Follow TechBlips on Twitter
Microsoft puts out Internet Explorer 8 release candidate
The Microsoft Blog —
... the "release candidate" of Internet Explorer 8, the next version of its Internet Explorer Web browser. The final release will follow. Download it here . The release candidate includes several new features since the introduction of the second beta version of IE8 in August, including additional safety protections and performance improvements (Read a list ...
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 RC1: Promises Faster and Safer Browsing
ReadWriteWeb —
... for more details. Assuming Microsoft doesn't find any major bugs in this release, IE8 RC1 should be identical with the final product. If you want to give it a try, you can download it from here. Of course, IE8 will only available for Windows. ...
Internet Explorer 8 RC1 is out
TechBlog —
... As it marches inexorably toward a final release of the latest version of its Web browser, Microsoft today issued the first release candidate for Internet Explorer 8. IE8 RC1 is available here , and it's got some features that are new ...
Microsoft Goes After Clickjacking in IE8
eWeek Security Watch —
Microsoft has introduced a release client version of its latest browser, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), and the new iteration of the application includes several security improvements, including a noteworthy attempt to address the emerging problem of clickjacking attacks. For those who don't recall, ...
Microsoft IE8 RC1 Released
SolSie.com —
... The Release Candidate of IE8 is out and available for download. Note the RC1 is the last push before the final release and it should be very close to the final product. Among the most anticipated enhancements are: Cclickjacking prevention . If a site that uses the IE8 tag detects clickjacking, it will give Web users an error screen letting them know that the content host has chosen not to allow that content, and gives them the option to open the content in a new window that is protected from the attack. Smart Address Bar. In addition to matching URLs in the user’s site ...
Internet Explorer 8 release candidate now available
Tech Digest —
... for a while now - nearly six months - so it's nice to see that it's finally made its way into a release candidate form. If you're bored of the Windows 7 beta already, then why not give it a spin? Since we last reported on it, the 'compatibility mode' has become automatic - switching whenever the IE8 engine can't render a page properly, rather than having to be triggered on demand. There's also built-in ...
IE8 RC1 tested: the good, the bad, and how it stacks up
Download Squad —
While it's not likely to win back power users that have moved on to browsers like Chrome or Firefox, IE8 RC1 is a definite improvement. To the average user, features like accelerators, slices, and visual search, along with the built-in privacy and safety features, will likely make RC1 an appealing option.
To see how RC1 compares to the competition, I ran it through Sunspider and Acid3. There's been plenty of debate before about how useful these tests are. At the very least, they provide a little insight about what's going on under the hood.
Acid3 As expected, the Acid test was abyssmal. ...
Internet Explorer 8 RC1 is Available, Not Really Exciting
Ubergizmo —
... Highlights: privacy settings, stability, quick searches and connections (mostly to other Microsoft services). Download here ...
M&M’s World Headlines: Jan 27, 2009
p2pnet news —
... Microsoft, with job cuts, the European Union breathing down its neck again, and Firefox slowly but steadily encroaching on Internet Explorer. More than ever, Microsoft needs IE8 to succeed if it wants to maintain its dominant position. Fortunately, the beta looked good. And while this first release candidate is little changed from the beta, the few adjustments made definitely improve the product. the RC1 installers are for Vista (in both 32- and 64-bit flavors) and XP. Get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/ ...
Internet Explorer Loses More Ground While Other Browsers Grow
The Inquisitr » Technology —
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has lost market share for its seventh straight month.
New numbers released by Net Applications show IE dropping to 67.55 percent of the worldwide browser market. That’s 0.6 percent less than it had one month ago, and a full 7 percent less than it had in March of 2008.
Firefox, in ...
