Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week
Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate.
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22.1.2009 Microsoft release 2 updates for IE8 on Windows 7 RC
Microsoft has released two new updates for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 RC, via Windows Update.
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6.5.2009 IE8 Beta 2 Next Month, Final IE8 by the End of 2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is scheduled to drop next month, with the final version of the successor of Internet Explorer 7 confirmed for availability by the end of 2008.
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29.7.2008 Public Vista SP1 RC in a Few Days - XP SP3 RC Next?
Yes, we have come quite a long way since the initial introduction of the pre-beta releases of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 to a limited pool of testers, in mid July.
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6.12.2007 Download Windows 7 XP Mode RC and Virtual PC RC
Redmond-based software giant Microsoft made available the release candidate flavor of Windows 7’s XP Mode add-on on Tuesday. The beta iteration of XP Mode was released on April 30, along with the beta variant of Windows Virtual PC, and the RC version comes as another step the company is taking towards launching the final iteration of the add-on.
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5.8.2009 Vista SP1 RC Refresh Ships – Windows XP SP3 RC Refresh Next?
Should you hold your breath for a new version of Windows XP SP3? Currently, Microsoft has opened up the testing process of the third and final service pack for Windows XP, and, now, all users of the operating system have access to the first Release Candidate of the refresh, as of late 2007.
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10.1.2008 All New XP SP3 RC Refresh 2 and Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 Available for Download
Making headway with the development of Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has made available new builds of both service packs.
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25.1.2008 IE8: What’s After Beta 2
The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development cycle getting broad public feedback.
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24.11.2008 IE8 and Trustworthy Browsing
This blog post frames our approach in IE8 for delivering trustworthy browsing. The topic is complicated enough that some context and even history (before we go into any particular feature) is important, and so some readers may find this post a bit basic as it’s written for a wide audience.
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26.6.2008 Firefox 3.0 goes Alpha but little word yet on IE8
Firefox 2 only launched six weeks ago, but there appear to be no plans for a Firefox 2.5 with the alpha, developer version of Firefox 3.0 just made available on Friday.
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10.12.2006 Microsoft IE8 trial coming soon
Internet Explorer 8 will be released as a beta test version later this year, according to a Microsoft source. Windows XP is apparently included in the plans for the new web browser.
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26.6.2007 Lukewarm reaction to first IE8 beta
Yesterday at the MIX '08 session, Microsoft employees Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and a host of Microsoft partners touted the new Silverlight and IE8 betas to what could be seen (from my perspective) ..
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6.3.2008 Wanted: IE8 Beta Testers
As previously mentioned in the IE8 Beta Feedback post back in March, we have several ways to submit feedback on the IE8 Beta.
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31.7.2008 Probably Fake IE8 alpha screenshots appear on the Internet
IE8 is set to be released in mid-2008, so we can fully expect IE9 to ship with Windows 7 (formerly known as Windows Vienna).
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5.7.2007 The First Look at the IE8 Beta 1 Graphical User Interface
Expect little and you won't be disappointed. This has got to be the rule for Internet Explorer Beta 1.
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3.3.2008 Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 Beta 2 in August
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates confirmed, at the company's Tech Ed North America 2008 Developers conference on June 3, that the next development milestone of Internet Explorer 8 is
approximately a couple of months away.
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3.6.2008 IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
With Microsoft making headway towards the gold build of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company has to face an ugly truth. Performance-wise, with emphasis on JavaScrip performance, the software giant is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
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27.9.2008 Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week
Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate.
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22.1.2009 Microsoft releases IE8 language packs
In case your favorite language isn't English and have been waiting to install a language pack for the recently released Internet Explorer 8.
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26.4.2009 IE8 RTW Compatibility View Design
The Beta version of Internet Explorer 8 shipped with a big Emulate IE7 button next to the Home button on the Command Bar.
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22.6.2009 New Beta for Windows 7 and IE8 Security Baselines
Microsoft has debuted a new Beta program via Connect focused on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines.
