Today, we are announcing that we are extending the Browser for the Better Campaign with Internet Explorer 8. We will continue to help fight hunger by donating 8 meals for every download of Internet Explorer 8 throughout the month of September. September is Hunger Action Month. We want to encourage our...
I want to provide a couple of updates for my friends in Europe today in regards to Windows 7. I want to start off with an update to our plans for the Windows 7 Family Pack. As I mentioned last month , starting with the launch of Windows 7 on October 22nd, customers will be able to buy a Family Pack in...
Today, socially engineered malware threats are on the rise and are heavily impacting the way people use the Internet - making it a consumer and industry issue. A new study released today from NSS Labs shows that Internet Explorer 8 is the #1 browser in malware protection and also the #1 browser in phishing...
There’s been a great deal of more talk lately about browser performance. You may have seen some previous discussion about page load performance as you saw here in a video and whitepaper in March. Page load ensures that you get to where you want to go quickly. But page load time differences actually measure...
I’ve been getting some questions about yesterday’s news regarding how we will be shipping Windows 7 without Internet Explorer in Europe. I want to encourage people who have any questions about this to read this post on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog. This post is pretty thorough in explaining our plans...
Today, the Internet Explorer Team took over New York City’s Time Warner Center and San Francisco’s Justin Herman Plaza where local artists used food cans to create sculptures of the Empire State Building in New York and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. After the sculptures are completed, the...
If you haven’t already, you need to check out this very amusing video put together by the Internet Explorer Team on the History of the Web. Check it out!
Today on Day 2 of MIX09 , Internet Explorer General Manager Dean Hachamovitch during his keynote this morning in Las Vegas announced the availability of the final release of Internet Explorer 8 to download and install on their PCs. Click here to download Internet Explorer 8! Internet Explorer 8 is available...
As any browser vendor will quickly point out, accurately measuring the performance of a browser is extremely complex. On the surface, testing performance seems quite easy… visit a few sites with one browser and then again with a different browser, and simply time how long it took to load the page. In...
MIX09 is coming up fast – kicking off in Las Vegas at the Venetian March 18th – 20th. If you register between now and Feb. 13th for MIX09 you can save up to $400 off the conference price – that means you get a full conference pass for $995! To take advantage of this offer, go to the MIX09 Registration...