Windows 8 to feature 'immersive browsing'
More details have emerged of what features will be included on Microsoft Windows 8.
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Windows Phone 7 is loved by app designers, Microsoft claims
The platform's developer tools have been downloaded more than 1.5 million times, and the Marketplace boasts 11,500 apps
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Microsoft stands by decision to ban IE9 from XP
Microsoft's Internet Explorer again lost ground to Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome in March, even as the company launched its newest browser, Web metrics data shows.
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Microsoft reconsiders first Windows Phone 7 app rejection
Microsoft appears to be reconsidering a decision to bar an application from the Windows Phone 7 market, in one of the first tests of the software giant's mobile app approval process.
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Microsoft rebukes developers for poor app security
Microsoft now ‘gets’ security at every level of the organisation but the wider software industry has yet to match its zeal, the company has said in its latest Software Development Lifecycle (SDL) Progress Report.
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Hackers exploit Flash zero-day, Adobe confirms
Adobe has confirmed that attackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player using Microsoft Excel documents.
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Internet Explorer 9 set for release on March 14
No more platform previews, betas or release candidates: the final version of Internet Explorer 9 is launching on March 14.
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Microsoft launches new bid to kill Internet Explorer 6
“Friend's don't let friends use Internet Explorer 6," Microsoft said this week in launching a new site that tracks the progress of pushing IE6 market share below 1%.
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What 2011's web looks like through IE6 and Netscape
What if you took the raw, pre-patched, 10-year-old versions of Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6.1 and tried to surf the modern web? What would happen?
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Microsoft gets W3C support for web tracking protection
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has given Microsoft's proposal for a standard protecting consumer privacy the seal of approval. Acceptance by W3C, the governing body responsible for HTML5, is a significant hurdle for Microsoft as it works to give users more control over their own online privacy and the tools necessary to block unwanted web tracking.
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Windows 7 SP1 available for download
Microsoft has started offering Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Windows Update
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Microsoft to launch mobile version of IE9
Microsoft is to launch a mobile version of its Internet Explorer 9 web browser later this year.
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Nokia adopts Microsoft's Windows Phone 7
Nokia will adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS, the company said on Friday, after days of speculation on what it would do to compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
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Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 launching on Feb 22
Microsoft has announced that it had wrapped up work on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and would start delivering the major upgrade on Feb. 22 through Windows Update.
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Google Chrome hits 10% market share
Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari posted record numbers for usage in January while Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) lost ground for the sixth month running, says Net Applications.
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Windows Phone 7 update coming February 7?
The first expected Windows Phone 7 firmware update is due to be released next Monday, according to rumours on the web.
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H.264 is more popular than Google's WebM
Amid controversy over Google's decision to strip H.264 support from its Chrome browser, a Google official has acknowledged H.264 is more popular than the WebM video codec, but said restrictive licensing will ultimately doom H.264.
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Microsoft launches free, entry-level web design tool
Microsoft has introduced this week a website-building tool for those new to web design -- or users looking to edit blog templates based around platforms such as WordPress.
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Microsoft mocks Google over removing HTML5 from Chrome
Microsoft and Google fight the HTML5 video standards to be used in the next generation of Web browsers.
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Firefox beats Internet Explorer to become Europe's most popular browser
Firefox was the most-used browser in Europe in December, edging out Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the first time, according to new data released by the web analytics service StatCounter on Tuesday.