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16.7.2009 How to Restore or Reopen Last Closed Tabs in IE8
There may be times that one may accidentally or forgetfully closes a web browsing tab while surfing the world wide web in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) which has loaded important web page. Internet Explorer 8 has built-in mechanism that able to help user in “tab not found” situation, which is ability to reopen closed tabs, with support of up to 10 previously closed tabs.
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2.8.2009 Notable Changes in Windows Server 2008 SP2 RC and Windows Vista SP2 RC
Microsoft® continuously improves the Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008 operating systems by providing ongoing updates while working with software and hardware vendors to help them deliver improved compatibility, reliability, and performance. These updates are provided to customers by Microsoft’s hardware and software partners, as well as directly from Microsoft in the form of regularly distributed updates delivered via Windows Update. Updates to Windows are also delivered directly to some affected customers and preinstalled by PC manufacturers.
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1.3.2009 Forget about IE8 – Onward to Internet Explorer 9 in Windows 7
Well, Internet Explore 8 is not even barely out the door and there has already been talk about Internet Explorer 9... The fact of the matter is that IE8 is not out the door at all.
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20.12.2007 Internet explorer 8 (IE8) RTM expected in March
On February 11, Microsoft OCE announced RTM (Release to Market) version of Internet Explorer 8 will be made available to Royalty OEMs in March 2009. Seems quite fast since RC1 seemed like it just came out.
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18.2.2009 IE8 compatibility and reliability update for Windows 7 beta
Microsoft has released an update for Internext Explorer build 8.0.7000.0, fixing many bugs that were fixed with the release of IE8 RC1 for Vista and XP.
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25.2.2009 Pwn2Own: IE8 hacked & Microsoft responds in less than 12hrs
The 3rd annual Pwn2Own contest kicked off its second day today at CanSecWest this morning. If you missed it, check out yesterday's browser carnage (with pics).
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22.3.2009 nternet Explorer 8 (IE8) - First Consistent Signs of Life Next Month
According to Microsoft, Internet Explorer 8, the next iteration of its proprietary browser, as well as the successor of IE7, is alive and kicking and even standards compliant.
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5.2.2008 Performance test: IE8 easily doubles IE7 speed
Internet Explorer 8's speed will be better, its product manager said today, for folks who live in the real world. Tell that to the planet with the Firefox and Safari users.
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19.3.2009 Internet Explorer (IE8) RTW MUI Language Packs
MUI (Muiltingual User Interface) language packs for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is a set of language-specific resources that integrate exclusively with English version of IE browser, and can translate, convert and change the web browser’s user interface (UI) to be displayed in another supported language.
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6.6.2009Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week
Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate. In a blog posting by
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22.01.2009Microsoft Releases IE8 RC1
Earlier today, Microsoft released their near feature-complete "RC1" version of Internet Explorer 8.
Available in 25 different languages
for Windows Vista, XP, and Windows Server 2003/2008..
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27.01.2009Microsoft release 2 updates for IE8 on Windows 7 RC
Microsoft has released two new updates for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 RC, via Windows Update. The first update applies only to Windows 7 RC, and
will be fixed in the Windows 7 RTM. The first issue resolved is one which, according to the Microsoft Support site, caused the browser to hang, and
show this error message: "A webpage is not responding on the following website: (Website name)". The update for this issue requires the browser to
restart before it can be applied. The issue is apparently caused by a timer used to detect when web pages have stopped responding, which is normally
fine.
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06.05.2009Windows 7 Beta to RC transition - What you need to know
Every one of us is waiting for the upcoming Windows 7 RC release. In the meantime, Windows 7 Team has blogged on the upgrade experience from pre-RC
builds to RC build, even when the RC dates are not officially out. This blog post indeed shows the openness of the Windows 7 Team to discuss various
issues regarding Windows 7 RC. If you are expecting any major announcement, then this post does not have any! The blog post talks a little about
upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7, but as we discussed earlier there is no upgrade path available from Windows XP to Windows 7 "There's no
change here to the plan as has been discussed on many forums.
