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more about #internetexplorer Roobs: Now watch as all the computer-illiterate people have trouble with Firefox extensions and wonder why the browser is so slow once they've installed over... more » Gordonium: Only with this post did I realize that numbers like $1.35B mean absolutely nothing to me and my $1,200 bank account. "Comically" here, to me, just mea... more » Monty: I think we really have too negative a view of what the EU has shown us here. We have a huge national deficit in this country, and there are millions ... more » hbuzzell: How hard is it to load another browser (they are FREE) after you get your new computer? It is not like IE blocks you from downloading them. If it di... more » abn.abn: Has anyone heard of a mac shipping with something other than safari? If they are forcing Microsoft to do this, they should force every other OS to do... more » Zerod Zunaro: When the browser war will end? Not soon, IE will die and we will find another source of our ire. It's a constant cycle friends. more » SmokeyRivers: So I wonder when the EU will try to enforce this on Apple? Is it not the same situation with them and Safari. Choice is always available, I believe O... more » Duckspwn_Reborn: I call bullshit on EU. If you buy Windows, Microsoft has every right to supply you with their own internet browser. It's part of the OS, deal with it.... more » Mikestan: I think this is great. I hope this happens around the world. How quickly do you think this will cut IE's monstrous marketshare. more » Mikestan: . more » OCEntertainment: If this is the last we hear of this whole ridiculous debacle, it won't be a moment too soon. I love going at it with the browser wars and have cheered... more » Volanova: I honestly do not see what the problem with Microsoft shipping Windows with IE is. Frankly, if you're computer savvy enough to care what browser you'... more » jinushaun: +1 Chrome is now my default OSX browser. FF crashes 20 times a day (no joke) and Safari has no power features. more » awperk: dear god, why do so many people still use IE. it actually breaks my heart to see that high percentage still. whenever i help somebody with computer pr... more » arougthopher: This has nothing to do with a supposed "Google-Apple" war, unless all of Chrome's marketshare came from Safari, which I doubt it did. This is more a ... more » TonyWonder: chrome has been amazing for me under SL...safari has always been shit especially under SL... I couldn't get over the constant beachballing with Sarafi... more » usa1: Still surprised IE is so high. People are so used to the defaults, it's amazing. more » Xagest: I wonder if the Chrome OS counts towards that number more » Gaucho85: I'll wait until google releases their army of T-1000s before I say that the "war is getting real" more » dallasmay: I don't think Apple cares about Google Chrome. Apple just cares that the web and web applications work correctly, and best, on a Mac. They made safari... more » -
#eu
EU Ends Microsoft Investigation Without Further Comically Large Fines
The European Commission has dropped its Internet Explorer antitrust case against Microsoft, getting big concessions in the process but not leveling any $1.35 billion fines this time. More » -
#data
Chrome Beats Safari
With the release of Chrome beta for Linux and Mac, the inevitable happened: Chrome became the number 3 browser, narrowly sliding past Safari with a 4.4 percent marketshare to Safari's 4.37 percent. The Google-Apple war is getting real, people. [ComputerWorld] -
#firefox
Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes "Critical" Hole In Firefox Security
Microsoft has acknowledged that they slipped the .NET Framework Assistant plugin into Firefox via Windows Update this past February, and that it has poked a "critical" hole in the browser's security (effectively bringing Firefox down to IE's level). More » -
#browserwars
Mozilla Whines About Apple Being First in Microsoft's Web Browser Ballot Screen
After getting cornered by the European Union, Microsoft offered a reasonable solution to the web browser monopoly dilemma: Let users choose whatever browser they want. Now, the developers of Firefox are whining about who's first in the web setup screen. More » -
#chrome
Internet Explorer, Now Powered by Google Chrome
Though Internet Explorer has been panned for lack of web-standard compliance, many are forced to use the browser because of stubborn IT departments. Fortunately, Google has issued its latest "up yours" to Microsoft with the Chrome Frame plug-in for IE. More » -
#zunehd
More Zune HD Impressions: Beautiful Hardware, Clever Software, and... a Decent Browser?
An hour with the Zune HD inspired a moment of rapture for CNET reporter Donald Bell, who breathlessly told the world "I am tentatively reaffirming my faith in Microsoft." Reading his impressions, it's easy to see why. More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft Gives Europeans Choice of Browser Instead of None by Default
Microsoft's newest attempt to appease the EU is to create a system in which end users can choose their browsers. (Imagine that! Choice!) This is a change from Microsoft's previous offer to remove Internet Explorer completely from Windows 7. More » -
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#government
US State Department Rejects Firefox, Which Is Entirely Free, Due to "Expense Questions"
At a State Department townhall conducted by Secretary Clinton, a staffer asked why Internet Explorer is mandated, even though Firefox is security-approved for the "entire intelligence community." The answer? A whole lot of bullshit, especially the insane citing of "expense." More » -
#browserwar
Chalk Drawing Depicts Epic Browser War (With A Touch of Conan)
What is best in life? To crush other browsers, see their worm-ridden code driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their fanboys. More » -
#browsers
Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
At the annual Pwn2Own competition, where hackers compete to crack software as fast as possible so you don't sleep at night, browsers were on the first day's menu. And Safari went down in seconds. More » -
#internetexplorer8
Internet Explorer 8 Gets All Final to Join New Browser Party
Microsoft seems like the last one to the new browser party that's dragged out over the last month, but they are the first to make their entrance final with Internet Explorer 8. More » -
#windows7
You Can Turn Off Every Major Windows Feature in Windows 7
It's true. Not only can you turn off Internet Explorer in Windows 7, but you can turn off basically every major Windows feature—Media Player, Media Center, Windows Search—everything but the core OS. WTF? More » -
#internetexploder
Internet Explorer 8's Incompatability List Is Really Sad
Microsoft's "compatibility list" of sites that don't render correctly in Internet Exploder 8 RC1—requiring some non-standards mojo from the browser to look right—numbers some 2,400. They're off-the-beaten-path sites like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and YouTube. More » -
#windows7
Windows 7 Build 7022 Leaks, Packs IE8 and New Enhancements
The first post-beta version of Windows 7 is up on bit torrent sites everywhere, and actually includes a few benefits over Build 7000, the previous, beta version. More » -
#internetexplorer
Microsoft Shows 'Feature Complete' IE 8 Release Candidate, Catches Up a Little
IE 8 has been marinating for some time, and press info and betas had provided a solid picture of its features. Now TGDaily has taken a good look at a near-complete version of the browser. More » -
#google
Chrome Soon Leaving Beta, Triggering Mother of All Browser Wars
TechCrunch reports that the Google Chrome browser will soon graduate from beta status into a final release. Even if you've tried Chrome and passed, rest assured you haven't seen the last of it.
