Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Microsoft PSA: Internet Explorer 9 can do more than download other browsers (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/16/psa-internet-explorer-9-can-do-more-than-download-other-browsers/http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/16/psa-internet-explorer-9-can-do-more-than-download-other-browsers/http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/16/psa-internet-explorer-9-can-do-more-than-download-other-browsers/#comments Microsoft reminds us that Internet Explorer can do more than download other browsers (video)See that up there? It's called inertia, and it's what the crew at Microsoft is trying to overcome. For the past 17 years, Internet Explorer has been little more than meme fodder and a litmus test of whether you knew how to navigate the web -- and let's be honest, the addition of the 'Go' button in IE5.5 only reinforced the stigma. Sure, Internet Explorer 9 was a huge leap in the right direction, but it's done little to restore the product's lousy reputation or stem its dwindling user base. Fortunately, Microsoft knows how to poke fun at itself, and the company's latest ad campaign fundamentally screams: our product's no longer awful, so please use it for something other than downloading another browser. Yeah, it smacks of desperation, but now that Mammon's awoke and realized, "Lo! It was naught but a follower," we can appreciate its sense of humor. Follow the break for a good laugh, and just for the hell of it, use IE while you're at it.

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Microsoft PSA: Internet Explorer 9 can do more than download other browsers (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Internet Explorer may still be the world's number one web browser, but Microsoft has a declining market share to deal with, as well as the small problem of folks hesitant to upgrade from an earlier version for one reason or another. The company's now making a new push to address both issues, however, and has today unveiled a relatively rare Internet Explorer TV commercial extolling the virtues of IE9. That ad continues the "beauty of web" campaign Microsoft has been promoting as of late, and focuses more on web-based apps and games than traditional web sites -- or, for that matter, the browser itself. What remains to be seen is just how big a marketing push Microsoft plans to put behind the new ad campaign, but it is an actual TV ad, not just a web ad. Press play above to render your own judgement.

Microsoft expands Internet Explorer push with new TV ad originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adadvertisingcommercialieie9internet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9marketingmicrosoftminiposttv commercialTvCommercialvideoTue, 06 Mar 2012 02:24:00 EST<![CDATA[OnLive Desktop launches 'Plus' subscriptions, puts IE in your iPad]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/onlive-desktop-launches-plus-subscriptions-puts-ie-in-your-ip/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/onlive-desktop-launches-plus-subscriptions-puts-ie-in-your-ip/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/onlive-desktop-launches-plus-subscriptions-puts-ie-in-your-ip/#comments OnLive has already given Microsoft loving iPad owners a hefty, gratis helping of Windows 7, but that doesn't mean they haven't been building a paywall. What's behind the freshly dried brick and mortar? OnLive Desktop Plus, an optional, subscription based upgrade that touts new features for users who are willing to pay a fee. Five dollars a month buys you a cloud-accelerated web browser (that would be Internet Explorer 9, complete with fully functioning Adobe Flash and Acrobat plug-ins) and priority access to the OnLive Desktop service -- freeloading "standard" subscribers can only access the service on an as-available basis. OnLive says that the cloud powered browser's full Windows experience finally gives the iPad full Flash compatibility, giving you the chance to feed your nostalgic need to watch cartoons check their email. We got an early look at the app, read on for a quick hands-on and OnLive's official press release.

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OnLive Desktop launches 'Plus' subscriptions, puts IE in your iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley notes, however, Google isn't the only company that was discovered to be taking advantage of the P3P loophole. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab say they alerted Microsoft to the vulnerability in 2010, and just two days ago the director of the lab, Lorrie Faith Cranor, wrote about about the issue again on the TAP blog (sponsored by Microsoft, incidentally), detailing how Facebook and others also skirt IE's ability to block cookies. Indeed, Facebook readily admits on its site that it does not have a P3P policy, explaining that the standard is "out of date and does not reflect technologies that are currently in use on the web," and that "most websites" also don't currently have P3P policies. On that matter, Microsoft said in a statement to Foley that the "IE team is looking into the reports about Facebook," but that it has "no additional information to share at this time."

Update: Google's Senior Vice President of Communications and Policy, Rachel Whetstone has now issued a statement in response to Microsoft's blog post. It can be found in full after the break.