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07.04.2009Windows 7 RC expected at the end of February
WinnFuture, a German website reports that the one and only RC build of Windows 7 will be ready at the end of February to be sent to select testers.
According to WinFuture's sources, the first-RC build has been compiled by now. The build number currently under test is not known, however
WinFuture reports that 7048 was the latest build of Windows 7 and might be the RC, created a few days before and confirms that work is currently going
on around the Windows 7 RC build.
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19.02.2009On second thought, IE8 will default to full Web standards
Should Microsoft choose for IE8 to follow the standards developers want or the ones they use ? It's been a tough call, and late
yesterday, the company reversed that call. Unlike IE7, IE8 will by default use "Standards mode."..
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04.03.2008Windows 7 RC coming to MSDN/Technet soon, public May 5
A page over at Microsoft Partners has been updated to show that Windows 7 RC will be publically released on May 5, and should be available for MSDN
and Technet subscribers now. However, clicking through the download link will only get you the beta, right now. This would seem to jive with an
earlier leak on a Microsoft page saying that the RC would be available in May, but that was taken down soon after it was reported. Well see how long
this page stays updated with the Windows 7 RC information, or how long it'll take before RC does actually hit MSDN and Technet.
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18.04.2009IE8: More Web Standards tests submitted to the W3C
Earlier this year when Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate was released, the IE team submitted 3784 new test cases to the CSS 2.1 Working Group for
inclusion into the CSS 2.1 test suite. And today, the IE team announced that it is submitting 196 new test cases to the CSS 2.1 Working Group for
inclusion into the CSS 2.1 test suite. "Today, the IE Team is submitting 196 new test cases to the CSS 2.1 Working Group for inclusion into the CSS
2.1 test suite. These cases were developed since IE8 RC. This brings Microsoft's contribution to the CSS 2.1 Test Suite to 7201 tests.
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21.03.2009IE8 - Not 'till 2009
Microsoft will issue one more beta of IE8 before releasing it later than its planned date of the end of 2008.
The next beta will
essentially be the Release Candidate (end of the beta period) which will arrive in Q1 2009.
Microsoft says: "We want the technical
community of people and organizations interested in Web browsers to take this update as a strong signal that IE8 is effectively complete and done."
They state that they will be "very selective" in what changes they make before the final release, and that they will be very clear
about any changes they
do make.
No final release date has been set, but we can expect it not too long after the shipment of the
RC version.
In the meantime, Microsoft encourages developers and end-users to continue beta testing the current Beta 2.
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20.11.2008IE8, and why fixing that pesky 'tab issue' sealed the deal
In my most recent piece, "IE8, and why it's almost my default browser", I outline a couple of factors that inhibited IE8 from holding the
default browser position on my PC. Since writing that article, due in part to some helpful Neowin members and some quality time with IE8, I have since
awarded IE8 that coveted position on my PC and have promptly thrown Google Chrome to the curb. Perhaps the most taxing of my issues was what has been
colloquially referred to as the 'tab issue'. Many users have complained of severe delays when opening new tabs in Internet Explorer.
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03.04.2009Microsoft continues to warn of IE8 lock-in for XP SP3 users
Last year when Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Jane Maliouta announced that consumers using Windows XP SP3 would be locked-in with the
IE8 if they had installed the IE8 beta prior to upgrading to SP3. Microsoft again yesterday issued that same warning to it's consumers. If you are
still one of the millions of users on Windows XP with SP3 installed, Microsoft has provided crucial steps to follow if you're ready to upgrade to
IE8 RC1. You can obtain IE8 RC1 from the links on this page. To see if you're one of the people who will have IE8 locked in, follow these steps.
Is your computer running Windows XP SP3?
