http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:16:04 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/25430/Microsoft_To_Start_To_Automatically_Update_Internet_Explorer/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25430/Microsoft_To_Start_To_Automatically_Update_Internet_Explorer/ As it turns out, Google's idea of silently and automatically updating web browsers for security's sake is actually a pretty darn good idea - Chrome is pretty much always up-to-date. Microsoft agrees with this, and has announced it's going to automatically update Internet Explorer on Windows XP, Vista and 7. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:56:34 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 64 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25228/Microsoft_flags_Firefox_and_Chrome_for_security_failings/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25228/Microsoft_flags_Firefox_and_Chrome_for_security_failings/ Microsoft has unveiled a website aimed at raising awareness of browser security by comparing the ability of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome to withstand attacks from malware, phishing, and other types of threats. Your Browser Matters gives the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome a paltry 2 and 2.5 points respectively out of a possible score of 4. Visit the site using the IE 9, however, and the browser gets a perfect score. IE 7 gets only 1 point, and IE 6 receives no points at all. The site refused to rate Apple's Safari browser in tests run by The Register. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:08:24 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Internet Explorer 88 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News lucas_maximus http://www.osnews.com/story/25068/IE_9_Best_Option_Against_Web-Based_Malware_Attacks/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25068/IE_9_Best_Option_Against_Web-Based_Malware_Attacks/ Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 has proved once again to be the best choice when it comes to catching attacks aimed at making the user download Web-based malware. This claim was made by NSS Labs in the recently released results of a test conducted globally from May 27 through June 10 of the current year, which saw five of the most popular Web browsers pitted against each other. Windows Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), Google Chrome 12, Mozilla Firefox 4, Apple Safari 5 and Opera 11 were tested with 1,188 malicious URLs - links that lead to a download that delivers a malicious payload or to a website hosting malware links. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Internet Explorer 8 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News HAL2001 http://www.osnews.com/story/24628/Microsoft_Unveils_Internet_Explorer_10/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24628/Microsoft_Unveils_Internet_Explorer_10/ So, have you installed Internet Explorer 9 yet on your Windows machine? No? Well, feel assured in the knowledge that at MIX11 today, Microsoft announced Internet Explorer 10, while also pushing out the very first preview release. Also, IE10 (can I call it IEX? Can I? Can I?) was demonstrated running on Windows for ARM. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:33:57 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 60 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24541/IE_1_0_to_9_0_Upgrade_Cycle/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24541/IE_1_0_to_9_0_Upgrade_Cycle/ As a followup to the story from a couple weeks ago about a Windows 1 to 7 upgrade chain, the same intrepid explorer has upgraded from Internet Explorer 1 all the way to the latest version, just to see what happens. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:51:44 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Internet Explorer 8 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24538/IE9_Subject_to_Old_Unpatched_IE_Vulnerability/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24538/IE9_Subject_to_Old_Unpatched_IE_Vulnerability/ Microsoft has confirmed that an old known vulnerability has struck their newest version of their browser, Internet Explorer 9. According to Microsoft: "Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in all supported editions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a victim to run malicious scripts when visiting various Web sites, resulting in information disclosure. " Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:40:25 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Internet Explorer 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News Petur http://www.osnews.com/story/24525/Internet_Explorer_9_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24525/Internet_Explorer_9_Released/ Yes, yes, yes - that's what you get for releasing Internet Explorer 9 in the middle of the night, Microsoft! A post on OSNews that's late! I'm sure that'll teach you. Anywho, as you may have noticed, Microsoft is back in the browser game - Internet Explorer 9 has been released. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:17:20 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 131 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News gogothebee http://www.osnews.com/story/24398/Internet_Explorer_9_Release_Candidate_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24398/Internet_Explorer_9_Release_Candidate_Released/ After an already long development path, Microsoft has just released the release candidate for Internet Explorer 9, their attempt at turning the tide. They've looked at an impressive 17000 pieces of feedback for the release candidate, and they made lots of changes. