The look of the browser will be familiar to anyone who has been using IE7, with some small changes to the links bar. The links bar has been rechristened the "favorites bar." When enabled, the bookmark ...

Launching IE8 for the first time after the (sadly) obligatory reboot, the browser asks the usual questions about default browsers, default search providers, and so on. As well as these typical ...

Microsoft had a natural path to market share dominance, packaging its Internet Explorer browser and Windows operating system. After all, many users wouldn't bother to download a competing browser when ...

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 has finally become the world's most-used browser, according to Net Applications' figures based on monitoring website usage. IE8 has taken over from IE6, which has been ...

Since IE8 shipped last week, I’ve been following reviews and user feedback closely. A lot of the reactions to Microsoft’s new browser come down to personal preference: Some people like the ...

IE8 has also been tweaked for security and includes a so-called “porn mode,” new anti-malware protection, and better ways to protect your privacy. This final version differs little from last January’s ...

Microsoft has brought its Internet Explorer 8 browser out of beta with the release of IE8 Release Candidate 1 . The program is available to the public as of Monday afternoon. As a regular user of ...

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is now available for download by the public. Microsoft certainly needs to push IE8 out soon -- especially when considering the recent developments within the Web browsing ...

Internet Explorer 8 is moving out of beta: The final version will be available today at noon ET. The new browser is packed with new features and improved security features, and early reviews and ...

The user interface was Microsoft's top priority when building its latest version of Internet Explorer, not performance benchmarking, according to a Microsoft executive. Stephane Kimmerlin, product ...

A release candidate of Microsoft's next-generation Internet Explorer browser made available this week has twice finished last in a five-browser benchmark competition. On the Sunspider JavaScript ...

I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft's new web browser. I'd been happy using rival products like Firefox and Chrome at work and Flock at home, and habits are hard to break ...