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informationweek.com - 3/24/2009

IE8 Users Downgrade To Explorer 7 -

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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 appears to be losing market share, even though the browser has been on the market for less than a week. As of 8:00 am Monday, IE8 -- released Thursday -- held 1.86% of the browser market, down from a high of 2.59% on Sunday, according to market watcher Net ...

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blogs.zdnet.com - 3/26/2009

Microsoft deeds are the problem

— blogs.zdnet.com — At OSBC Microsoft’s latest spokesman to the open source world, Robert Youngjohns, (right) asked that the company... be judged not by its words regarding open source, but its actions . Trying hard to be nice and flexible our own Matt Asay, who ... (more) Microsoft deeds are the problem

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pocket-lint.com - 3/23/2009

NEWS: Microsoft GeoSynth to take on Google Street View

— pocket-lint.com — User generated content to help create virtual landmark photos Microsoft plans to take on Google's Street View... mapping feature with its own public-led offering, Pocket-lint has learnt. ... Read Microsoft GeoSynth to take on Google Street ... (more) NEWS: Microsoft GeoSynth to take on Google Street View

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computerworld.com - 3/25/2009

IE8 best at blocking malware sites, says study

— computerworld.com — March 24, 2009 (Computerworld) A recently released report claims that Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is more than... twice as effective at blocking malware sites than its nearest rival. According to NSS Labs, which conducted the Microsoft-sponsored study, ... (more) IE8 best at blocking malware sites, says study

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Linkpost | 3.24.2009
TechBlog — ... - Graphene can provide "significantly higher data transfer rates". • IE8 Users Downgrade To Explorer 7 - IE8's market share shrinks over the weekend, according to NetApplications. Downgrades, or an influx of post-spring-break work computers with IE7 flooding the overall sample? Also ...

Are IE8 users downgrading, or just going back to work?
TechBlog — ... March 24, 2009 Are IE8 users downgrading, or just going back to work? IE InformationWeek reports that, after an initial burst of usage, Internet Explorer 8's market share numbers appeared to have dropped on Monday morning. Writer Paul McDougall's theory is that users who installed IE8 don't like it, and are removing it to restore Internet Explorer 7 . As of 8:00 am Monday, IE8 -- released Thursday -- held 1.86% of the browser market, down from a high of 2.59% on Sunday, according to market watcher Net Applications. The most likely reason for the decline is that early adopters ...

IE8 loses market share immediately after release as users downgrade
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... last Thursday, an event that arrived armed with a full media blitz and several glowing reviews. Normally the release of an upgrade like that would result in millions of installations and market share immediately skyrocketing, but that's not what happened. According to Net Applications, which monitors browser usage in near-real-time, IE8's overall share of the browser market had climbed to 2.59 percent by Sunday... but then dropped Monday morning, down to 1.86 percent . The reason for the decline is fairly obvious, as InformationWeek notes: "Early adopters of IE8 are ...