Say hello to Shakira, Children’s Book Author! The “Waka Waka” hitmaker/humanitarian has proven she’s more than just a pair of attractively-swaying hips after becoming a published author. The pop star’s flexed her literary muscles by writing a children’s book for charity based on Nickelodeon’s popular animated character Dora the Explorer. The tale, titled World School [...]
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Internet Explorer Leads on Malware Security: Report
December 23rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 beta Web browser beat the competition on malware protection, an NSS Labs report finds. – A malware security report by NSS Labs found Windows Internet
Explorer 9 beta caught an “exceptional” 99 percent of the live
threats, leading the non-IE pack by 80 percent. Mozilla Firefox 3.6
caught 19 percent of the live threats, down 10 percent from the NSS
Labs test conducted in the first qua…
Internet Explorer Malware Protections Ahead of Rivals, NSS Labs Contends
December 14th, 2010 |
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A new Microsoft-commissioned test by NSS Labs found IE8 and IE9 have boosted their malware protections ahead of browsers from Google, Apple and others. – A new
NSS Labs report puts Internet Explorer way ahead of rival browsers
from Google, Apple, Mozilla and Opera in the fight against malware.
The report, which was commissioned by Microsoft, is
the fourth analysis by NSS Labs aimed at
testing the ability of Web browsers to block quot;socially …
Internet Explorer Zero-Day Exploited in Malware Attack
November 3rd, 2010 |
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A malware attack was observed exploiting a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, prompting Microsoft to issue an advisory. – Security researchers have uncovered a new Internet Explorer zero-day being used in malware attacks.
The situation was uncovered by Symantec after researchers observed a
limited spam campaign seeking to trick users into clicking on a link.
The spam had the subject line quot;re: hotel reservation…
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Beta Downloaded 2 Million Times
September 22nd, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 beta was downloaded 2 million times during its first two days of release, according to Microsoft. IE 9 is meant to help maintain the company’s browser-market lead. – Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 beta was downloaded 2 million times during
its first two days of release, according to the company. That falls in line
with the company’s other recent beta releases, which have attracted
multimillion-user audiences. Those users’ data is then used to fine-tune the
…
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9: Better Than Google Chrome?
September 21st, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 beta is fast and good-looking, with some longtime Internet Explorer issues eliminated. The question is whether it can convert Google Chrome and Firefox users. – Analysts sometimes refer to Microsoft as the archetypical quot;fast
follower, quot; a company whose skill rests in recognizing an emerging trend
and then adjusting strategy to embrace or crush it. Case in point: Internet
Explorer, the company’s Web browser originally introduced in August 1995, w…
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Continues Company Cloud Strategy
September 16th, 2010 |
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Microsoft unveiled Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its Web browser. In addition to offering more efficient Web browsing, IE 9 also pushes aspects of Microsofts cloud strategy. – Microsofts Internet Explorer 9, unveiled Sept. 15 at a
high-profile event in San Francisco, represents the companys next best chance
at pushing back against a host of rivals, including Mozilla Firefox and Google
Chrome. Despite the new browsers streamlined design and more efficient Web
browsing,…
Microsoft Touts HTML5 as Internet Explorer 9 Performance Booster
September 16th, 2010 |
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Microsoft brought together more than 70 partner Websites at the San Francisco Design Centers exhibition hall to show off how Internet Explorer 9 takes advantage of HTML 5. – SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft rolled out the beta
version of Internet Explorer 9 here Sept. 15, claiming that its new
browser edition will provide the best performance on the Web by taking
advantage of the latest computer hardware, HTML5 and Windows 7.
Microsoft is counting on the enhancements in …
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Turns 15: A Look Back
August 19th, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer turned 15 years old this week. Over that time, the browser has evolved from a bare-bones application (its Version 1.0 was only 1MB in size) to a robust product that allows users to leverage the full capabilities of the Web. It also managed to seize commanding market share, trampling early competitors such as Netscape-although it now faces strong competitors such as Mozilla’s Firefox browser and Google Chrome. But that history also features its share of controversy. Microsoft Internet Explorer descended from an early Web browser named Mosaic, whose source code Microsoft licensed from a small company named Spyglass-and which later filed a lawsuit over loss of royalties, once Redmond started giving away IE for free. Internet Explorer was also at the center of the landmark United States vs. Microsoft antitrust case. Whether you use it or not, it’s hard to argue against Internet Explorer’s key role in the Internet’s evolution. – …
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta Due Sept. 15
August 13th, 2010 |
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Microsoft will launch the public beta of Internet Explorer 9 on Sept. 15. The company recently launched the fourth Platform Preview of IE9, with features such as native JavaScript integration. Internet Explorer continues to hold market share despite strong challenges from the likes of Firefox and Google Chrome. – Microsoft will launch its public beta of Internet Explorer 9 on Sept. 15,
with a high-profile event in San Francisco.
