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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Support Continues, Despite Calls for Phase-Out
Microsoft will continue to support Internet Explorer 6 through April 2014, despite calls from certain portions of the online community to phase out the eight-year-old browser. Although a significant percentage of people continue to use IE 6, that number has been dropping more of the online community either adopts Internet...
Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
News items 2009-08-12
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Is Updated with New Default Options
Microsoft is offering users the up-front option of making Internet Explorer 8 their default browser, or else staying with a rival browser, as part of a Patch Tuesday update. The new version of IE 8 comes as Microsoft finds itself losing browser market-share to Firefox and other rivals, and negotiating...
Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
News items 2009-08-11
Older Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerable to Security Flaw
Researchers at Symantec say exploit code for a zero-day security vulnerability has been uncovered in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.Proof-of-concept code for an attack targeting old versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer has made its way online. According to Symantec, someone posted the code Nov. 20 to the Bugtraq mailing list. The...
Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
News items 2009-11-23
Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Security Advisory
Microsoft says that it is investigating the reported vulnerability, which affects Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, and Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft says that...
Tags: Attack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Vulnerability
News items 2009-11-24
Microsoft Confirms Internet Explorer Zero-Day Vulnerability
Microsoft confirmed proof-of-concept attack code for a flaw affecting Internet Explorer works on IE 6 and IE 7.Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a zero-day bug in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.Proof-of-concept attack code for the flaw posted last week to the Bugtraq mailing list. The flaw is tied to the way Internet Explorer...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Flaw
News items 2009-11-24
Windows Mobile 6.5 review roundup
Filed under: OS Updates , Windows Mobile Microsoft has pulled back the thin veil that was covering Windows Mobile 6.5 and launched its next generation operating system for mobile phones. And it's pretty much exactly what you would expect based on all the information that's been...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile
News items 2009-10-06
Microsoft's IE 8 Effective at Blocking Phishing, Malware, Report Says
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is more effective at blocking both phishing sites and socially engineered malware than Firefox, Safari and other browsers, say two new reports from NSS Labs. Microsoft is pushing its community to upgrade from Internet Explorer 6 and 7 to the new browser, which it says can...
Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer
News items 2009-08-17
Microsoft: Breaking up with IE 6 hard to do
It's been roughly eight years since Microsoft released Internet Explorer 6, but in many ways the company is still very much tied to the aging product.Although Microsoft has released two major versions of Internet Explorer in the past couple of years, for many, the face of Internet Explorer is still...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
News items 2009-08-13
Microsoft: Firefox's billion claim is 'interesting math'
Internet Explorer chief 'encourages people to be somewhat sceptical' of claims by competitorA senior Microsoft executive has called into question the claim by rival web browser Firefox that it has been downloaded a billion times.Amy Barzdukas, senior director of product management at Microsoft and the woman in charge of the...
Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
News items 2009-08-13
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Coming to HTC Touch2, Sony Ericsson Xperia
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5, Redmond's new mobile operating system, will be integrated into several smartphones this fall, including the HTC Touch2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia X2, according to both companies. Although Microsoft lags behind Apple, Palm and other companies currently entrenched in the smartphone space, it hopes that added functionality...
Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, High Tech Computer Corp., Smart Phone
News items 2009-09-02
In Depth: Internet Explorer 9: what you need to know
Microsoft showed Internet Explorer 9 for the first time yesterday at its Professional Developer Conference, but a technical preview won't be available before next year (perhaps at CES 2010 in January). Instead, Windows Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky demonstrated the latest test version, with...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, DirectX
News items 2009-11-19
Microsoft: IE6 Cannot Die
We here at Mashable have been big proponents of eliminating Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) from the web. As we passionately argued in IE6 Must Die for the Web to Move On, the outdated browser is stifling innovation, breaking websites, and hurting the advancement of new web technology. A lot...
Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
News items 2009-08-11
Microsoft confirms IE6, IE7 zero-day bug
Computerworld - Microsoft today confirmed that exploit code published last week can compromise PCs running older versions of Internet Explorer IE, but said its security team has not yet seen any in-the-wild attacks. The attack code, which was posted Friday to the Bugtraq security mailing list, affects both Internet Explorer...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
News items 2009-11-23
Internet Explorer Loses Market Share
Internet Explorer's market share plunged by a record-setting amount during December, Web metrics vendor Net Applications Inc. said last week. Microsoft Corp.'s browser lost 1.6 percentage points of its market share last month, ending December with a 68.2% share, down from November''s 69.8%. Since the end of October, IE has...
News items 2009-08-07
Internet Explorer posts largest loss since '08; Firefox, Chrome, Safari gain
Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser posted its largest market share loss last month since 2008, Web metrics company Net Applications said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Google's Chrome continues to gain on Apple's Safari, closing within 1.25 percentage points. At its current pace, Chrome will replace Safari as the No. 3 browser in...
Tags: Web Browser, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Percentage Point
News items 2009-09-01
Internet Explorer Losing Market Share in Europe
Research from AT Internet Institute indicates that Microsoft is losing European market share in the web browser sector with Internet Explorer. The firm says IE is being seriously shaken up by rival browsers across the continent."Despite the release of its Version 8 in March of this year, Internet Explorer does...
Tags: Web Browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer
News items 2009-11-02
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Will Debut on 3 LG Electronics Smartphones
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 will also roll out on three LG Electronics smartphone models in coming weeks, and eventually 13 devices made by the company by the end of 2010. Other manufacturers, such as HTC and Sony Ericsson, have announced this week that their upcoming smartphones will include Windows Mobile...
Tags: LG Electronics Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, High Tech Computer Corp., Smart Phone
News items 2009-09-03
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Arrives Oct. 6 with Help from Samsung, HTC, Toshiba
On the Windows Mobile blog, new details are emerging about the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones due to arrive Oct. 6. Coming from HP, LG, HTC, Samsung and others, the smartphones will offer something for everyone, including options regarding pricing, touchscreens, keyboards, accelerometers, cameras and GPS.Microsoft is revealing new details about...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., High Tech Computer Corp., Smart Phone
News items 2009-09-01
HTC Imagio Review: HTC Is Microsoft's Best Critic [Review]
Copy this whole post to another site For Windows Mobile 6.5, the OS is only and thankfully half the story. Microsoft left plenty up to the carriers and handset manufacturers, and with the Imagio, Verizon and HTC have at least created something interesting. Verizon's HTC Imagio is a touchscreen Windows...
Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, High Tech Computer Corp., Handset
News items 2009-10-06
Microsoft: Browsers for Food
Compete submits: It’s well known that Microsoft’s MSFT ten year old Internet Explorer 6 is still widely used by late (late, late) adopters and those that are held at the mercy of lethargic Corporate IT departments. by Compete
Tags: Internet, Compete, Microsoft Corp.
External links 2009-10-20
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