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• IE8 runs 10 times faster with Google plug-in

  By Gregg Keizer | 25 September, 2009 07:28

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer zips through JavaScript nearly ten times faster than usual when Google's new Chrome Frame plug-in is partnered with the browser, benchmark tests show.

• Microsoft starts serving IE8 upgrade to enterprises

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 August, 2009 06:25

  As promised more than a month ago, Microsoft began pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises yesterday via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

• IE 8 Beats Competition in Microsoft-sponsored Security Tests

  By Erik Larkin | 15 August, 2009 06:59

  Internet Explorer 8 blocked about four out of every five sites that attempt to trick visitors into downloading malicious software in browser security tests performed by NSS Labs.

• IE8 whips rivals in blocking malware sites

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 August, 2009 05:49

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) again trounced rival browsers in a test of their malware-blocking abilities, catching 81% of attack code-infected sites, according to a testing company.

• IE8 setup change hints at further concessions to EU over antitrust

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 July, 2009 08:03

  Microsoft on Thursday bowed to critics involved in the company's European antitrust case who have accused it of silently changing users' default browsers, a move that may be aimed at Brussels-based regulators.

• Opera: Microsoft's 'minor tweak' of Windows 7 not enough

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 July, 2009 08:05

  Opera Software, the Norwegian browser maker that sparked an antitrust investigation into Microsoft business practices in Europe, remains dissatisfied with its rival's move to dump IE8 from Windows 7.

• Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7

  By Gregg Keizer | 07 July, 2009 11:23

  For the second time in six weeks, Microsoft today confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX, this time by attacking Internet Explorer (IE).

• Microsoft removes projectile-vomiting IE8 ad from Web

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 03 July, 2009 08:28

  An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it.

• Microsoft to push IE8 at businesses next month

  By Gregg Keizer | 02 July, 2009 07:46

  Microsoft will begin pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises next month, the company announced this week.

• Microsoft to offer IE8 at retail for EU Windows 7 buyers

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 June, 2009 07:47

  Microsoft will offer European customers an "Internet Pack" that includes IE8 when they buy a retail copy of Windows 7, which will be sold sans browser, the company said late last week.

• EU's antitrust case against Microsoft could mean endless 'crapware' on PCs

  By Gregg Keizer | 29 May, 2009 07:40

  The European Union's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. over Internet Explorer could be a nightmare for small- and medium-sized computer makers and set a dangerous precedent, a longtime trade group ally of Microsoft argued today.

• Microsoft calls off EU antitrust hearing over IE

  By Gregg Keizer | 25 May, 2009 08:33

  Microsoft on Thursday said it had canceled an oral hearing set for early next month over EU antitrust allegations that it "shields" Internet Explorer (IE) from competition, saying that senior regulators won't be attending.

• Mozilla, Opera blast Microsoft over IE8 upgrade practice

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 May, 2009 08:39

  Browser makers Mozilla and Opera accused Microsoft Thursday of force feeding Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to users with Windows Update and silently changing the default browser on PCs.

• Competitors grouse over IE8 default setting in Windows 7

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 11 May, 2009 04:19

  As the browser wars have heated up again, so have complaints that Microsoft is once again unfairly leveraging its Windows OS - this time Windows 7 - to promote its Internet Explorer browser.

• Threading to boost Firefox on multi-core chips

  By John E. Dunn | 11 May, 2009 08:31

  Mozilla's developers have announced plans to add application multi-threading to Firefox over the next two years, a feature already partially enabled in its main rivals, IE8 and Google Chrome.