New Internet Explorer 8 secures, slices, smokes
Betanews —
... But serious matters first, and both speed and security are seriously better in IE8 . Betanews has executed its own speed tests during the beta period, and our tests indicated that it was at least twice as fast as the previous version; Microsoft's own tests on the RTW (release-to-web) version claim it to be between two and four times as fast. Security's looking good. IE senior director Amy Barzdukas told Betanews that the development team had three goals for the 8.0 version -- protecting people from sites that attempt to phish their information or infest their machines with ...
New Internet Explorer secures, slices, smokes
Betanews —
... But serious matters first, and both speed and security are seriously better in IE8 . Betanews has executed its own speed tests during the beta period; the final release is pleasingly fast. Our tests indicated that it was at least twice as fast as the previous version; Microsoft's own tests claim it to be between two and four times as fast. Security's looking good. IE senior director Amy Barzdukas told Betanews that the development team had three goals for the 8.0 version -- protecting people from sites that attempt to phish their information or infest their machines with ...
Internet Explorer 8 Arriving on Thursday
Technologizer —
... that says the final version of Microsoft’s new browser will be available for downloading on Thursday at noon ET. Walt likes it quite a bit, except for the fact that he found it slow in some instances. (He did some speed tests which didn’t agree with the ones that ...
Microsoft officially launches IE8
TG Daily - All News —
... built to previous IE (non-)specs. The browser is also equipped with a time and frustration saving "auto render" feature that works from a web site list. When a user visits those sites known to have trouble rendering in IE8, the browser automatically reverts to IE7-compatible rendering. It is expected the browser launch will be announced by Dean Hachamovitch (leader of the IE8 development team) during his keynote today. Beginning at noon EDT, it will be available for download on Microsoft's website . The product is available in 25 languages for Windows Server, Windows Vista, ...
Internet Explorer 8 official release today
SlashGear —
... Internet Explorer 8 will finally see its public release today, as Microsoft roll out the new version of the browser from 12pm EDT. After several months of public testing, IE8 will bring faster browsing - almost 50-percent on some sites compared to other software, claim Microsoft - together with new usability shortcuts called “accelerators”, such as a right-click to search or map feature. ...
Internet Explorer 8 Hack Countdown! (too late)
The Next Web —
... Truth is that no browser is really 100% secure and lots of people will greatly enjoy this new version of Explorer 8. So go and get it now and let us know how it works for you. ...
Explorer 8 Hack Countdown! (too late)
The Next Web —
... Truth is that no browser is really 100% secure and lots of people will greatly enjoy this new version of Explorer 8. So go and get it now and let us know how it works for you. ...
Internet Explorer 8 Officially Released at Noon EST [Internet Explorer]
Lifehacker —
... , will be available starting at noon EST (9am PST) today. An official update notice won't be pushed out through Windows Update for a while yet, but eager upgraders should watch the IE 8 beta page , or perhaps just the ...
Internet Explorer 8 Officially Releases at Noon EDT [Internet Explorer]
Lifehacker —
... , will be available starting at noon EDT (9am PDT) today. An official update notice won't be pushed out through Windows Update for a while yet, but eager upgraders should watch the IE 8 beta page , or perhaps just the ...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 official release today
Obsessable News Feed —
... At noon eastern time today, Microsoft is poised to officially release Internet Explorer 8. The browser has been available in Beta for a while now, and today's official release should offer somewhat dramatic speed increases from previous versions, and Microsoft is claiming that the browser should be up to 50% faster on some sites than competing software. Additionally, the new version includes an "InPrivate" mode, similar to options available for both Firefox and Safari (that many have referred to jokingly as "Porn Mode" in the past), that allows you to ...
Internet Explorer 8 available today
CrunchGear —
... You’ll be able to download Microsoft’s newest web browser, Internet Explorer 8, at 12PM Eastern time today (link here). Microsoft promises that IE8 “is one of the fastest browsers on the market today” and features new goodies like ...
Is IE8 the Vista of Web browsers?
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... ) industry-leading Web browser, set to release at noon Thursday here. And since Microsoft has made it clear that it has no intention of writing a version for the Apple ( ...
