Microsoft: IE 8 Release Candidate won’t install on Windows 7
Windows 7 testers won’t be able to install Microsoft’s near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 — a limitation Microsoft is acknowledging and saying is by design.
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20.1.2009 Microsoft shows off RC1 of IE 8
Microsoft is moving full steam ahead with its newest browser IE 8. In a world once dominated by IE, Microsoft is now finding stiff competition.
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17.12.2008 Microsoft IE 8 - Great Performance
This morning, my editor asked why I hadn't blogged about Internet Explorer 8. My response: "Who cares?" Do you? Maybe we both should.
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27.8.2008 Microsoft Details IE 8 Security Default Change
The company will enable DEP/NX (Data Execution Prevention/No Execute) by default in IE 8 when running on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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11.4.2008 Microsoft will push IE 8 public beta
Microsoft has surprised watchers by saying that it will shortly make a first beta of Internet Explorer 8 generally available, according to a staffer at IT Week who wishes to remain anonymous.
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26.2.2008 Microsoft: Why the Silence about IE 8.0?
Two years ago, Microsoft used the Bill Gates keynote at its MIX conference as the launch pad for Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0, which shipped last year. However, this year at MIX07, news of the next IE version, which Microsoft has confirmed is in development, was not to be had.
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6.5.2007 Microsoft’s IE 8.0: More than just vaporware
When I mentioned in a post yesterday that I had heard there was an alpha build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0 circulating inside Microsoft, some were skeptical.
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15.1.2007 Up next: IE 8.0
While the Microsoft-sanctioned name of the next version of Internet Explorer (IE) is IE "Next," it seems it will likely be christened IE 8.0.
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29.10.2006Microsoft: Why the Silence about IE 8.0?
Two years ago, Microsoft used
the Bill Gates keynote at its
MIX conference as the launch
pad for Internet Explorer (IE)
7.0, which shipped last year.
However,
this year at MIX07, ..
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06.05.2007Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test
A week after Opera Software filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft that focused, in part, on
Microsoft’s falure to make Internet Explorer (I..
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20.12.2007Microsoft to release IE 8 beta 1 in first half of 2008
Microsoft plans to release the first beta of the next version of Internet Explorer in the first half of 2008 and said Wednesday that IE 8 has passed a
key Web standards test that ensures the browser w..
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20.12.2007Microsoft will push IE 8 public beta
Microsoft has surprised watchers by saying that it will shortly make a first
beta of Internet Explorer 8 generally available,
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26.02.2008Where Are the IE 8 Security Goodies?
There's a conspicuous absence of information about whether IE8 will include anti-malware blockers, anti-virus integration or changes to dangerous
ActiveX-related defaults.
The fir..
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05.03.2008Will Microsoft Change How ActiveX Runs in IE 8?
Conspicuously absent from Microsoft's annual MIX conference here was any discussion by the software giant about whether it plans to change the way
ActiveX will run in Internet Explorer 8.
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06.03.2008Will IE 8 break the Web?
Mary Jo Foley: There’s been one nagging question about Internet Explorer (IE) 8 about which I can’t stop wondering: Once it finally
ships, will it break the Web?
It&#..
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13.03.2008A Brief History of IE 8: Martian Headsets
Joel Spolsky: Youre about to see the mother of all flamewars on internet groups where web developers hang out. Itll make the Battle of Stalingrad look
like that time your sister-in-law stormed out of ..
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18.03.2008What's the best beta? IE 8 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari vs Firefox 3
It's up to your Web browser to make using the Internet easy and enjoyable -- it's arguably the most important piece of software you use. As the
Internet becomes more integral to daily life, the browse..
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19.03.2008Microsoft Details IE 8 Security Default Change
Microsoft plans to make a key Internet Explorer default change to thwart attackers trying to hack into its Web browser. The software maker will enable
DEP/NX (Data Execution Prevention/No Execute) by ..
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11.04.2008Microsoft IE 8 Beta 2 Coming! Are your websites ready?
Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft will be releasing Internet Explorer 8 to render content in
its most standards-compliant way by default. Givin..
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27.05.2008Questions and comments about Firefox 3, IE 8, the future of
Web browsers, cloud computing, and how it all comes together.
Paul Thurrott: So it's always amusing to me when the mainstream press
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27.05.2008Microsoft says it needs more IE 8 beta testers
With Beta 2 of the Web browser due next month, Microsoft is looking to sign up more official testers for Internet Explorer 8, saying it's the only
way for individuals to directly file bug reports.
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Microsoft's IE 8 puts giant web hole on notice
Engineers in Microsoft's Internet Explorer group are devising a new means to stamp out one of the web's biggest security banes: attacks that steal
email, bank account credentials and other sensitive i..
winbeta.org - 21.08.2008
Do You Care About IE 8?
This morning, my editor asked why I hadn't blogged about Internet Explorer 8. My response: "Who cares?" Do you? Maybe we both should. For weeks,
Microsoft has been dribbling out information about ..
neowin.net - 27.08.2008
Whats in IE 8 for enterprise users?
While most of the reviews of IE 8 Beta 2, which Microsoft made available to testers this
week, are focusing on the more consumer-focused features..
winbeta.org - 28.08.2008
Should Microsoft do an IE 8 ˜Lite?
Mary Jo Foley: Would Microsoft be smart to try to head off Google’s Chrome before it can gain a foothold by rolling out a smaller, faster,
lighter version of Internet Explorer?
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winbeta.org - 19.09.2008
Microsoft shows off RC1 of IE 8
Microsoft is moving full steam ahead with its newest browser IE 8. In a world once dominated by IE, Microsoft is now finding stiff competition.
Firefox and now Chrome are starting to take a serious b..
neowin.net - 17.12.2008
Fresh privacy fears over IE 8 Suggested Sites
A top security researcher has called for Microsoft to rethink aspects of its Suggested Sites feature in IE8. The optional feature in the next version
of Microsoft's browser allows users to "discover w..
winbeta.org - 02.02.2009
Microsofts IE 8 incompatibility list: 2,400 major sites (and counting)
In an effort to improve Web users’ compatibility experience, Microsoft added a new,
user-selectable Compatibility List to the Release Candi..
winbeta.org - 18.02.2009