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Microsoft and British agency create child-friendly version of IE9 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Windows Phone's latest iteration (codename Mango) is all about keeping it in the hood. We had a chance to sit down with a Windows Phone rep before today's big reveal, and they let us in on a couple of new features that will most definitely set the OS apart -- at least when it comes to navigating the tangled web that is the internet. We did get a quick glimpse at IE9, but the new browser isn't much of a game changer -- it supports HTML5, but still won't deliver Flash or Silverlight compatibility. The real news here is in the Bing-powered search function, which lets users surf the vast expanses of the web four different ways, with a focus on the local.

Clicking the dedicated search button from the Windows Phone home screen takes you to a familiar Bing page, offering the visual, audio, and voice options we heard rumored earlier this month, along with a city scape icon. That skyline represents Local Scout, a function that focuses your queries on the neighborhood you're in, providing location-specific results that highlight important information about establishments and events in your immediate area. Clicking through on any link brings up general information as well as reviews gleaned from popular user-generated sites. That's not all that's new, however, as Mango also offers some nifty tricks in its visual search. Instead of just snapping a barcode, you can actually use a shot of the product itself to bring up information about pricing, availability, and relevant apps.

The demo we saw used the cover of The Girl Who Played With Fire, and supplied among the search results a link to the title in the Kindle app. This isn't exactly groundbreaking technology -- Google Goggles does much the same thing -- but what's truly different here is the tight integration of such functions in the operating system, as well as links to outside applications. Thus, the experience is a bit unlike any other in the OS atmosphere, upending our idea of what it means to search the internets without resorting to standalone programs. Whether it's something users will take to is anybody's guess, but we're certain it's enough to get folks talking. For a deeper (and very vertical) look at Local Scout, hop on past the break.

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Windows Phone 'Mango' search offers location-specific results, app integration (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IE9 code for Windows Phone 7 complete, adds landscape address bar originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 00:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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 Of all the battlefields we've witnessed in the browser wars, this one's never really crossed our minds before: energy efficiency. Yes, the power efficiency of a piece of software, not hardware, is being touted by Microsoft as a differentiating feature for its fresh new Internet Explorer 9. It's thrown together the top five most popular browsers and put them through a cycle of benchmarks -- including Microsoft's own FishIE Tank graphics acceleration test, but not the somewhat popular Adobe Flash -- while measuring how much power they use beyond what the underlying Windows 7 system needs to keep itself going. Shockingly, IE9 was the winner each and every time and there's a tenuous conclusion drawn that if you want good battery life, you'll be going with Internet Explorer. Oh well, whether you consider them a good laugh or really valuable buyer's advice, there's plenty more of these power consumption comparisons at the source link below.

IE9 is the most energy-efficient modern browser, according to Microsoft's own testing originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Internet Explorer versions 1 through 9 compared, signs of progress found (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>acidacid testAcidTestbrowserchronologyhistoryieie9internet explorerInternetExplorermicrosoftretrospectiveversionversionsvideoFri, 18 Mar 2011 12:24:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 hits 2.35 million downloads in first 24 hours, we're mildly impressed]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/16/internet-explorer-9-hits-2-35-million-downloads-in-first-24-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/16/internet-explorer-9-hits-2-35-million-downloads-in-first-24-hour/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/16/internet-explorer-9-hits-2-35-million-downloads-in-first-24-hour/#comments Okay, so 2.35 million downloads in a single day is nothing to scoff at, but it's also not a monumental achievement in terms of browser downloads in the first 24. A post to Internet Explorer's official blog used the word "wow" to describe the IE9 numbers, but considering Firefox 3 got the Guinness world record for most software downloads in a day, with 8 million way back in 2008, we're reluctant to call this news wow-worthy. Given, Firefox 3 was available for both Mac and PC, but it still beat Windows' new browser three times over. Don't get us wrong, we like IE9, but we still think a little bit of modesty goes a long way.

