Thursday, March 19, 2009

Microsoft to release Internet Explorer 8 today

Microsoft’s latest web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) 8, will be available from noon in the east coast of the US today, and from 5pm in Ireland and the UK, the company has announced.
The new browser can be downloaded in 25 languages at www.microsoft.com/ie8 at 12pm EDT (-5 GMT).
Microsoft stressed that the new browser will chiefly tackle the security concerns of the growing internet public.
A study commissioned by Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance, and conducted by Harris Interactive, revealed 91pc of adults in the US are concerned about online threats in the current economic climate, and 78pc are more likely to choose a web browser with built-in security than they were two years ago. Read More

Courtesy: Silicon Republic

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