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IE mouse tracking flaw allows sites to record cursor movements
- 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…
Chrome, IE market share creeps upward, Firefox losing ground
- According to data from analytics firm Net Applications, Internet Explorer may be making a slow come back after years of being on the decline. Although IE's market share only ticked upward from 53.83 to 54.09 percent, this is compounded by…
Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test
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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...
IE market share slips, Facebook pulls support for IE7
- While Microsoft was quick to announce Internet Explorer 9 gained significant ground in usurping IE8 on Windows 7, the latest numbers from Net Applications and StatCounter write a richer story than the company was willing to tell.
Microsoft to start releasing automatic Internet Explorer updates
- Microsoft announced today that it plans to start releasing automatic Internet Explorer updates in the near future. Starting next month, Windows XP, Vista and 7 users in Australia and Brazil will begin experiencing the silent rollouts. It's worth noting that this…
Users with newer IE versions more likely to use Bing, especially for IE9
- It appears that Internet Explorer's tech-savvy users are more likely to use Bing. In other words, the later version of Microsoft's browser you use, the higher the chance that you're also using Microsoft's search engine.
Microsoft: IE9 adoption "about five times higher" than that of IE8
- Microsoft has announced that so far, the adoption rate of Internet Explorer 9 is about five times higher then what the company saw for Internet Explorer 8 in the same time frame. Over 90 percent of IE9 downloads (through March…
Microsoft: IE9 will surge when it comes to Windows Update in late June
- Internet Explorer 9 was released on March 15, 2011. Two weeks later, on March 29, 2011 (yesterday), Microsoft turned on Windows Update for the new version, but only for existing IE9 Beta and IE9 RC users. The software giant has…
In just five days, Firefox 4 more than doubles IE9's market share
- Net Applications has released Daily Tracking tools to watch how IE9 and Firefox 4 capture market share in the early days after their launch. The data clearly shows that the latter has already quickly pulled ahead of the former.
IE9 users get a free month of Hulu Plus, more
- Microsoft has teamed up with several online services to promote the arrival of Internet Explorer 9. Folks running the latest iteration of IE will be able to take advantage of deals from Hulu, Groupon, eBay, Slacker and Gilt Groupe. In…
IE9 sees 2.35 million downloads in first 24 hours
- Internet Explorer 9 was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours since its release earlier this week. In other words, IE9 was downloaded over 27 times every second, or over 240 downloads every 9 seconds (Microsoft loves using…
Google releases WebM plug-in preview for IE9
- Following the launch of Internet Explorer 9, Google has released a preview WebM plug-in for IE9 on Windows Vista and Windows 7. The filter also allows WebM-encoded video playback on Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. Installing it doesn't…
WP7 roadmap: CDMA support, IE9, SkyDrive, Twitter, multitasking
- The big news last week was that Nokia was switching to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, however, Microsoft had a lot more to share regarding WP7's future. Here are several new…
W3C reveals first HTML5 conformance tests, IE9 surprises
- The Worldwide Web Consortium has released the first test results for browsers’ HTML5 conformance and it looks like Microsoft has been doing a great job supporting the latest set of web standards. Taking into account seven aspects of HTML5 specifications…
Microsoft: 2 million IE9 downloads in 2 days
- Microsoft has announced that in two days, over 2 million people worldwide have downloaded the Internet Explorer 9 Beta. The software giant says the number shows great user interest, especially when compared to the Internet Explorer 8 Beta, which launched…
Microsoft pairs up with the Gorillaz to launch IE9
- Microsoft is teaming up with the virtual animated band Gorillaz for the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta later this week. In an invite sent to the media, Microsoft hinted at the collaboration with the Gorillaz. "Join us for the…
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