Tag: IE
EU: Windows RT Restrictions Are Fine
Mozilla 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.
Continue Reading
EU “Charges” Microsoft Over The Browser Ballot Screen
Or 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.
Continue Reading
Internet Explorer 10 For Windows 7 Page Pops Up
No 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
And 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”.
Continue Reading
HTML5: Play Contre Jour Game Via Web Browser And Windows 8
If you were hungry for some HTML5 action, here comes a popular iOS game, which has been ported to Windows 8 and the web.
Continue Reading
Unofficial Internet Explorer 9 Ad
The title is pretty much self explanatory, a parody of the well known ad.
Ad Industry Is Mad, Calls The Default IE10 Settings Unacceptable
What 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.
Continue Reading
Microsoft Creates Its Own Version Of RoboHornet
Calls it RoboHornet Pro.
After topping the search giant’s benchmark chart, Microsoft was quick to note that while they are happy with the result, RoboHornet does not actually represent a real word browser usage, instead, it focuses in a specific aspects of browser performance.
Therefore, the software giant has decided to take the existing code and add CSS3 Animations, CSS3 Transforms, CSS3 Text Shadows, custom WOFF fonts, Unicode, Touch and other, “real world” aspects, resulting in a Matrix like looking benchmark, which can be seen in the video below:
Continue Reading
Benchmarks: IE10 vs. Google Chrome 21 vs. Firefox 15 vs. Opera 12
RoboHornet Alpha 1.
Just yesterday, Google has launched an open source benchmark tool called RoboHornet, which according to the search giant itself, “encompasses all aspects of browser performance and everything that matters to web developers, like performance of layout and localStorage”.
Now, before you get all cranky and claim that it’s just another useless test to demonstrate Chrome’s superiority, you might want to check the results first.
Continue Reading
Microsoft Faces $7.4 Billion Fine Over Browser Ballot Screen
Even though it took people two years to notice that the screen was gone.
Just some time ago, we have reported that the supposed ballot screen for the EU version of the Windows 7 was not actually enabled due to the glitch in the system.
Now, the European Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, has stated that they need to “react” to Microsoft’s misstep, suggesting tremendous fines for the software giant.
Continue Reading