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:53:53 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 22 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24178/Microsoft_s_New_Browser_Demos_Included_Vorbis_Now_Removed/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24178/Microsoft_s_New_Browser_Demos_Included_Vorbis_Now_Removed/ Microsoft added a couple of new Christmas themed HTML5 demos to their IE9 test drive site which included Vorbis audio in addition to the AAC audio in the audio tags. They've since modified both demos to remove the Vorbis audio. It seems Microsoft is happy to use Vorbis in HTML5 pages internally, just not publicly. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:07:08 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Internet Explorer 20 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News Enrico Pallazzo http://www.osnews.com/story/24044/Internet_Explorer_9_Is_Not_Cheating_on_SunSpider_Benchmark/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24044/Internet_Explorer_9_Is_Not_Cheating_on_SunSpider_Benchmark/ There's a bit of a ruckus on the web about how Microsoft was supposedly cheating when it comes to Internet Explorer 9's performance on benchmarks. Digitizor, as well as some enterprising readers over at HackerNews, came to the conclusion that Microsoft included code in IE9 specifically to ace the SunSpider benchmark. I was ready to write a scathing article about this, - until I loaded up the IEBlog. As it turns, it's not cheating, it's not a bug - it's an actual piece of smart code optimisation other browsers don't have yet. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:10:17 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 101 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News Debjit http://www.osnews.com/story/23935/_IE9_Is_the_IE6_of_CSS3_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23935/_IE9_Is_the_IE6_of_CSS3_/ "There, I said it. Microsoft has been bombarding the media with claims about how much better IE9 is than all the other browsers, more HTML5 and CSS3 compliant than any other browser that ever existing and ever will. It's the only browser that passes all the tests they made up. And, Microsoft has finally implemented the CSS3 selectors that were implemented by other browsers back in, what? 2003? Because Microsoft has updated IE to support CSS3 selectors and rounded corners, they want us to believe that somehow IE9 magically supports the whole slew of CSS3 visual styling. I'm afraid it doesn't. As a matter of fact, IE9's support for CSS3 visual styling is so poor that the results are shocking." Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:11:27 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 49 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News google_ninja http://www.osnews.com/story/23920/Why_Do_so_Many_Geeks_Hate_Internet_Explorer_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23920/Why_Do_so_Many_Geeks_Hate_Internet_Explorer_/ "It's common knowledge that almost every single geek hates Internet Explorer with a passion, but have you ever wondered why? Let's take a fair look at the history and where it all began... For posterity, if nothing else. Contrary to what you might think, this article is not meant to be a hate-fest on Internet Explorer - in fact, we're pretty impressed with the hardware acceleration and new features in Internet Explorer 9 - but keep reading for the whole story." Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:27:12 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 29 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News poundsmack http://www.osnews.com/story/23837/Who_Will_Get_Blessed_with_IE9_in_the_End_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23837/Who_Will_Get_Blessed_with_IE9_in_the_End_/ Microsoft has "set up and removed" having Windows 7 Service Pack 1 as a prerequisite to running (or, more correctly, "installing") IE9, in the space of just 2 days. Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:10:52 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Internet Explorer 32 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News vodoomoth http://www.osnews.com/story/23811/Internet_Explorer_9_Beta_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23811/Internet_Explorer_9_Beta_Released/ After several months and preview releases, Microsoft has finally lifted the curtain for the Windows Explorer 9 beta release. Internet Explorer 9 is Microsoft's attempt at not just catching up to the competition, but at actually surpassing them. Since enough sites will be focusing on just how many nanoseconds faster or slower the beta is compared to the competition, I'll talk a little about the new minimalist interface. Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:14:43 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 69 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News http://www.osnews.com/story/23771/Internet_Explorer_9_UI_Video_Leaked/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23771/Internet_Explorer_9_UI_Video_Leaked/ We already know quite a few details about Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft's upcoming attempt to retain - or grow - its market share in the browser world. Standards and speed are the main focus of IE9, and if a video of the upcoming beta release is anything to go by, they're doing pretty well. Just... Did they just manage to make the interface even less appealing? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:11:30 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Internet Explorer 26 http://www.osnews.com/topics/67 News