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Yahoo beats Microsoft to punch with IE update
October 18, 2006
Yahoo posts an optimized version of Internet Explorer 7 before Microsoft's own final release of the browser.
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Why I dumped Internet Explorer
October 1, 2004
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper confesses that he's a Firefox convert and not at all nostalgic for the old days.
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Another IE 7 pop-up problem discovered
October 30, 2006
Browser glitch could enable malicious attackers to alter content in a trusted site's pop-up window.
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Microsoft patch jams up IE
December 17, 2005
Security update is causing trouble for some people who have been testing version 7 of the browser.
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Is Microsoft reacting to Firefox's popularity?
February 15, 2005
Reversing a longstanding Microsoft policy, the company will ship an update to its Internet Explorer browser separately from the next version of Windows. The move acknowledges that the browser has b...
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Microsoft disables Internet Explorer 7 validation process
October 8, 2007
Software giant says security reasons were behind the move, but it could help in the race against rival browser Firefox.
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Microsoft tags IE 7 'high priority' update
July 26, 2006
Browser update will be delivered automatically to Windows XP users, but those who don't want it can opt out.
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Microsoft tweaks browser to avoid liability
December 2, 2005
To shield itself from patent infringement liability, the software maker changes how IE handles ActiveX controls and Java applets.
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Windows 2000 users to miss out on IE 7
June 2, 2005
Although Windows 2000 will be supported until 2010, users won't get access to IE 7's improved security and standards support.
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IE 7 bugs abound
February 1, 2006
Possible security flaw is found; preview release doesn't work with McAfee; and some security tools block browser installation.
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Microsoft drops Mac IE
December 19, 2005
Microsoft will cut off Internet Explorer support for Mac users this month, and Mac IE availability will end in early '06.
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IE 7 reaches 100 million users
January 16, 2007
Web browser now second only to IE 6 in terms of usage in the U.S., Microsoft announces.
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Another flaw in IE 6 found
October 27, 2006
Microsoft is investigating a flaw that could be used to crash the Web browser.
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New bug can crash Internet Explorer
March 20, 2006
Microsoft is looking into public reports of a flaw in IE that could cause a malicious Web site to crash the browser.
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Google soups up search toolbar
February 16, 2005
Fresh version of toolbar that lets people search the Web from static box on IE means "less cutting and pasting," company says.
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Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE
September 19, 2005
But the security specialist also finds that Microsoft's browser is the only one widely exploited by hackers today.
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Microsoft advises IE users to uninstall Netscape 8
May 26, 2005
Software giant says Netscape's latest browser appears to break the XML rendering capabilities in Internet Explorer.
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Firefox passes 50 million download mark
April 29, 2005
Open-source browser has shaken up the market, but now faces its own challenges.
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Yahoo backtracks on Firefox pledge
March 22, 2005
Company's Australian office retracts promise that future products would work with both Firefox and IE.
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Safari ushers in better browser colors
June 19, 2007
Apple's Safari could bring richer colors to Windows browsers, but Firefox soon will help expand the gamut, too.
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