Neowin News Feed for: Explorer

Windows Mixed Reality headsets are now available to order

Rich Woods — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:00:07 +0000

As Microsoft previously announced, Windows Mixed Reality head-mounted displays are now available for purchase from the Windows Store, with headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. Read more...

Microsoft announces pre-orders of Windows Mixed Reality headsets

Rich Woods — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 03:14:01 +0000

At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft announced that Windows Mixed Reality head-mounted displays made by Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung are now available for customers to pre-order. Read more...

Windows Mixed Reality headsets will go on sale October 17 [Update]

Rich Woods — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:30:07 +0000

During its IFA 2017 briefing today, Microsoft said that the Fall Creators Update will be available on October 17, and to coincide with that, so will Windows Mixed Reality headsets. Read more...

Lenovo formally announces its Windows Mixed Reality headset, calling it the Explorer

Rich Woods — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:30:02 +0000

At Lenovo's press briefing at IFA 2017 today, the company finally announced its Windows Mixed Reality head-mounted display, calling it the Explorer. It goes on sale this October, starting at $349. Read more...

You can now access the Universal Windows Platform File Explorer on your desktop

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 06 May 2017 19:12:01 +0000

As Microsoft slowly works on build parity and compatibility between its various OS ventures, an inquisitive user has now found a way to access the hidden UWP version of file explorer on the desktop. Read more...

Microsoft releases new patch for Windows 10 build 9879

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:44:40 +0000

Microsoft has released a new patch that fixes a problem with the installation of an older patch that fixed issues with explorer.exe in Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9879. Read more...

Google Glass launches in the UK, yours for £1000

Andy Weir — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:51:55 +0000

Google Glass has officially arrived in the United Kingdom, and the price for wannabe 'Explorers' there will be £1000. Its UK launch is accompanied by a range of new apps for the wearable device. Read more...

The Daily Show tackles Google Glass 'Explorer' discrimination in San Fran

Steven Parker — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:52:24 +0000

It's not hard to gauge that people are split on the issue of Google Glass, while some think it's the best thing since sliced bread, others think it's intrusive and makes you look like a total douche. Read more...

Google Glass now available to anyone in the US, for a hefty price

Jett Goldsmith — Tue, 13 May 2014 23:45:47 +0000

Google has just announced that the Explorer Edition of their Google Glass wearable computer will be available for purchase to anyone in the United States, for the low low price of $1,500. Read more...

Google Glass "probably a year-ish away" for consumers

Steven Parker — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:35:59 +0000

Eric Schmidt dropped a hint during an interview with BBC Radio 4 that Google Glass will most likely be available next year, and for under the $1500 price tag the developers had to fork out. Read more...

Google will deactivate Glasses if you loan them to friends

Ben Buffone — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:54:20 +0000

Google's terms of service reveal you won't be able to sell or lend your precious early specs once they arrive or the company will deactivate them. At $1,500, is it just too much to ask? Read more...

Google invites some lucky people to the Glass Explorer Program

Paul Ferson — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:26:12 +0000

Google's hunt for new Explorers with Glass is over. While the contest ran during February, the company has only begun to send out invitations to join the Explorer Program via Google+ today. Read more...

From The Forums: Immersive Explorer for Windows

Steven Parker — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:25:35 +0000

Microsoft failed to include a Metro styled file manager app with Windows 8, so one of our members has gone ahead and created one from scratch. If you love Metro, you'll absolutely love this! Read more...

Better Explorer Beta 1

Steven Parker — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:37:34 +0000

Better Explorer is a replacement for the standard Windows Explorer in Windows 7 or 8. It includes features for more convenience, like Tabs, Ribbon interface, additional conditional tabs and so on! Read more...

ISO and VHD native support in Windows 8 detailed

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:55:56 +0000

Another post from the Building Windows 8 blog has revealed that Windows 8 will have native support for mounting ISO disc images and virtual hard disk (VHD) files from within Windows Explorer Read more...

Building Windows 8: The new ribbon-based Explorer

Denis Wong — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:08:50 +0000

In the latest update to the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft gives a detailed explanation of the new Windows Explorer, whose ribbon-based interface has been hinted at in early leaked screenshots. Read more...

Windows 8 gets a nice Explorer feature

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:22:09 +0000

Sometimes, small features can make a huge difference in the overall workflow of an OS. According to tech-exclusive, the newest feature to be uncovered in leaked builds of Windows 8 is a very nifty drag and... Read more...

Sysinternals Process Explorer 14.0

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:26:10 +0000

Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including... Read more...

Microsoft demos Internet Explorer 9

Tom Warren — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:31:32 +0000

Microsoft today demonstrated an early, three week old, build of Internet Explorer 9 at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2009. IE 9 will take advantage of the power of the GPU for all page rendering and... Read more...

Microsoft set to announce Internet Explorer 9 plans

Tom Warren — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:00:31 +0000

Today at a packed out keynote for Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) Microsoft's Ray Ozie hinted at the next generation of Internet Explorer. According to sources close to Neowin, Microsoft VP Steven Sinofsky is set... Read more...

