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Foxtel Launches TV Guide Gadget For Windows PCs

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11:30AM August 25, 2010 | Nick Broughall

The love-in between Microsoft and Foxtel – which previously brought us the Foxtel on Xbox announcement plus the live telecast of Microsoft’s E3 keynote on Fox8 – has just been reaffirmed, with Foxtel launching a TV Guide gadget for Windows PCs. More »


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Microsoft’s Ad Sales Team Killed Effort To Redefine Browser Privacy

12:39AM August 3, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

After Microsoft killed Kin, stories swirled attributing its mismanagement to warring fiefdoms inside the company. A Wall Street Journal report suggests that a similar conflict curbed an effort to overhaul privacy in IE8, with ad sales winning out over the browser group. More »


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IE Market Share Falls Below 60%

10:40AM May 5, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

According to Net Applications, Internet Explorer’s market share in April was 59.95 per cent, an F+ in total world browser domination. The last time it was that low was in 1999 when Microsoft’s latest and greatest browser offering was IE4. What gives? More »


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Microsoft Attacks Google Chrome On Privacy

7:31AM April 1, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Microsoft has apparently decided that a good way to promote Internet Explorer 8 is by attacking Chrome over privacy concerns. Like, say, right here in this video. But something doesn’t add up. More »


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If You Use IE8, Firefox And Safari, Today Is A Bad Day

12:10AM March 26, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Nils – one of the hackers at the 2010 edition of Pwn2Own – scored a hat trick yesterday, breaking the security of Internet Explorer 8, Firefox and Safari, and taking full control of a Windows 7 machine (Chrome wasn’t targeted). [Zdnet]


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Internet Exploder 8 Just Conquered The World (That’s A Good Thing)

4:59PM February 3, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Internet Explorer 8 is the best browser Microsoft’s ever shipped. It actually sorta tries to be compliant with modern web standards, or at least more so than its predecessors, so it’s a huge leap forward, even if it’s nowhere near WebKit-based browsers like Safari or Chrome on that front. So, I’m glad to see it’s now the world’s most-used browser, instead of IE6 or IE7, with 25.6 per cent of the total market, according to Net Applications. [Windows Team Blog]


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Is Your Browser Stealing Precious Battery Life?

7:20AM September 15, 2009 | John Herrman

People go to such great lengths to extend laptop battery life—going blind staring at dimmed screens, developing repetitive stress injuries by ditching mice—that they miss the obvious. Like browsers, which apparently have a huge impact on battery life. More »


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Remainders — Things We Didn’t Post

1:00PM August 21, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Hey Keith Richards, What’s Dangling From Your Ear?…Yahoo Tells Firefox Users to Pick “Safer” IE8…Kodak Admits It Has a Product Naming Problem…An Apple TV People Might Actually Want…Nokia, Cellular Equipment Maker to the Evil Doers… More »


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Dean Cain Wards Off Puke And Porn With Internet Explorer 8 (NSFL)

9:00AM June 25, 2009 | Sean Fallon

O.M.G.I.G.P or “Oh My God I’m Gonna Puke” is a serious problem for those living with the sick and perverted. Fortunately Dean Cain and IE8′s InPrivate mode can help. Warning: video is NSFL and reading Cain’s lips is very NSFW. More »


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Microsoft Resorts To Bribing People Away From Firefox

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2:00PM June 18, 2009 | Nick Broughall

So it appears that Microsoft has given up on trying to compete with Firefox on a simple feature for feature basis, and instead has opted to go for bribery in an effort to get people to download IE8. More »