Internet Explorer 9 hits 2.35 million downloads in first 24 hours, we're mildly impressed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2.35 million2.35Million24 hours24Hours9browserdownloaddownloadsfirst 24first 24 hoursfirst dayFirst24First24HoursFirstDayie9internet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9MicrosoftwindowsWed, 16 Mar 2011 22:02:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 gets WebM support with 'preview' plug-in from Google, internet video gets more friendly]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/15/internet-explorer-9-gets-webm-support-with-preview-plug-in-fro/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/15/internet-explorer-9-gets-webm-support-with-preview-plug-in-fro/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/15/internet-explorer-9-gets-webm-support-with-preview-plug-in-fro/#comments Google has released an early WebM plug-in for Microsoft's latest and greatest browser, IE9 -- stepping in to fill a gap that Microsoft itself refused to fill. You may remember the firm's decision to not build in support for the new standard natively, but that it was "all in" with HTML5, WebM's close cousin. Billed as a "technology preview" at this stage of the game, the add-on will enable users to play all WebM video content just like the good Internet overlords intended them to, despite the fact that an additional download is needed. Microsoft said that it would allow for support and it appears to be following up on its word, regardless of other harsher comments made separately. Isn't it good to see big companies getting along? Now if only these same niceties played out in the mobile landscape, then we'd really be getting somewhere.

[Thanks, ChrisSsk]

Internet Explorer 9 gets WebM support with 'preview' plug-in from Google, internet video gets more friendly originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: The download has gone live, go grab it at the source link below!

Gallery: Internet Explorer 9 hands-on

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Internet Explorer 9 launches tonight, we've got your early look (update: it's live) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Internet Explorer 9 RC causing Netflix errors in Windows Media Center? Here's a fix originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft confirms Internet Explorer 9 will launch on March 14th originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>browserieie 9Ie9internet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9microsoftsxswsxsw 2011Sxsw2011web browserWebBrowserWed, 09 Mar 2011 11:54:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 expected on March 14th, definitely released by March 24th]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/internet-explorer-9-expected-on-march-14th-definitely-released/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/internet-explorer-9-expected-on-march-14th-definitely-released/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/internet-explorer-9-expected-on-march-14th-definitely-released/#comments The IE9 Release Candidate came out on February 10th, so you might think it's about time it stepped its game up to a final release and Microsoft seems to be of the same mind. Download Squad reports insider sources have pinpointed the South by Southwest gathering in Austin, Texas, this month as the launch platform for the non-beta, non-RC Internet Explorer 9, with a direct download becoming available around 9PM ET on March 14th. That's highly specific, though still unconfirmed, information. For some more official word on the matter, we have to go to the Indian branch of the Microsoft Developer Network, which has tweeted out the announcement that IE9 will launch on March 24th at Tech.Ed India 2011. We imagine that's a launch party specific to India itself, however it does provide an official date for the latest time we can expect Microsoft to take the training wheels off its newest, shiniest browser.

Internet Explorer 9 expected on March 14th, definitely released by March 24th originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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See the new Windows Phone 7 features in motion (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ie9kinectmicrosoftmultitaskingmwcmwc 2011Mwc2011videowindows phone 7WindowsPhone7wp7Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:26:00 EST<![CDATA[Microsoft shows off WP7's future with multitasking, Twitter integration, and IE9, all coming this year]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/microsoft-shows-off-windows-phone-7s-future-with-multitasking/http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/microsoft-shows-off-windows-phone-7s-future-with-multitasking/http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/microsoft-shows-off-windows-phone-7s-future-with-multitasking/#commentsMicrosoft shows off Windows Phone 7's future with multitasking, Twitter integration, and IE9, all coming this year We've just barely begun to get ready with Steve Ballmer's keynote at MWC 2011, yet the company's Twitter and press feeds just scooped its main man. It's confirmed that Windows Phone 7 is getting multitasking for third-party apps and a suite of other updates, including Twitter integration and IE9 Mobile. We're still waiting on details on the multitasking, but the company has confirmed a "new wave of multitasking applications" in this next release, though hopefully that means open to all.

Twitter will be integrated into the People Hub, so you can get your real-time "what's for dinner" updates right there. And, of course, Microsoft confirmed IE9 is coming. It'll deliver a "dramatically enhanced web browser experience" thanks to graphics and hardware acceleration that'll make the most of what your handset has to offer. Sounds tasty to us. We're told to expect the update in "early March," which isn't that far away at all.

