EU competition police have handed Microsoft an enormous £480m fine, after the software giant admitted that a "technical error" saw new Windows machines arriving without the option to choose a default web browser. Read More >>
Featured comment by captainparty:
"They don't have a monopoly on computers, which Microsoft did 10 years ago. Its european competition regulations, they owned the market and by shipping..." More »
Windows 7 users are finally getting Internet Explorer 10. They'll be auto-upgraded in a few weeks, but you can go ahead and download the updated browser starting today. Read More >>
Microsoft's latest Internet Explorer advert offers us a baffling retrospective of the 1990s, pretending it was a time when IE ruled the world alongside 56k modems, Tamagotchis and floppy discs. Read More >>
In another excellent ad for Internet Explorer 10, IE pokes fun of itself saying that the sign of apocalypse is here because Internet Explorer 10 is actually good now. This follows up its hilarious video ad which showed Internet trolls saying IE10 sucked... less. What a hot streak of hilarious self deprecating humor! Read More >>
Featured comment by resis:
"I didn't even watch the video - so as far as I'm concerned it's original in my own head. But fair play if they said it there - I didn't claim to be or..." More »
If you still use Internet Explorer, there's more to worry about than a crappy browsing experience. Microsoft has confirmed that it's looking in to a "mouse tracking" flaw, which affects IE 6 through 10. Read More >>
You may not have noticed—why would you have?—but Internet Explorer has actually gotten markedly better! Better enough, anyway, to possibly soften to hardest-hearted internet troublemaker. Read More >>
Featured comment by mysticusa:
"That has to do with the popularity of their market share... When you design something that is fully integrated into your own OS (not some public open ..." More »
After the launch of Windows 8 (previously the only place you could get some IE10-flavoured 'goodness') Microsoft's decided to spread the love to its Windows 7 brood. It's not an official launch just yet; still just a preview, but even Microsoft promises that it'll still "take other browsers to school". Oooh, Chrome, sounds like a challenge to me. [Microsoft] Read More >>
Featured comment by N3rd:
"I don't understand the IE hate. Sure IE8 was a bit crap for today's standards, but so was Chrome 1.0 back then.
IE10 on the other hand is pretty de..." More »
Looks like Microsoft's got some pain coming its way from the EC again. The European Commission has officially given notice that Microsoft broke antitrust laws, by not fully complying with its browser choice commitments in Windows 7. It's going to get a fine for sure, but how much? I suspect it'll be pretty hefty, this time round. Read More >>
Featured comment by chootastic:
"I think its because active desktop was so awful, all power users i know deactivated it as soon as w98 was installed." More »
Pretty soon, Microsoft will officially release a new software update to all Xbox 360 users that will include a big blue icon with an 'e' stamped on it. Yep, the Xbox 360 is finally getting Internet Explorer, a real browser for your TV. Read More >>
Featured comment by nerdfly:
"I have to add all my other tech will connect to the tv and output sound and hd video without the awful fan noise with better quality and more codec su..." More »
Microsoft has done a bang up job with Internet Explorer and has a fancy, heart-pumping, dare-I-say-cool commercial to go along with it. Seriously, watch it. But you know what? It's hard to stop poking fun of IE because of its horrid reputation. This video by College Humor is the honest version of that super cool commercial. It's hilarious Read More >>
One big provider of internet porn took the imminent arrival of Internet Explorer on Microsoft's Xbox 360 to issue a press release, claiming the console was about to become every child's favourite way of getting their favourite niche of porn beamed into their living rooms. Read More >>
Featured comment by JoeyG410:
"Yea true, I use the PS3 for media and Xbox for more games as more or my friends have Xbox's. But personally I wish they had PS3's as I find the whole ..." More »
As if you didn't need any more distractions from work with the likes of Twitter and Facebook gleaming onto office monitors around the world, you can now waste a good chunk of time playing some visually-updated classics like Asteroids, Centipede or even Pong from the comfort of your browser in the Atari Arcade. Read More >>
Long before Internet Explorer became the browser everyone loves to hate, it was the driving force of innovation on the Internet. Sometimes it's hard to remember all of the good that Internet Explorer did before Internet Explorer 6 became the scourge of web developers everywhere. Believe it or not, Internet Explorer 4-6 is heavily responsible for web development as we know it today. A number of proprietary features became de facto standards and then official standards with some ending up in the HTML5 specification. Read More >>
Major Nelson announced that Microsoft is accepting beta testers for the next version of Xbox Live, which includes new features like Internet Explorer for Xbox, better search and discovery, an updated dashboard and more. If you're interested and of course you are (new features yay!) you can sign up right here. [Major Nelson] Read More >>
Online gadget specialist Kogan has come up with a fantastically clever way of helping obliterate older versions of Internet Explorer from the world, by introducing a tax on those who use the clunky old browser to buy stuff from its shop. Read More >>
Featured comment by adam.georgeson:
"I completely agree with that. Personally I don't use IE. What I meant was giving the users that other choice. After-all IE still has a high share of t..." More »
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