microsoft's 'Flash-killer' now supports Firefox on the Mac
- The latest Community Technology Preview CTP test builds of Microsofts Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E) product went live this week. As of this build, Microsoft is supporting, for the first time, the Firefox on the Mac. WPF/E is, in Microsofts words, "a browser enhancement module that enables browsers to render...
- Tags: Development tools, Internet Explorer, WPF/e
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
- Look who has joined Microsoft's IE team
- OK, so shes only a "contractor" and not a Red-Pill-popping full-timer. But standards maven Molly Holzschlag is now working on the Web Platform and Tools team of which Internet Explorer is part.IE has not been -- as even Microsoft officials have conceded -- the most standards-compliant browser out there. IE...
- Tags: Web browsers, team, Molly Holzschlag, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-01-31
- Vista: Where are the killer apps?
- If youve seen any Windows Vista demos over the past year, youve probably seen Microsoft show off a handful of Vista-customized applications, like The New York Times Reader, North Faces kiosk application, and iBloks multimedia-sharing wares. But where are the rest of the Vista killer...
- Tags: Vista, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Internet Explorer, App Compatibility, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Microsoft starts gathering IE 8 input
- Microsoft has contacted a number of beta testers to seek input it will use to customize Internet Explorer IE 8, the next version of its Web browser. IE 8 is expected to ship 18 to 24 months after IE 7, which Microsoft released last fall, making Version 8.0 a...
- Tags: Internet Explorer, IE 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Blog posts 2007-01-28
- Outlook 2007 users angry over Office 2007 HTML-e-mail changes
- A quiet change Microsoft has made in the rendering engine used by Outlook 2007 is beginning to sink in among individuals who have gotten accustomed to having the Internet Explorer IE engine render HTML e-mail messages. And the reaction of many is one of anger and disbelief. "While the...
- Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, HTML, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- Microsoft's IE 8.0: More than just vaporware
- When I mentioned in a post yesterday that I had heard there was an alpha build of Internet Explorer IE 8.0 circulating inside Microsoft, some were skeptical. But over on Microsofts Channel 9 site, Bruce Morgan, a software development manager on the IE team, who describes his...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, alpha
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- Safari for Windows from Apple? Mozilla thinks so
- Will Apple release a version of its Safari browser for Windows? The Mozilla Foundation seems to believe such a move is a distinct possibility. Buried in the wiki information the Mozilla Foundation posted this week about its future plans for Firefox is a statement under the "Observations & Assumptions"...
- Tags: Vista, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Windows XP, Internet Explorer, App Compatibility, Windows Mobile, Apple, Apple Computer Inc., SAFARI, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- Next versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox taking shape
- Microsoft and the Mozilla Foundation are pushing ahead with their respective next versions of their Web browsers. Their methods are different, but many of their priorities are -- at least in theory -- quite similar. The Mozilla Foundation has published to a public wiki a list of...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- In case you missed it (Part 2): Microsoft history revisited
- Here are a few more holiday-season posts you might have missed if you were away from your PC the past couple of weeks. Microsoft historians are likely to find these links especially well-worth a read. Redmond Developer News has a long but interesting Q&A with Brad Silverberg, the former...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Venture capital, Brad Silverberg, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
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