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Microsoft shows off WP7's future with multitasking, Twitter integration, and IE9, all coming this year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: We spoke to Microsoft IE9 privacy guru Andy Ziegler, and learned to our dismay that tracking protection lists won't actually be included in the browser per se; rather, the company's created a feature where you can generate your own lists or download ready-made one from providers like TRUSTe. The thing is, IE9 won't suggest one for you, or even curate a group of them when you install -- you'll need to put on your power user hat and do the legwork there yourself.

Internet Explorer 9 RC now available to download, tracking protection in tow (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Flash Player 10.2 also marks Adobe's discontinuation of support for PowerPC-based Macs and Microsoft's Windows 2000 OS. So if you're still rocking some finely aged gear, you'll have to just content yourself with the awesomeness of 10.1.

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Flash Player 10.2 sheds beta label, improves efficiency with Stage Video playback originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft releases H.264 plug-in for Google Chrome, vows to support WebM video in IE9 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google defends H.264 removal from Chrome, says WebM plug-ins coming to Safari and IE9 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a nod to future FTC mandates regarding web privacy, Microsoft has announced that among its many charms, Internet Explorer 9 will introduce something called a Tracking Protective List. In essence, the TPL looks at third party elements of whichever page you may be viewing (for instance, when you're at msnbc.com and it contains elements that are hosted by another domain) and allows you to block those which track your movements. This is done by domain, and there is both a whitelist and a blacklist -- ensuring that while elements that are required for full functionality will be allowed, those which are a nuisance will be blocked. Of course, this isn't the answer to all of your security needs, but between this and properly managing your cookies it is a decent first step. IE9 will come around sometime in early 2011 -- in the meantime, check out the video after the break for more info.

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Internet Explorer 9 privacy measures to include Tracking Protection originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Adobe Flash Player 10.2 beta arrives, expands hardware acceleration originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How would you change Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Beta? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>betabrowserHow would you changeHowWouldYouChangeHWYCieie 9ie 9 betaIe9Ie9Betainternet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9microsoftsoftwarewebweb browserWebBrowserFri, 26 Nov 2010 22:52:00 EST<![CDATA[W3C tests HTML5 browser compatibility, crowns IE9 the champ]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/02/w3c-tests-html5-browser-compatibility-crowns-ie9-the-champ/http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/02/w3c-tests-html5-browser-compatibility-crowns-ie9-the-champ/http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/02/w3c-tests-html5-browser-compatibility-crowns-ie9-the-champ/#comments The World Wide Web Consortium -- you know, the team responsible for certifying and standardizing HTML5 -- has put together its first table of official conformance test results, giving us an idea of how well prepared each of the most popular browsers is for the oncoming web standards revolution. The data show Internet Explorer 9 as the most adroit performer (again), though Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari don't seem to be too far behind in their HTML5 compliance, either. Of course, these checks don't cover the entire spec, which in itself isn't even finalized yet, but they provide us with a glimpse into a brave new world where Microsoft actually cares about coders keen on maximizing interoperability by adhering to web-wide standards. Good stuff. Check out the full results at the source link below.

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W3C tests HTML5 browser compatibility, crowns IE9 the champ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple may have gotten a bit of attention by radically redesigning the iTunes icon, but it's not the only desktop mainstay that's undergone a change -- Microsoft also revised the Internet Explorer logo once again for its latest release, and it's now taken the opportunity to offer a bit of insight into its design process. As explained on its Internet Explorer blog, the original blue "e" was designed to represent a globe, with the "orbiter" intended to depict speed and exploration. For Internet Explorer 9 both elements were updated, with the "e" getting a slightly more modern treatment, while the orbiter was given a fuller, more continuous connection and the appearance of an even faster orbit. That's just scratching the surface, though -- hit up the source link below for a detailed look at the making of the new logo, and a look back at its evolution over the past 15 years.

