The Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Beta 2 Preview for Microsoft Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will be available Tuesday, January 31, 2006 via free download at www.microsoft.com/ie. This preview release showcases many exciting new features expected to be in the final version of IE7 for Windows XP, including dynamic new security and privacy protection features, a significantly enhanced end user experience and major platform advances for Web and application developers.

As part of IE7 Beta 2 Preview for Microsoft Windows XP SP2 release, Microsoft is announcing the availability of the Windows RSS platform for Windows XP. By making the powerful RSS platform available for Windows XP customers, Microsoft is further empowering developers to easily create innovative, RSS-enabled solutions for hundreds of millions of Windows users.