Neowin News Feed for: Internet explorer

Microsoft hides hiring link inside Bing.com home page

John Callaham — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:09:57 +0100

Microsoft has put in a job link inside the code of the Bing.com home page that can only been seen if Internet Explorer users go deep inside the advanced settings of the web browser. Read more...

Microsoft turns to Vine to create cool Internet Explorer adverts

Max Slater-Robins — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:09:57 +0100

Microsoft have turned to Vine, a popular video-sharing app on iOS, to create cool new Internet Explorer 10 commercials that tout the changes that have been made to modernize the browser. Read more...

IE8 zero-day exploit gets permanent fix on Patch Tuesday

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:32:12 +0100

As part of its Patch Tuesday event, Microsoft has released a permanent fix for a recently discovered zero-day exploit found in Internet Explorer 8, along with nine other security bulletins. Read more...

Study claims IE10 blocks nearly all malware on Windows 8

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:03 +0100

A new study from NSS Labs claims that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 web browser had a 99.96 percent malware block rate while running Windows 8, putting it at the top of the browser list. Read more...

Microsoft to web developers: "For everything you've done, thank you"

Andy Weir — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:27:45 +0100

Microsoft has paid tribute to the tireless efforts of web developers the world over in a rather lovely, amusing video, giving them the credit they deserve for creating the web we know and love. Read more...

Microsoft to release 10 security bulletins Tuesday

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:54 +0100

Microsoft has announced it will release 10 security bulletins that cover various software products on Tuesday, May 14, including two critical updates for versions of Windows and Internet Explorer. Read more...

Epic Citadel HTML5 demo launched; IE browsers are left out

John Callaham — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:01:28 +0100

Epic Games has launched a version of its free Unreal Engine 3 demo, Epic Citadel, for HTML5 browsers. However, the demo won't work on any Internet Explorer browsers due to its lack of WebGL support. Read more...

IE10 claims 6.02 percent of web browser share in April

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:09:14 +0100

New data from Net Applications shows that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 gained market share in April, going up to 6.02 percent, while IE's overall share dipped very slightly. Read more...

Microsoft working to improve captioning for online videos

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:30:58 +0100

In a new Internet Explorer blog post, Microsoft talks about how it is working with other groups to improve captioning features for online video, including more freedom for the placement of captions. Read more...

Forrester: Internet Explorer still top browser in the workplace

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:24:08 +0100

A new report from Forrester: states that Microsoft's Internet Explorer remains the most used web browser in the workplace, commanding a 40.2 percent market share. Read more...

Microsoft launches new online privacy TV ad campaign

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:02:38 +0100

Microsoft has announced it has started a new campaign highlighting your online privacy that tries to put the focus on how Microsoft protects online users of products like Windows and IE. Read more...

Twitter ending Internet Explorer 6 & 7 TFW support

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:51:57 +0100

Twitter has announced they are ending support for Twitter for Websites in IE6 and IE7 on May 13th, meaning external Twitter widgets such as embedded tweets and follow buttons will stop working Read more...

Internet Explorer and the Hunger Games team up, build a responsive site

Brad Sams — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0100

Microsoft has been working to show off the power of its Internet Explorer browser and is now teaming up with the Hunger Games to launch a new site that will be the hub of information for the movie. Read more...

Latest Patch Tuesday IE10 updates did not fix zero day exploit

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:42:13 +0100

Microsoft's latest security updates for IE10 did not address a zero day exploit that was found over a month ago as part of the Pwn2Own Internet hacking competition. Read more...

China stifling efforts to push IE6 market share below 1%

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:51:49 +0100

While the market share of Internet Explorer 6 remains low in many Western countries, China's huge share of 25.8% presents a thorn in the sides of Microsoft's effort to rid the word of the browser Read more...

Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday to include critical IE and Windows 7 updates

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:21:41 +0100

Microsoft has revealed the summary of the next security patches that will be released on Tuesday, April 9th, which will include a critical update for many versions of Internet Explorer and more. Read more...

Mobile browser wars continue, desktop browser shares remain unchanged

James Woodfin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:18:58 +0100

Market share for mobile Safari rose by six percentage points, ensuring a lead once again in the browser wars on mobile devices. Mobile IE and Android browsers gain share, while the desktop remains stagnant. Read more...

IE team celebrates Mozilla's 15th birthday with improvised cake

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:59:29 +0100

Microsoft's Internet Explorer team sent a belated, and improvized, cake to the folks at Mozilla to help celebrate the 15th anniversary of the company behind the Firefox web browser. Read more...

Internet Explorer market share up in March; IE10 up to 2.93 percent

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:23:31 +0100

Internet Explorer gained a tiny bit of the overall web browser market share in March 2013, rising to 55.83 percent. IE10's own share was up slightly to 2.93 percent. Read more...

New Windows 8 IE10 TV ads include pinning Facebook to Start screen

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:36:31 +0000

Microsoft has posted up two more new TV commercials for the Windows 8 version of Internet Explorer 10 on YouTube, one with a sports theme and the other with a gaming and Facebook message. Read more...