Category: Internet Explorer

Yahoo To Ignore The “DNT” Setting

By | October 30, 2012 | 6 Comments

Yahoo To Ignore The "DNT" SettingNo surprises here.

As Microsoft continues to push its implementation of the Do Not Track feature, more and more companies shove it back.

Following Apache, Yahoo has also issued a statement saying that they will not honor the IE10’s default DNT setting because it doesn’t express user intent.
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A Gesture Of Awesome: Mozilla Delivers A Cake To Microsoft’s Headquarters

By | October 29, 2012 | 3 Comments

A Gesture Of Awesome: Mozilla Delivers A Cake To Microsoft’s HeadquartersBefore switching to the fast release cycle, Mozilla was used to receiving blue and delicious cakes from the Microsoft’s IE team, congratulating them on another Firefox release.

However, as the time passed by and release pace picked up, Microsoft has switched to the cupcakes.

Now, according to guys from Mozilla, they have decided to initiate a sweet tradition and delivered a cake to the IE headquarters in Redmond as well.
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EU: Windows RT Restrictions Are Fine

By | October 25, 2012 | 1 Comment

EU: Windows RT Restrictions Are FineMozilla responds.

Well, here is an interesting piece of news for you today, earlier this year, Mozilla has complained about the possible restrictions for web browsers running on the Windows RT, which wasn’t left unnoticed by the EU itself.

Now, according to a new report, European Union regulators gave Microsoft a green light and will not continue the investigation.
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EU “Charges” Microsoft Over The Browser Ballot Screen

By | October 24, 2012 | 4 Comments

EU To Charge Microsoft Over The Browser Ballot ScreenOr so the press says.

As reported earlier, due to some technical issues, the European version of the Windows 7 SP1 did not have a browser ballot screen for many months. Even though the software giant has since apologized for the glitch, it looks like it won’t be left unnoticed.

Now, as reported by Engadget, Microsoft will indeed be charged. According to the terms of agreement and the overall mood, Microsoft might face a fine of as much as $7.4 billion or 10 percent of its annual turnover.
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Internet Explorer 10 For Windows 7 Page Pops Up

By | October 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

Internet Explorer 10 For Windows 7 Page Pops UpNo download links yet.

It looks like the preview version of the Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 will be revealed really soon, as spotted by Neowin, the software giant has already uploaded the download page, which, as of now, is not yet fully functional.

As expected, Microsoft’s Windows XP and Vista were left behind. However, it is available for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

[Thanks, Suhail]

Internet Explorer 10 Coming To Windows 7 In November

By | October 17, 2012 | 9 Comments

Internet Explorer 10 Coming To Windows 7 In NovemberAnd here’s the catch…

We have some good and bad news for you today, according to the recent blog post by Microsoft, the software giant will release a new build of Internet Explorer 10 for the Windows 7 operating system sometime in mid-November.

The bad news? It won’t even be a final version, nope, just a “Preview”.
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HTML5: Play Contre Jour Game Via Web Browser And Windows 8

By | October 10, 2012 | 2 Comments

If you were hungry for some HTML5 action, here comes a popular iOS game, which has been ported to Windows 8 and the web.
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September, 2012 Desktop Market Share: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera – Up; Google Chrome – Down

By | October 9, 2012 | 2 Comments


After publishing the market share report for the mobile web browsers, it’s time to reveal a real thing: desktop.

As we are weeks before the launch of the Windows 8, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer managed to increase its market share by 0.03 point, up from 53.60% to 53.63%.
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Unofficial Internet Explorer 9 Ad

By | October 6, 2012 | 6 Comments

The title is pretty much self explanatory, a parody of the well known ad.

Ad Industry Is Mad, Calls The Default IE10 Settings Unacceptable

By | October 5, 2012 | 5 Comments

Ad Industry Is Furious, Calls The IE10 Settings UnacceptableWhat else is new?

ANA, the Associate of National Advertisers, which covers companies like Intel, Visa and other giants, has sent a letter to Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer and few other executives, asking the company to change the default IE10 behavior, which protects the consumers and advertisers.
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