Neowin News Feed for: Ie7

Adblock Plus drops support for IE6 and IE7

John Callaham — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:03:47 +0000

AdBlock Plus has announced that it will no longer support Microsoft's older Internet Explorer 6 and 7 web browsers, citing their low market share and turning off the TLS 1.0 protocol by default in IE6 Read more...

Nursingjobs.us would rather give clients a new PC than support IE7

John Callaham — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:00:43 +0000

Nursingjobs.us is offering to give customers who are still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 a new PC with a more modern browser installed so they don't have to spend money to keep IE7 supported. Read more...

Twitter ending Internet Explorer 6 & 7 TFW support

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:51:57 +0000

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...

Microsoft releases full security update for IE6-8

John Callaham — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:00:12 +0000

As promised on Sunday, Microsoft has now released a new patch for Internet Explorer patch for IE6, 7 and 8 that closes a security exploit that was discovered a couple of weeks ago. Read more...

Security firm: We have bypassed Microsoft's IE6-8 "Fix it" patch

John Callaham — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:08:52 +0000

A security firm claims to have found a way to bypass Microsoft's "Fix It" Patch for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 which would allow the exploit that the patch closes to be used by hackers. Read more...

Microsoft releases "Fix-It" patch for IE6-8 exploit

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:00:45 +0000

Microsoft has now released a "Fix It" patch for the exploit that was discovered last week in its Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 versions and is still working on a full update for those browsers. Read more...

New Internet Explorer vulnerability used to deliver "Poison Ivy" trojan

John Callaham — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:53:14 +0000

A newly discovered security exploit in the last three Internet Explorer web browsers is being used to deliver the "Poison Ivy" malware. Microsoft says they are "aware" of the problem. Read more...

IE7 tax is a marketing stunt, nothing to see here

Brad Sams — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:23:42 +0000

Earlier this morning a website out of Australia made a bold claim that it was going to charge a tax to IE7 users for the increased cost in developing for supporting that platform, well, they lied. Read more...

Online retailer Kogan slaps 6.8% tax on IE7 users

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:35:58 +0000

Australian online retailer Kogan has had enough with people using old and unsupported browsers, so they have slapped a 6.8% tax on anyone using Internet Explorer 7 unless they upgrade Read more...

The emperor's new clothes; IE7 gets a Chromium makeover

Tyler Holman — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:30:26 +0000

Google's Chrome Frame lets IE users turn their browser into Chrome, while still being able to access legacy apps. But is it really moving browsers forward, or is it helping to create a new stagnation? Read more...

IE6 market share drops 6%, IE8 still in top spot

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:50:22 +0000

Over the last year, IE6 marketshare has fallen by 6% in the US, from 11.47% to 4.74%. Back in March, Neowin reported that a funeral was held for IE6 where Microsoft even sent flowers... Read more...

Windows Phone 7 browser is based on Internet Explorer 7

Tom Warren — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:59:36 +0000

Microsoft will ship a mobile version of Internet Explorer 7 inside Windows Phone 7 when devices ship later this year. The mobile version, yet to be named, is a version between Internet Explorer 7 and 8... Read more...

Microsoft confirms Internet Explorer vulnerability will be patched out of band

Tom Warren — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:28:08 +0000

Microsoft has issued a statement confirming that it plans to release a patch for a security vulnerability in Internet Explorer which saw Google fall victim to some targeted and sophisticated attacks recently. George Stathakopoulos, Microsoft Security,... Read more...

Should you stop using Internet Explorer?

Tom Warren — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:39:08 +0000

Microsoft has had a torrid time over the past week as governments and customers question the security of the popular web browser, Internet Explorer. The issues began when Google went public that they were targeted in... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Episode 27: IE7, Taxes, WoW and More!

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:52:33 +0000

Tech news: This week Kristin, Derek and Brad bring you news of IE7, we are in awe of Cingular's bold move, we applaud Apple for yet another good idea, and we describe ways to get... Read more...