Microsoft providing feedback on HTML 5 editor's draft

Sam Symons — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:44:12 +0000

Though the creation of the new HTML standard, HTML 5, has been mostly up to four of the big players in the browser world (Apple, Mozilla, Opera and Google), it appears that Microsoft has become... Read more...

Microsoft pulls 'sickening' Internet Explorer 8 ads

Sam Symons — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:14:46 +0000

Last week, Microsoft released some ads for Internet Explorer 8 that were intended to provide a "tongue-in-cheek look" at some of the new features of the browser. Unfortunately for them, there were those that weren't... Read more...

Microsoft Australia: Find $10,000 on the Internet using IE8

Sam Symons — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:24:51 +0000

Here's an interesting way to promote your browser: The Australian division of Microsoft is running a competition in which you can 'find' $10,000 hidden somewhere on the Internet. As you can probably imagine, the only... Read more...

Monopoly: Microsoft to pay Mississippi $100 million

James Hall — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:03:08 +0000

The current European Union moves against Microsoft and Internet Explorer are, of course, nothing new. After an American federal judge ruled in 2000 that Microsoft had illegally abused its monopoly by including the web browser... Read more...

EU to re-ignite browser wars?

James Hall — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:20:08 +0000

According to the Wall Street Journal, the European Union, as part of its ongoing antitrust investigations and prosecutions, is now considering forcing Microsoft to provide users of Windows easy access to a range of web... Read more...

QnA with Microsoft - Internet Explorer 8

Tom Warren — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:46:11 +0000

Tonight Microsoft held a 1hr QnA session with bloggers, members of the press and us (Neowin) regarding Internet Explorer 8. The session was informal with any and all types of questions permitted. Members of the... Read more...

IE8 update for Windows 7 Beta released

Sam Symons — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:43:53 +0000

Microsoft has recently released a 'compatibility and reliability' update for Internet Explorer 8, on the Windows 7 Beta operating system. The update fixes many things, including the following: When Internet Explorer 8 is installed with... Read more...

Internet Explorer 8 has reached RTM

Tom Warren — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:59:42 +0000

According to Russian publication Wzor, Microsoft finalised Internet Explorer 8 on February 21st. The final build that was prepared and passed to internal staff and partners is 8.0.6001.18691. Microsoft is reportedly readying this build for... Read more...

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8 RC1

Sean Bradford — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:37:54 +0000

As we reported last week, Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 8 RC 1 with build number 8.0.06001.18372. The company has not yet released a changelog, so if you spot any new features or major... Read more...

Windows 7: Explorer Search overview

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:20:35 +0000

So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7 Tips and Tricks Windows 7: Superbar overview ... Read more...

Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 overview

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:52:07 +0000

So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview... Read more...

Microsoft considering WebKit for Internet Explorer

Tom Warren — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:25:04 +0000

Microsoft CEO and dancing queen Steve Ballmer has said the idea of using WebKit as the rendering engine within Internet Explorer was "interesting" and added "we may look at that" when questioned about Internet Explorer... Read more...

Microsoft breaks IE8 interoperability promise

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:51:21 +0000

In March, Microsoft announced that their upcoming Internet Explorer 8 would: "use its most standards compliant mode, IE8 Standards, as the default." Note the last word: default. Microsoft argued that, in light of their newly... Read more...

Do You Care About IE 8?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:06:39 +0000

This morning, my editor asked why I hadn't blogged about Internet Explorer 8. My response: "Who cares?" Do you? Maybe we both should. For weeks, Microsoft has been dribbling out information about IE 8, which... Read more...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability Warning Issued

Steven Parker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:33 +0000

The flaw focuses on IE's inline frames, often used for serving ads, which typically come from a different domain than content that appears on the same Web page. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8... Read more...

PE Explorer 1.99 R3

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:42:06 +0000

PE Explorer provides a UI for exploring and editing the contents of EXE, DLL, ActiveX controls, and other 32-bit executable file formats. Functions include disassembly and inspection of unknown binaries and modification of properties of... Read more...

RealPlayer flaw: Stop using Internet Explorer

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:56:06 +0000

Security experts are warning RealPlayer users to stop using Internet Explorer until a patch is released for a flaw researchers discovered which could allow code execution. Researcher Elazar Broad has posted to the Full Disclosure... Read more...

Quero Toolbar 4.1 for Internet Explorer

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:08:54 +0000

Quero is a navigation bar replacement with an integrated ad blocker for Internet Explorer. Quero replaces the fixed address bar, search box and find on page dialog of IE7 by combining them into one address... Read more...

The best Internet Explorer add-ins

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:36:43 +0000

A browser by itself is a poor thing, letting you browse the Web, but little else. To get the most out of the Web, you need add-ins that give your browser plenty of extra features.... Read more...

Gritty Nits - Fix Internet Explorer 7 Crashes in Vista

Steven Parker — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:30:14 +0000

A lot of you may have seen Internet Explorer crash "Internet Explorer has stopped working" when closing the browser in Windows Vista. It happens all too often and while it no longer takes the operating... Read more...