Tag archive: internet explorer 8

Microsoft has announced that beginning early next year, it will begin silently upgrading Internet Explorer on systems running Windows Xp, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. The move mirrors an upgrade strategy that's been used by Google Chrome since 2009, which routinely upgrades users to the latest version without explicitly asking for permission. Currently, even if Windows users have automatic upgrades enabled, Microsoft asks for permission… Read More

According to new data posted this week from a company called Net Applications, Microsoft's Internet Explorer appears to be continuing a downward spiral. Over the last ten months, Microsoft has lost five percent of the web browser market while Google's Chrome has gained about six percent. The amount of people using Internet Explorer is expected to fall below the 50 percent mark around late May of 2012. One bright point for Microsoft… Read More

It's been more than 10 years since Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 6, and arguably it's been one of the most successful Web browsers on the planet. Too successful perhaps, since a decade later it still accounts for about 12 percent of all Web traffic on the planet, according to Net Applications. Since IE6 represents decade-old technology—riddled with security issues, performance problems, and a raft of incompatibilities… Read More

Apple has long been shipping its own Web browser Safari with its Mac OS X operating system—and later for Windows PCs as well—as part of an effort started when Microsoft lost interest in developing Internet Explorer for the Mac several year ago. Earlier this week Apple formally rolled out Safari 4 for Mac and Windows at the top of its World Wide Developers Conference…and now the company is trumpeting that the browser has… Read More

A few weeks back I wrote about the World of Warcraft Dell XPS laptop which is incredibly impressive but since it’s a portable desktop, the AC adapter is basically its’ lifeline. The XPS is a monster and while it would be fun to take it into the office, the reality is you’d only do it once because it’s so heavy. The new Alienware Area-51 M15x laptop is actually much more practical and, in some ways,… Read More