Everything you wanted to know about the Internet Explorer logo but were afraid to ask originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>browserdesigniconicon designIconDesignIEie 9Ie9internet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9logologo designLogoDesignmicrosoftweb browserWebBrowserFri, 17 Sep 2010 21:33:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 Beta review]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/internet-explorer-9-beta-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/internet-explorer-9-beta-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/internet-explorer-9-beta-review/#comments Digg If you're anything like us, as soon as you get a new PC there's a laundry list of things you do: uninstall every piece of crapware, change the desktop wallpaper, and fire up Internet Explorer 8 to download a new browser like Firefox or Chrome. Without fail, we've repeated that last step on every Windows laptop we've reviewed in the last year. Why is it that we almost instantly replace IE with another option? There are lots of reasons, but to name a few... the browser usually comes plastered with toolbars, which makes it painfully slow to load even just a simple news site. And even when those are uninstalled it feels sluggish in comparison to Firefox and Chrome. Also, it's just not as attractive or intuitive as the others. Oh, and then there are the smaller items, like the fact that it lacks a download manager or uses more RAM than the competition.

That's no short list of complaints, but you can't say Microsoft hasn't been listening. It's been saying for months that Internet Explorer 9 -- which is now available for download as a public beta -- will mend all those issues and then some. A lot of the improvements come in speed -- Redmond's been talking about hardware acceleration since November of last year -- but there are some other interesting features such as "Pinned Sites" and "One Box" that Microsoft's been less vocal about. So, does IE9 live up to the hype and will it finally give us a preloaded browser that's fast enough to run with the others? Should you run along and download it right now? We've spent the last week using it as our primary browser on a number of different laptops to find out. We'll meet again in our full review after the break.

Gallery: IE9 screenshots

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Internet Explorer 9 Beta review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: It's out! Check out our review if you're still feeling antsy.

Internet Explorer 9 Beta seeing public release later today (update: it's out!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, pradeep]

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Internet Explorer 9 Beta sees video demo, hits 95/100 on Acid3 test originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Internet Explorer 9 makes cameo appearance on Microsoft Russia site originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>browsercameoglimpseie 9Ie9internet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9leakmary-jo foleyMary-joFoleymicrosoftpre-releasescreenshotteaserWed, 25 Aug 2010 11:35:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 Beta launching September 15th, might enter a beauty pageant]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/internet-explorer-9-beta-launching-september-15th-might-enter-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/internet-explorer-9-beta-launching-september-15th-might-enter-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/internet-explorer-9-beta-launching-september-15th-might-enter-a/#comments Once again, the whispers were true. Microsoft has proudly announced on this fine day that September 15th will mark the official launch of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta, but details beyond that are scant. We do know that the Big M will hold a gala in San Francisco to celebrate "The Beauty of the Web," and once it hits the tubes, you'll need either Vista or Windows 7 to use it (sorry, XP loyalists). 'Course, it remains to be seen if IE can catch up to Chrome and Firefox in the technical department, but at least you can start preparing your existing squeeze for somewhat of a letdown next month. Let 'em down easy, okay?

Internet Explorer 9 Beta launching September 15th, might enter a beauty pageant originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>betabrowserIEie 9Ie9internetInternet Explorerinternet explorer 9Internet Explorer 9 betaInternetExplorerInternetExplorer9InternetExplorer9Betamicrosoftsoftwarevideowebweb browserWebBrowserwindowsThu, 12 Aug 2010 16:54:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 Beta expected in September, screenshots leak now]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/internet-explorer-9-beta-expected-in-september-screenshots-leak/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/internet-explorer-9-beta-expected-in-september-screenshots-leak/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/internet-explorer-9-beta-expected-in-september-screenshots-leak/#comments If for whatever reason the holy trifecta of Chrome, Firefox and Safari just can't satisfy your browsing needs, you'll be relieved to hear that Microsoft is on track to release a public Beta version of its latest browser as soon as a month from now. A great many hopes and enhancements are folded into this next Internet Explorer, but for the moment all we've got are pictures of its download manager and a familiar "most popular sites" starting page. You won't find many shocks in either, they're pretty much par for the modern browser course, with the former allowing you to search your download library and the latter sorting your favorite web addresses by the number of times you've visited them. Microsoft's clearly keeping up with the Chromeses here, but what we really want to see is some more innovation and adventure in its designs -- let's hope the Beta lets us play with more fresh stuff than just an ever so slightly different IE icon (don't worry, it's still cornflower blue).

