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Internet Explorer 10 to run Flash content by default in Metro mode

Internet Explorer 10 to run Flash content by default in Metro mode
  • Posted March 12, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Starting today, Microsoft says Internet Explorer 10 will enable Adobe Flash content by default while immersive mode is engaged (i.e. "Metro mode" for IE). The change will be delivered via Microsoft's usual round of "Patch Tuesday" updates for both Windows…

Internet Explorer 10 finally arrives on Windows 7

Internet Explorer 10 finally arrives on Windows 7
  • Posted February 26, 2013, 9:43 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web With Video
  • Windows 7 users have had access to a release preview of Internet Explorer 10 for a few months now, but now Microsoft is making the final release available on the platform for the first time since the browser’s debut on…

IE mouse tracking flaw allows sites to record cursor movements

IE mouse tracking flaw allows sites to record cursor movements
  • Posted December 12, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Microsoft With Video
  • Spider.io reported today that Microsoft has no "immediate plans" to fix the potential Internet Explorer vulnerability which allows any website operator (or advertiser, hacker etc...) to track a visitor's mouse cursor movements. Microsoft's security team has acknowledged the issue but…

Internet Explorer 10 preview finally available for Windows 7

Internet Explorer 10 preview finally available for Windows 7
  • Posted November 13, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft
  • Aside from Microsoft's unilateral decision to enable Do-Not-Track by default, the most controversial thing about Internet Explorer 10 may have been its limited platform support. Except for its first couple of previews, the browser has remained compatible only for flavors…

Windows 8, IE10 suffer multiple critical zero-day vulnerabilities

Windows 8, IE10 suffer multiple critical zero-day vulnerabilities
  • Posted November 5, 2012, 7:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, IT Security
  • Researchers at Vupen, a private security firm based in France, claim to have found multiple, critical vulnerabilities in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10. The team's exploits allow hackers to remotely execute code, allowing crafty individuals to potentially gain control…

Yahoo! is latest company to ignore IE10's Do-Not-Track setting

Yahoo! is latest company to ignore IE10
  • Posted October 29, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Industry News
  • Microsoft's decision to enable Do Not Track in IE10 by default is still managing to elicit industry criticism. Yahoo is the latest company to ignore IE10's on-by-default DNT policy, joining Apache in not recognizing the browser's DNT setting. Yahoo reasons that…

IE10 to land on Windows 7 mid-November as preview version

IE10 to land on Windows 7 mid-November as preview version
  • Posted October 17, 2012, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Those still not sold on the idea of upgrading to Windows 8 will have to wait a bit before gaining access to Microsoft’s next generation web browser in Windows 7. The company has revealed that IE10 will be coming to…

Ad industry says IE10's Do-Not-Track implemenation hurts web

Ad industry says IE10
  • Posted October 3, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Recently, Microsoft's decision to equip Internet Explorer 10 with Do-Not-Track and enable it by default has raised quite a few eyebrows. Unsurprisingly, the Association of National Advertisers is the latest organization to express its "profound disappointment" regarding Microsoft's choice. The…

Apache webserver patch set to ignore IE10's Do Not Track feature

Apache webserver patch set to ignore IE10
  • Posted September 11, 2012, 5:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • An Apache HTTP webserver developer has stirred up controversy after releasing an update for the webserver application to Github that ignores Internet Explorer 10's "Do Not Track" (DNT) settings. Roy Fielding, an architect of the DNT standard, an Adobe employee…

Embedded Flash puts Windows 8 users at risk until Oct 26

Embedded Flash puts Windows 8 users at risk until Oct 26
  • Posted September 6, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, IT Security
  • Are you running the Windows 8 RTM yet? If you are, you may want to be careful out there, suggests Ed Bott from ZDNet. Internet Explorer 10's embedded Flash component suffers from a number of critical vulnerabilities which allow hackers…

Microsoft talks IE10, "Do Not Track" will be enabled by default

Microsoft talks IE10, "Do Not Track" will be enabled by default
  • Posted June 1, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software With Video
  • Yesterday, Microsoft posted an interesting look at the current state of Internet Explorer 10 on its MSDN blog. In the article, readers will discover that Microsoft is touting a faster and more fluid experience, natural touch and gesture control, metro-influenced…

Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test

Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test
  • Posted April 6, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Internet Explorer isn't the fastest or most featured-packed browser around, but it might be the most power efficient. Hoping to determine which software would give his aging desktop replacement the longest battery life, Ciprian Adrian Rusen put IE9, IE10, Chrome, Firefox and Opera to the test...

Microsoft: Internet Explorer is the browser you love to hate

Microsoft: Internet Explorer is the browser you love to hate
  • Posted March 21, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft With Video
  • "The Browser You Love to Hate" is Microsoft's latest attempt at humility, applying its self-deprecating, signature humor to yet another quirky ad campaign aimed to win back former users of their increasingly abandoned browser. "It's good now. No, really." seems to be…

Microsoft puts Flash on notice with 'plug-in free' Metro IE10

Microsoft puts Flash on notice with
  • Posted September 15, 2011, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Microsoft
  • In what could be a major blow for Adobe's Flash, it seems Microsoft is now distancing itself from the technology with claims that the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 will be a plug-in free experience. You'll…

Microsoft releases IE10 Platform Preview 2

Microsoft releases IE10 Platform Preview 2
  • Posted June 29, 2011, 3:39 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Software With Video
  • Microsoft has released the second platform preview of Internet Explorer 10. You can download it now directly from the Microsoft Download Center: Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview. Until Windows 8 is released, Windows 7 32-bit or Windows 7 64-bit is…

IE10 will only work on Windows 7 and up, no Vista support

IE10 will only work on Windows 7 and up, no Vista support
  • Posted April 14, 2011, 3:35 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • When Microsoft released the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 earlier this week, our readers pointed out that it only appeared to work on Windows 7. A quick check in the release notes showed that IE10 would indeed not…

Microsoft releases IE10 Platform Preview 1

Microsoft releases IE10 Platform Preview 1
  • Posted April 12, 2011, 1:13 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Software With Video
  • Less than a month after releasing Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has unveiled the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 at its MIX11 conference. You can download it now directly from the Microsoft Download Center: Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview…

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