tgdaily.com - 12/16/2008
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First Look – Microsoft quietly released the first update to its IE8 beta 2 to its closest partners last week. This new version is marked as “Release Candidate 1” and is expected to be the final IE8 pre-release update Microsoft intends to make available to the public sometime in the first quarter ...
microsoft.com - 12/13/2008
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 12/15/2008
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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com —
A document unsealed in a lawsuit last week
suggests that Microsoft employees knew before putting the Xbox...
360 on the market in November 2005 that the video game console could damage game discs.
(more)
Suit: Microsoft knew Xbox could damage discs
techflash.com - 12/17/2008
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techflash.com —
We've confirmed another notable leadership change in Microsoft's
online business: Live Search general manager Brad Goldberg is...
headed for the door. But don't add his name to the short list for Yahoo CEO. Goldberg is leaving to become chief executive ...
(more)
Live Search GM leaving Microsoft - TechFlash: Seattle's ...
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Review
PR News: —
... RC1. The new version of the browser brings with it a host of enhancements in a number of areas, from accessibility, private browsing as well as overall reliability and speed.
RC1 is different to other Internet Explorer browsers, as it now has new features that are on more of an equal footing with Mozilla Firefox as well as Safari, Opera and Google Chrome. There is still a downside though, and that is, web standards support such as CSS 3 is still behind the competition.
Read the full review
On the road to IE 8 RC1
All about Microsoft —
... just last week. TG Daily posted a review of that IE 8 partner build , and detailed some of the changes that are coming in “InPrivate” browsing, accessibility, overall reliability and speed. Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager, declined to provide details about what kinds of new functionality and fixes will be in the RC. Hachmovitch said on December 16 that the RC build will include both IT-specific changes and developer-specific updates. One known change coming with the RC build will be an optional list of popular Internet ...
Microsoft Shows 'Feature Complete' IE 8 Release Candidate, Catches Up a Little [Internet Explorer]
Gizmodo —
... 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. ...
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