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• Critical Patch Tuesday bulletin addresses Microsoft Office attack seen in the wild

  By Colin Neagle | 11 April, 2012 08:33

  While four of the six security bulletins that Microsoft issued for April's Patch Tuesday release are rated "critical," one in particular has already been targeted by an attack lurking in the wild.

• Microsoft's Patch Tuesday will address exploits in Office 2010, IE9

  By Colin Neagle | 06 April, 2012 07:28

  Four of the six security bulletins Microsoft will release on next week's Patch Tuesday are rated "critical" and will address vulnerabilities in everything from Windows 7 and Office 2010 to the .NET framework and Internet Explorer 9.

• IE9 downloaded 27 times per second, but Microsoft browser share still declines

  By Jon Brodkin | 18 March, 2011 02:48

  Microsoft boasted that Internet Explorer 9 was downloaded 2.35 million times, or 27 times per second, during its first 24 hours of availability this week.

• IE9 to let users block tracking

  By Nancy Gohring | 08 December, 2010 17:33

  The next version of Internet Explorer will let users turn on "tracking protection", a new mechanism that will block specified third-party sites from tracking users, according to Microsoft.

• IE9 to let users block tracking

  By Nancy Gohring | 08 December, 2010 08:23

  The next version of Internet Explorer will let users turn on "tracking protection," a new mechanism that will block specified third-party sites from tracking users, Microsoft said.

• Microsoft leaks Internet Explorer 9 screenshot

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 27 August, 2010 00:57

  Microsoft has given web users a sneak peak of what Internet Explorer 9 will look like ahead of the launch of an IE9 beta on September 15.

• Microsoft to release IE9 public beta on Sept. 15

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 August, 2010 20:48

  Microsoft on Thursday announced it will release a public beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) on Sept. 15, a little less than five weeks from now.

• Internet Explorer 9: Next stop, public beta

  By Tony Bradley | 05 August, 2010 09:19

  With the success of Internet Explorer 8 - gaining 1.38 percent market share in the United States to lead the pack with more than 42 percent of the market--it is easy to forget that Microsoft is hard at work developing Internet Explorer 9. Today, Microsoft unleashed the fourth Platform Preview release for developers, and told partners and developers to start preparing--the public beta of IE9 is coming soon.

• IE9 preview brings new features, impressive performance

  By Tony Bradley | 24 June, 2010 07:44

  Microsoft is progressing to the next phase of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) development today with the launch of Platform Preview 3 (PP3) of the next generation Web browser. Developers can download the latest preview to get a sneak peek at what's in store with IE9 and what new functionality Microsoft is incorporating.

• Mozilla wants to make Firefox a speedster

  By Paul Krill | 12 May, 2010 04:22

  Mozilla, with its planned Firefox 4 browser, intends to make the browser "super-duper fast" and enable use of standard Web technologies including HTML5 and beyond, a Mozilla official said in a blog entry this week.

• Microsoft pushes users to ditch XP with IE9 plans, says analyst

  By Gregg Keizer | 07 May, 2010 06:17

  Microsoft's decision to abandon Windows XP with its next browser is a business move meant to push people off the aged operating system, an analyst said today.

• Microsoft winning fans early with IE 9 preview

  By Tony Bradley | 20 March, 2010 09:10

  Earlier this week Microsoft unveiled a preview of the engine behind its next-generation Web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) 9.

• IE9 won't support Windows XP

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 March, 2010 00:37

  Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed this week.

• FAQ: Say hello to IE9

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 March, 2010 22:15

  Microsoft yesterday unveiled a very early edition of its next-generation browser, IE9.

• Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding

  By John Fontana | 20 November, 2009 09:41

  Los Angeles – Microsoft will be compliant with industry standards in Internet Explorer 9 such as HTML 5, but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, decried the habit of vendors getting ahead of the process.