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IE 6 ready for downloading
News IE 6 will be integrated into Microsoft's forthcoming Windows XP operating system. The IE 6 image toolbar lets users email, print and save pictures found on the Web. Microsoft announced on Monday that the latest version of its Internet Explorer...
[August 28, 2001, 15:46]
Five years ago: IE closing in on Navigator share
News Zona found that IE was the most used browser on 28 per cent of 211 sites checked, up from just eight per cent when the same tests were conducted in August. First published 30 January, 1997 Netscape Navigator remains dominant with a share of 70 per...
[January 30, 2002, 6:01]
IE 7 hit by spoofing bug
News IE 7, released last week, allows a website to display a pop-up that can contain a spoofed web address, security monitoring company Secunia said on Wednesday. The problem lies in the way web addresses are displayed in the IE 7 address bar, a...
[October 26, 2006, 11:05]
New security flaw in Outlook, IE
News In June, Microsoft released a patch for an IE flaw that allowed attackers to run code on a victim's computer by exploiting links to an old pre-Web protocol known as Gopher. The month before that, the company released a patch for IE that fixed six...
[July 11, 2002, 7:51]
IE flaws open back door to adware
Talkback IE needs to be fixed NOW! This happened to me last week and cost me a week's work. Norton Antivirus does not even detect the installed adware because it is an "Extended Threat". I had to manually remove everything.
[June 15, 2004, 17:56]
IE stagnation spells trouble for all concerned
Talkback I've been using IE for about 3 yrs now and preferred it over Netscape and other browsers becos of its simplicity and speed. I've found it to be faster, easier to use and has some really good features which IE doesnt.
[October 12, 2004, 13:05]
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]
A Year Ago: IE 5.0 beta released to the public
News In particular, Microsoft said users complained about the ever-increasing size of the application, due to the fact that the IE installer includes such add-ons as an e-mail program and a "push" application.
[November 5, 1999, 6:11]
IE Cache&History Viewer
Downloads The IE cache contains a kind of travel record of the items you have seen, heard, or downloaded from the Web, including images, sounds, Web pages, even cookies. You have to clear the IE history from time to time for your privacy.
[December 23, 2005, 6:00]
Microsoft warns of Office, IE security risks
News Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing team found six new vulnerabilities in IE, the most serious of which could enable a malicious hacker to execute commands on a user's PC. The IE bugs are in versions 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 of the software.
[August 23, 2002, 7:43]
IE Cache Cleaner X
Downloads IE Cache Cleaner X deletes the following files: ~/Library/Caches/MS Internet Cache/cache.waf ~/Library/Caches/MS Internet Cache/IE Cache.waf ~/Library/Caches/MS Internet Cache/IE Control Cache.waf ~/Library/Preferences/Explorer/Download Cache...
[September 5, 2003, 8:00]
Five years ago: IE 4.0 to get public airing inside a fortnight
News Microsoft will put version 4.0 of Internet Explorer (IE) into the beta test spotlight on February 24, according to reports coming out of the US today. According to a report in US trade journal PC Week IE 4.0 includes a customisable tool bar with...
[February 11, 2002, 6:01]
IE stagnation spells trouble for all concerned
Talkback I recently tried out Firefox instead of IE. Even with the short time I have used it, I am so happy with it that I have now installed it on all the PCs we use.
[October 12, 2004, 14:02]
IE Protector And Tracks Eraser
Downloads IE Protector And Tracks Eraser aims to repair Internet Explorer browser by restoring default settings,and prevent Web sites from running malicious code or changing your browser settings behind your back.Features include options to repair IE...
[August 4, 2004, 8:00]
A Year Ago: IE 5.0 has security bug
News DeKeles says your Web surfing is easily exposed if you browse with IE 5 on a Windows 98 platform. Microsoft does not yet have a fix, and is investigating whether it affects IE 5 on Windows NT. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 has a newly discovered...
[May 5, 2000, 7:01]
IE security problems open doors to friends and foes
News As security software developer Winferno launches an add-on that fills IE's security gaps, UK-based Deepnet Technologies has decided the time is right to release a rival to IE called Deepnet Explorer. Winferno, a security software development firm...
[July 20, 2004, 13:50]
Browser shoot-out: IE 7 v Firefox 2 review
Reviews IE 7's installation recommended that we back up important files, close all programs, and eventually restart, while Firefox asked us only to close the old Firefox. Firefox's open-source status and myriad add-ons give it a community edge over IE 7.
[October 31, 2006, 8:08]
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]
IE may share Mozilla 'shell:' flaw
News This week, it seems the very same hole could be turning up in IE. Secunia, which tracks software vulnerabilities and shared Mozilla's flaw with the public, has announced that IE could be equally vulnerable.
[July 13, 2004, 15:35]
IE hole gets third-party plug
News In January, an outside patch was created for a vulnerability in the way Windows renders Windows Meta File images, and in March, two security companies issued patches for a bug related to how IE handled certain tags in Web pages.
[September 25, 2006, 9:10]
