The look of the browser will be familiar to anyone who has been using IE7, with some small changes to the links bar. The links bar has been rechristened the "favorites bar." When enabled, the bookmark ...

Internet Explorer 8 is moving out of beta: The final version will be available today at noon ET. The new browser is packed with new features and improved security features, and early reviews and ...

Launching IE8 for the first time after the (sadly) obligatory reboot, the browser asks the usual questions about default browsers, default search providers, and so on. As well as these typical ...

Microsoft had a natural path to market share dominance, packaging its Internet Explorer browser and Windows operating system. After all, many users wouldn't bother to download a competing browser when ...

A release candidate of Microsoft's next-generation Internet Explorer browser made available this week has twice finished last in a five-browser benchmark competition. On the Sunspider JavaScript ...

Internet Explorer 8 has been officially released. Now it's time to download it and start seeing what it really does to your website or web application. For some, things may go smoothly, for others, ...

I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft Corp.'s new Web browser. (Msnbc.com is a joint Microsoft - NBC Universal venture.) I'd been happy using rival products like Firefox ...

Internet Explorer 8, which launched in 2009, isn’t exactly a modern browser by any standards and it’s slowly turning into the new Internet Explorer 6. Google stopped supporting Google Apps on IE8 last ...

Ever since its release in October 2013, IE11 has been unable to pass IE8 in market share. It made steady gains, but then plateaued before it could become the world’s most popular browser. Now, ...

Microsoft has warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to uninstall either the service pack or Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) under certain circumstances. Microsoft has ...

Internet Explorer 8 hits the wires today with a bevy of new security features, including more protection against hacked sites, ActiveX lockdowns, and a private browsing mode. And if you’re wondering ...