Tag / web browsers

Stephen Shankland over at CNET spent an entire week using only Internet Explorer 8 to try and gauge its strengths and weaknesses....

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  Today Microsoft kicked off its launch of Internet Explorer 8 at the Mix 09 show: "We are releasing it here at Mix because we are excited about what you, the developers, can build with it," IE general manager Dean Hachamovitch said. Hachamovitch then launched into a demo of the new browser, touting its anti-malware features, such as protection from click-jacking attacks. Some of the biggest features touted is the so-called “private browsing” that leaves no tracks behind of your surfing, and the “accelerators” that allow users to take action without leaving a website....

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