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Monday, June 29, 2009 1:01 PM

IT Professionals: Prepare for Internet Explorer 8 availability via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) in August 2009

For those of you who manage your organization’s desktops using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Internet Explorer 8 will be made available via this technology starting August 25, 2009. Internet Explorer 8 will be made available as an “Update rollup”
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Friday, June 26, 2009 2:27 PM

IE8 is now available on Windows XP for 5 more languages

We are pleased to announce the availability of Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP for 5 additional languages today. These languages were tagged as “Coming Soon” in our blog post early June . Please visit our World wide sites page to download Internet Explorer
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:45 AM

Declaring Security

Recently, a number of people have asked me what I think about Mozilla’s Content Security Policy draft spec. Back in January, I went on record as being someone who thinks that CSP is a good idea. CSP is a mechanism for declarative security , whereby a
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Friday, June 19, 2009 2:00 PM

How we used user research data to help design Compatibility View

There have already been a few posts on Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 8 ( here , here , here , here , here , and here ), but none have gone into detail about the user research data we used to help design this feature. We collected data on Compatibility
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:39 PM

Compatibility View and "Smart Defaults"

I’ve mentioned in several previous posts how Internet Explorer 8 displays pages in its most standards compliant mode by default – a configuration that emphasizes interoperability. This creates some challenges with regards to compatibility with existing
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Monday, June 15, 2009 3:54 PM

June Chat with the Internet Explorer team on Thursday

Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat this Thursday, June 18 th at 10.00 PST/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team. Thank you to all who have attended
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Friday, June 12, 2009 2:28 PM

IE8 Smart Address bar: What’s new

During the IE8 beta periods, we unveiled a bunch of exciting new changes to the address bar. Throughout the beta period, we observed how the feature was being used and listened to your feedback. Two major themes developed from this feedback: performance,
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:31 PM

IE June Security Update Now Available

The IE Cumulative Security Update for June 2009 is now available via Windows Update or Microsoft Update . This update addresses seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability. The security update addresses these vulnerabilities
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Monday, June 01, 2009 1:34 PM

Internet Explorer 8 is now available in 20 additional languages

We are pleased to announce the availability of Internet Explorer 8 in 20 additional languages today. Internet Explorer 8 is now available in a total of 63 languages! Please visit our World wide sites page to download Internet Explorer in your preferred
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