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Microsoft patches eight critical flaws
News Entitled 'Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593)', this bulletin affects all supported editions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1...
[September 10, 2008, 8:46]
Open-source IE patch hits trust barrier
News Openwares.org, an open-source software development Web site, has posted a patch that purports to fix a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, but software developers and analysts are advising against installing it.
[December 19, 2003, 15:10]
IE 4.0 up for download everywhere... except MS site
News Microsoft's comedy of errors over the release of the Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0 'Platform Preview' continued, as the giant once again missed a self-imposed deadline for posting pre-release code on its Web site.
[April 8, 1997, 9:43]
Microsoft update ignores spoofing hole
News Microsoft released three patches on Tuesday to fix a number of security flaws, but surprised users by not releasing a patch for an Internet Explorer vulnerability that helps criminals steal users' identities and commit banking fraud.
[January 14, 2004, 16:10]
Microsoft releases unscheduled fix for IE update
News Microsoft has released an out-of-schedule fix for problems introduced by its last patch for Internet Explorer. It aims to rectify issues in the MS09-054 cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, which was included in the Patch Tuesday batch...
[November 4, 2009, 12:30]
Internet Explorer's shrinking numbers review
Reviews In fact, I see Internet Explorer continuing to lose ground to the competition, mostly because of the Byzantine way Microsoft handles vulnerabilities within its browser. Microsoft has not and is not developing new versions of Internet Explorer for...
[October 16, 2006, 13:00]
Five years ago: IE 4.0 up for download everywhere... except MS site
News Microsoft's comedy of errors over the release of the Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0 'Platform Preview' continued, as the giant once again missed a self-imposed deadline for posting pre-release code on its Web site.
[April 5, 2002, 7:01]
IE7 to fail standards test
News Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 browser won't pass a stringent standards test that rivals have embraced. Standards advocates and Web developers have criticised Microsoft for letting Internet Explorer go without a significant upgrade for years.
[August 2, 2005, 9:15]
Opera: Microsoft's browser move not enough
News The chief complainant in the European browser case against Microsoft says the move to strip Internet Explorer out of Windows 7 in Europe is an insufficient step that will not lead to better competition in the browser market.
[June 15, 2009, 9:10]
Internet Explorer 'most influential' tech product
News The most influential technology product of the past 25 years is Microsoft's oft-derided web browser, Internet Explorer, according to a survey of IT professionals. Internet Explorer, which garnered two-thirds of the vote, was launched in 1995.
[July 31, 2007, 16:04]
MS upgrades IE, next-generation Windows
News Microsoft has posted for download from its Web site a minor update to Internet Explorer, and has released an updated beta of the next version of Consumer Windows, code-named Millennium. Microsoft made available Internet Explorer 5.01, which works...
[November 30, 1999, 9:45]
Users report inconsistent results from latest IE patch
News Microsoft's latest security patch for its Internet Explorer browser doesn't always work, users report. Microsoft said it has not as yet received any complaints from users experiencing the problems, but tests by ZDNet UK confirm that even after the...
[February 4, 2004, 17:15]
One Year Ago: New bug plagues IE
News An Internet Explorer 4 bug, discovered this week by a Colorado programmer, lets certain Java applications send and receive images on the Internet through the Microsoft browser. The bug is found in Internet Explorer 3.x and 4.0 and affects the...
[August 10, 1998, 6:00]
Microsoft defeat stirs patent concerns
News A patent-infringement judgment against Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser has raised speculation over which company in the Web browser market might be the next target of Microsoft's pursuer. Eolas originally filed suit against Microsoft in...
[August 14, 2003, 14:55]
Windows unbundling: Too little, too late
News Microsoft on Wednesday said it will allow PC makers to remove Internet Explorer icons from the Windows Start menu and to block access to Internet Explorer in the new Windows XP operating system. PC makers will now be able to remove either or both...
[July 13, 2001, 9:04]
Internet Explorer 8 beta: a first look review
Reviews Perhaps acknowledging its declining market share among internet browsers, Microsoft is borrowing several popular features from Firefox and Safari in its release of Internet Explorer 8 beta 1. We downloaded the 14.4MB file, and then waited as...
[March 7, 2008, 7:22]
Firefox gains more ground on IE
News Alternative Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox experienced another month of growth at the expense of Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer, according to an online study. Open-source browsers such as Firefox, as well as Apple Computer's Safari, seem...
[November 2, 2004, 7:59]
MoD to stick with IE6 despite security concerns
News Members of the armed forces will carry on using Microsoft's outdated Internet Explorer 6 browser, contravening the government's own advice on internet security. The MoD is implementing a secure desktop computing service for 300,000 users worldwide...
[July 24, 2009, 14:57]
Microsoft and Mozilla admit 'minor' security flaw
News Microsoft plans to address this vulnerability in a future version of Internet Explorer. The security flaw is unusual because it affects not just one browser, but hits all current versions of Firefox, Mozilla SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite, Netscape and...
[June 9, 2006, 10:45]
Firefox hits 10-million mark
News Niels Brinkman, co-founder of research firm OneStat.com, said in a statement in November: "It seems that people are switching from Microsoft's Internet Explorer to Mozilla's new Firefox browser. Firefox, the open-source challenger to market...
[December 13, 2004, 7:45]