During the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting on July 29, Microsoft COO
Kevin Turner had suggested the IE9 beta would arrive in September but offered
no further details. Micro…
Firefox Is Losing the Browser War to Internet Explorer, Chrome: 10 Reasons Why
August 3rd, 2010 |
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News Analysis: Mozillas Firefox might be celebrated as a fine browser by some, but its possible that without the right moves, the software will lose the browser market to bigger (and perhaps better) alternatives. – Mozilla has one of the finest stories in the tech
space. Facing a seemingly insurmountable competitor that had vanquished
bigger firms, Mozilla delivered a browser that offered superior performance to Internet Explorer.
Over time, its browsers popularity grew as
word-of-mouth helped the company …
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta Coming in September
July 30th, 2010 |
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Microsoft plans to release a beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser sometime in September. Better performance, “same markup” and improved Acid3 test scores are expected. – Microsoft
plans to release a beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser
sometime in September.
Speaking
at the Microsoft
Financial Analyst Meeting on July 29, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Turner said the company will be moving ahead with a beta of the next
generatio…
Microsoft Refines Internet Explorer Platform Preview 2
May 5th, 2010 |
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Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 2, available for developer download at the IE Test Drive site http://www.ietestdrive.com/ . This release builds on the initial platform preview and includes: additional improvements to the IE9 preview performance, enhanced support for standards, additional tests submitted to the working groups at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and more than 10 new developer samples on the IE9 Test Drive site that highlight performance, graphics and HTML5. The goal of this release is to enable the same markup #151the same HTML, the same CSS, the same script #151to work the same across different browsers.
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10 Reasons Why Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Dominance is Ending
May 5th, 2010 |
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News Analysis: Internet Explorer still might be the leader in the browser market, but its dominance is coming to a close. Here are the reasons why and how that’s happening.
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The bad news just keeps coming for Microsoft’s
Internet Explorer platform. After being forced by the European Union to
give
Windows users the option of downloading other browsers besides its own,
Microsoft has had to stand by and
watch as the market share for Internet Explorer, on…
Internet Explorer losing ground in india
March 28th, 2010 |
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According to StatCounter, the percentage of PCs running Internet Explorer in India dropped from close to 70% in 2008 to about 51%, currently .
The drop was despite an absence of any regulation by a trade commission , unlike that mandated by European Union on Microsoft, this year.
In Europe, Internet Explorer lost three times more share [...]
10 Reasons Why Firefox Could Beat Microsoft Internet Explorer
March 24th, 2010 |
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News Analysis: Mozilla’s Firefox browser might not have the market share Microsoft’s Internet Explorer currently does, but as the European Union continues to shift browser choice to Internet Explorer alternatives, it might be Mozilla’s Firefox browser that could finally beat out Internet Explorer.
– Although the Windows Web browser choice screen, which allows European
Windows users to choose which Web browser they would like to use, started just
a few weeks ago, already
Microsoft is losing market share to the competition.
It seems that although Microsoft’s browser is the most recognizable …
Microsoft Soups Up Internet Explorer 9 for Performance and Interoperability
March 18th, 2010 |
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Microsoft has delivered a peek at the next version of its popular web browser, known as Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). The Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview is the first look at what’s coming in IE next version of the world’s most popular Web browser. Internet Explorer 9 has been designed to help the Web development community create rich, standards-compliant, interoperable Web applications by providing the platform, tools and features they need to build the modern Web. Microsoft has designed this platform preview to deliver on the company’s promise of transparency, and to provide early and frequent access to Internet Explorer 9. IE9 features a new JavaScript engine and hardware-accelerated graphics capabilities in addition to support for web standards such as HTML5, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Cascading Style Sheets 3 (CSS3) and more.
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Microsoft Soups Up Internet Explorer 9 Performance
March 18th, 2010 |
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Microsoft has delivered a peek at the next version of its popular Web browser, Internet Explorer 9. The Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview is the first look at what’s coming in the next version of the world’s most popular Web browser. Internet Explorer 9 has been designed to help the Web development community create rich, standards-compliant, interoperable Web applications by providing the platform, tools and features they need to build the modern Web. Microsoft has designed this platform preview to deliver on the company’s promise of transparency, and to provide early and frequent access to Internet Explorer 9. IE9 features a new JavaScript engine and hardware-accelerated graphics capabilities, in addition to support for Web standards such as HTML5, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Cascading Style Sheets 3 (CSS3) and more.
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