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My TIME.com column this week is about the golden age of Web browsers we’re currently living in–and especially the release this week of Internet Explorer 9. The browser, which debuted on Monday at the South by Southwest Interactive geekfest in Austin, is the best new Microsoft browser in eons. It’s on a par with other major browsers in …
Just 24 hours after its release, Internet Explorer 9 has been downloaded 2.35 million times. Or, that’s also 27 downloads every second. Whichever stat you prefer.
After its appearance last Monday night, the other browsers are not to be left out, and they are right on Microsoft’s tail. Lifehacker just confirmed that Firefox 4 will …
The hackers at last week’s Pwn2Own contest had a field day with some of the world’s most popular browsers, but they didn’t make a clean sweep.
Pwn2Own pits security experts against web browsers on laptops and smartphones. At stake are cash prizes of $15,000 per exploit, along with the actual hardware on which the browsers were hacked. …
Not to be left out of the browser wars, Internet Explorer is launching their latest version of their web browser today at 2 pm ET. The release candidate can be found here – or you could just wait a few hours.
PC World got a sneak peek at SXSW: It seems that the focus of IE9 is to make sure the browser takes a back seat to the content, …
Perhaps in an effort to whip up Apple-esque levels of pre-launch hype, Microsoft has announced that it will hold the global launch of Internet Explorer 9 at South by South West next week: Monday 14th, at 9pm Pacific time.
The first IE9 beta was released in September last year; a Release Candidate version (sort of halfway between a …
If you’re like most people who use the web, you may be unaware that many of the sites you visit have been taking notes about your browsing behavior.
These notes are stored in tiny files called cookies—everyone likes cookies, right?—and are used by several large advertising companies to build what’s supposed to be a non-identifying …
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My TIME.com Technologizer column for this week is a look at Microsoft’s new beta of Internet Explorer 9. It’s the best version of IE since 1999 or so, with a nicely streamlined interface, good integration with Windows 7, hardware-accelerated graphics, and a heaping helping of HTML5 support.
When it comes to browsers, I’m …
