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• First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9

  Microsoft's IE9 provides a browsing experience that even Chrome and Firefox users may find compelling.

• IE9 downloaded 27 times per second, but Microsoft browser share still declines

  Microsoft boasted that Internet Explorer 9 was downloaded 2.35 million times, or 27 times per second, during its first 24 hours of availability this week.

• IE9 to let users block tracking

  The next version of Internet Explorer will let users turn on "tracking protection," a new mechanism that will block specified third-party sites from tracking users, Microsoft said.

• Microsoft leaks Internet Explorer 9 screenshot

  Microsoft has given web users a sneak peak of what Internet Explorer 9 will look like ahead of the launch of an IE9 beta on September 15.

• Microsoft to release IE9 public beta on Sept. 15

  Microsoft on Thursday announced it will release a public beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) on Sept. 15, a little less than five weeks from now.

• Internet Explorer 9: Next stop, public beta

  With the success of Internet Explorer 8 - gaining 1.38 percent market share in the United States to lead the pack with more than 42 percent of the market--it is easy to forget that Microsoft is hard at work developing Internet Explorer 9. Today, Microsoft unleashed the fourth Platform Preview release for developers, and told partners and developers to start preparing--the public beta of IE9 is coming soon.

• IE9 preview brings new features, impressive performance

  Microsoft is progressing to the next phase of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) development today with the launch of Platform Preview 3 (PP3) of the next generation Web browser. Developers can download the latest preview to get a sneak peek at what's in store with IE9 and what new functionality Microsoft is incorporating.

• Mozilla wants to make Firefox a speedster

  Mozilla, with its planned Firefox 4 browser, intends to make the browser "super-duper fast" and enable use of standard Web technologies including HTML5 and beyond, a Mozilla official said in a blog entry this week.

• Microsoft pushes users to ditch XP with IE9 plans, says analyst

  Microsoft's decision to abandon Windows XP with its next browser is a business move meant to push people off the aged operating system, an analyst said today.

• Microsoft winning fans early with IE 9 preview

  Earlier this week Microsoft unveiled a preview of the engine behind its next-generation Web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) 9.

• IE9 won't support Windows XP

  Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed this week.

• FAQ: Say hello to IE9

  Microsoft yesterday unveiled a very early edition of its next-generation browser, IE9.

• Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding

  Los Angeles – Microsoft will be compliant with industry standards in Internet Explorer 9 such as HTML 5, but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, decried the habit of vendors getting ahead of the process.

• IE9 will close performance gap, Microsoft says

  Microsoft today claimed that its next browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), has nearly closed the JavaScript performance gap between itself and rivals made by Mozilla and Google, even though the browser has been in development only a few weeks.