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IE 4: A Fundamental Shift?
News But whatever the excesses trumpeted by Microsoft's marketing machine, IE 4.0 is different. The product merges the Internet browser with the operating system, making IE 4 the browser for both local and Web content.
[September 30, 1997, 9:45]
A Year Ago: IE 4 - A Fundamental Shift?
News But whatever the excesses trumpeted by Microsoft's marketing machine, IE 4.0 is different. The product merges the Internet browser with the operating system, making IE 4 the browser for both local and Web content.
[September 30, 1998, 6:23]
New Security Hole Found In IE 4
News The L0pht Heavy Industries report details a method of compromising IE 4.0/4.01 involving a "heap overflow" when accessing a type of URL with the prefix "mk:". The user is equally at risk irrespective of their IE "security zone".
[January 15, 1998, 18:37]
Dr. Regener Private Session 4 IE
Downloads Most surf traces are useful. They facilitate navigation and accelerate page build-up considerably. But many trace destroyers delete radically. In contrast, a private session only will eliminate traces of questionable pages without deleting useful...
[December 29, 2003, 15:46]
New IE 4 Bug Bites
News The bug, discovered this week by a Colorado programmer, lets certain Java applications send and receive images on the Internet through the Microsoft browser. The hacker must know the location and site of the image he or she wants to alter.
[August 11, 1997, 9:57]
New Microsoft Browser Is 'lite'
News While anyone will be free to download the browser or full installs of IE 5.0, users will first need to register on Microsoft's Site Builder Web site in order to do so. The developer releases won't look very different from IE 4.X, since most of the...
[June 12, 1998, 10:00]
End Of Support For Windows 98 Sparks IE 6 Scare
News The end of support for Windows 98 sparked alarm among users of a UK online bank on Friday after it issued a notice saying that Microsoft was about to stop downloads of Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6) from its Web site.
[June 6, 2003, 15:43]
IE 6 Gains Foothold In Browser Market
News IE 6, released 27 August, showed a fast adoption rate in the week after its launch, StatMarket, a division of audience measurement service WebSideStory, said Wednesday. StatMarket said that although IE 6 had a "strong" start, it expects a low...
[September 7, 2001, 9:32]
IE5 Launch: Microsoft Introduces Kinder, Gentler IE
News IE 5, set to launch today (dowload it from ZD Downloads later today), will include a few new features that will automate Web surfing or save users time -- including Autocomplete, which automatically fills out Web forms; a "go" button, for newbies...
[March 18, 1999, 7:24]
Microsoft On Trial: IE Bundling Debated Internally
News Both the Memphis and the NT team are totally frustrated with the IE 4 situation: the code quality is lower than we can take, they are being driven to different objectives on when they have to fix bugs in Memphis or NT," Allchin wrote in an e-mail...
[January 14, 1999, 8:54]
New Cumulative Microsoft Patch Fixes Two Critical Threats
News MS02-015: This applies to IE 5.01 through 6.0. MS02-015-Critical: This is a cumulative patch for IE 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0, so the threat levels for the various vulnerabilities vary, but at least two of them are rated critical by Microsoft.
[April 16, 2002, 17:03]
IE Suffers Minor Popularity Setback
News Since 4 June, IE has witnessed a 1 percent change from 95.48 percent of all Internet users in the United States to 94.16 percent on 9 July. Though WebSideStory admitted that its conclusions on FireFox's rise in particular were based on...
[July 14, 2004, 11:10]
Internet Explorer To Shut Down Pop-ups
Talkback IE automatically pops up windows of porn sites even when I am on the computer with my Granddaughter of 4 years old. HELP is needed to stop this IE porn invasion! I am so fustrated by Internet explorers pop-ups of porn.
[May 17, 2004, 20:40]
Microsoft: IE Hole Worse Than Reported
News A representative of Microsoft, which has come under fire for its security policies, said the company had changed its original rating of a flaw in IE versions 5.5 and 6 as a result of comments posted to the Bugtraq online bulletin board by a...
[December 9, 2002, 8:19]
Intel Deal Threatens OS 9 Support
Talkback I can't run IE 4 and Netscape 3 any more! Oh no! This is outrageous! Jobs is EVIL! The sky is falling!
[June 7, 2005, 17:22]
US Report: Microsoft Issues Patch For IE Bug
News The Cross Frame Navigate bug affects IE 3 and 4 running on most versions of the Macintosh operating system as well as Windows 3.x, 95, 98, and NT, according to the company. When someone visits a site boobytrapped by malicious developers who have...
[September 7, 1998, 9:21]
MS Admits 'incompatibilities' With IE 5
News Neil Laver, Microsoft's Internet Product Manager, admitted that there were "some incompatibilities", but argued that IE 5 bugs were not to blame for the problem. Laver explained: "Visual 6 was designed for IE 4.
[March 19, 1999, 12:35]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Wednesday 4/2/2004Microsoft's latest IE patch is patchy. Now MS has poisoned the whole business: even if they fix IE in the future to deal with the problem properly, there'll be an unknown number of users out there with browsers that just won't work.
[February 6, 2004, 15:10]
AX-Cursors
Downloads Other features include a built-in librarian, an IE-4-style toolbar, and the ability to compile cursors as EXE files. AX-Cursors is a fully integrated multidocument application that lets you create static and animated cursors (sizes up to 72x72 and...
[November 11, 1998, 2:43]
Thinking Of Ditching IE? Think Again
Talkback Obviously on the side of IE. For those few (and I mean 3 or 4 that I need) I either use a shortcut that lunches IE or just go to my start menu and pick IE. The pain of migrating (which is very small) compared with the pain of constantly removing...
[October 20, 2005, 17:22]