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27.01.2009Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 RC released
Last week the Windows Team Blog announced that the availability of SP2 RC for Vista would be available soon. Today they have posted that the download
is now live and you can find the information needed here. If you have a beta install of SP2 loaded on your computer it must be uninstalled before
attempting to load the RC. It should also be mentioned that this, while close, is not a final product and a few hiccups may occur along the way. You
can download the RC directly from the Customer Preview Program or use the Windows Update Experience Kit to obtain the RC for your personal computer.
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05.03.2009Support for IE8 pre-released versions extended
The IE8 beta 2 support page has been updated again and the support for IE8 pre-released versions has now been bumped to until March 31st, 2009. This
could indicate that the final product may be released during April. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer had officially announced
earlier that there will be one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, followed up by the final release. Currently, the IE8 Beta
testers can download the latest partner build and the rest can download the Beta 2 which is available to public. The current IE build version the
beta testers can download is 8.0.6001.18344 and the one available in the leaked Windows 7 Beta 1 is 8.0.7000.0.
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31.12.2008IE7 vs. IE8 in VSTS 2008 SP1 Load test
As we all know, IE8 is coming out soon (Beta 2 is already released) and one of the major performance changes in IE8 is opening up to 6 concurrent
connections per host, comparing to only 2 in IE7.
So, the question is: Does VSTS have IE8? And if it does, does it really open 6
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10.10.2008IE8 RTM expected in March
TechARP has predicted that Microsoft will reach IE8's RTM milestone in March during the last 2 weeks. TechARP expects so because Microsoft plans
to announce the final details of the IE8 RTM schedule and available language versions by March 5, 2009. The malaysian website also expects Microsoft
to determine a time frame for the public release of IE8 via Windows Update by March 8. There was a time gap of 8 weeks between IE7's RC1 and its
public release. A similar 8-weeks time limit applied to IE8's RC1 in January suggests the final build's availability around March 23 according
to TechARP.
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18.02.2009Windows 7 testers should upgrade their IE8
Though there is no IE8 release candidate for Win7, there's now another way for testers to apply critical bux fixes.
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25.02.2009Windows Vista SP2 RC to be released to public next week
Last week we had a rumor that Windows Vista SP2 RC was released to select testers. It turns out that it might be just a notification from Microsoft a
week ahead that RC is done and available for testing or it might have been a near final RC made available for testing to select testers. Microsoft
has announced today that the RC of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers to test prior to final
release. Microsoft will make SP2 RC available to the general public via TechNet during next week. As expected the final version of SP2 will be made
available in the 2nd quarter of 2009.
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26.02.2009Windows Vista SP2 RC build released to testers
TechARP predicted last month that RC-Escrow build of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 will be released between the dates Jan 26-30 and
the RC build between the dates Feb 16-20. The RC Escrow build of SP2 was sent to testers at the end of January and the rumor is that now Microsoft has
released the RC build of SP2 to Microsoft Connect testers exactly between the dates predicted by TechARP. Ars reports that RC build is available for
download as a standalone installer package or via Windows Update or as a slipstreamed download which includes 691 individual hotfixes.
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20.02.2009New IE8 build available for program participants
Internet Explorer 8 beta participants today received a surprising e-mail about 'IE8 Partner Build' released to the IE8 Technical Beta to test
and find issues. This build represents a preview of IE8's progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While Microsoft
believes it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone build, so it is not meant for the general public but
only for testing purposes. Microsoft is not providing any support for this build and henceforth just like in transition from Beta 1 to Beta 2, if you
feel that Microsoft have resolved misfiled your bug, please re-activate the bug.
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11.12.2008Windows 7 RC build 7100 leaks
Redmond still haven't called that plumber, the official RC build has leaked online at the usual places. We revealed yesterday that the Windows 7
RC build was 7100 and according to many Neowin members the x86 version has leaked just a short time ago. We expect the RC will be available to the
public shortly and Redmond could still hit the rumored May 5th date. There is speculation the software giant will hold off until May 15th, the last
day of Tech-Ed 2009.
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