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Internet Explorer 9 Beta expected in September, screenshots leak now originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Curious to see how the latest preview release of Internet Explorer 9 stacks up against the competition when it comes to HTML5 performance in Windows? So was Download Squad, and it's now revealed its findings in some vivid, if not entirely scientific tests. The end result is that Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 3.7 were well ahead of the pack in the 1,000-fish stress test (with Firefox about 5 or 10 percent ahead of IE), while Opera was stuck somewhere in the middle, and Chrome placed a distant last (and maxed out the CPU) -- all with hardware acceleration enabled, of course, although that had to be done via command line switches in the case of Chrome. Head on past the break to check out the four-way showdown for yourself, as well as an earlier test with just IE9 and Chrome.

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HTML5 speed test finds IE9, Firefox 3.7 lead the pack in Windows, Chrome a distant last originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mozilla bundles WebM support into nightly Firefox builds originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>browserbrowserscodecfirefoxformatgplieie 9Ie9internet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9mozillamozilla firefoxMozillaFirefoxstandardssupportvideovideo formatVideoFormatvp8web browserweb browsersweb standardsWebBrowserWebBrowserswebmWebStandardsThu, 10 Jun 2010 13:26:00 EST<![CDATA[Microsoft weighs in: 'the future of the web is HTML5']]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/microsoft-weighs-in-the-future-of-the-web-is-html5/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/microsoft-weighs-in-the-future-of-the-web-is-html5/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/microsoft-weighs-in-the-future-of-the-web-is-html5/#comments Where Steve Jobs leads, Microsoft follows -- how's that for shaking up the hornet's nest? It's said in jest, of course, but we've just come across a post from the General Manager for Internet Explorer, Dean Hachamovitch, and the perspective expressed by him on the subject of web content delivery broadly agrees with the essay penned by Jobs yesterday on the very same subject. Echoing the Apple CEO's words, Hachamovitch describes HTML5 as "the future of the web," praising it for allowing content to be played without the need for plug-ins and with native hardware acceleration (in both Windows 7 and Mac OS X). He goes on to identify H.264 as the best video codec for the job -- so much so that it'll be the only one supported in IE9's HTML5 implementation -- before turning to the dreaded subject of Flash.

This is where it gets good, because he literally repeats one of Jobs' six pillars of Flash hate: "reliability, security, and performance" are not as good as Microsoft would like them. Where Hachamovitch diverges from Apple's messiah, however, is in describing Flash as an important part of "a good consumer experience on today's web," primarily because it's difficult for the typical consumer to access Flash-free content. Still, it's got to be depressing for Adobe's crew when the best thing either of the two biggest players in tech has to say about your wares is that they're ubiquitous. Wonder how Shantanu Narayen is gonna try and spin this one.

P.S. : it's notable that in multiple paragraphs of discussing "the future," Microsoft's IE general fails to once mention the fabled Silverlight, itself a rich media browser plug-in. Given Silverlight's featured role in the Windows Phone 7 infrastructure and other things like Netflix, we doubt it's on the outs, but there are sure to be some sour faces greeting Hachamovitch this morning.

[Thanks, KnifeX4]

Microsoft weighs in: 'the future of the web is HTML5' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adobebrowsersDean HachamovitchDeanHachamovitchflashh.264html5ieie9internetinternet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9microsoftrich mediaRichMediasilverlightwebFri, 30 Apr 2010 04:05:00 EST<![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 going all Metro, according to allegedly leaked screenshots? (update: nope)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/internet-explorer-9-going-all-metro-according-to-allegedly-leak/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/internet-explorer-9-going-all-metro-according-to-allegedly-leak/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/internet-explorer-9-going-all-metro-according-to-allegedly-leak/#comments Well goodness gracious, consider the books well and truly turned up. The above, purportedly bona fide, IE9 screenshot shows a bold and radical redesign of the browser everyone loves to hate. Borrowing liberally from the Metro UI design philosophy -- first espoused in the Zune HD and then paraded to great acclaim in the Windows Phone 7 OS -- this distinctly minimalist new look has us experiencing uncomfortable and unfamiliar emotions toward Microsoft's browser. We kinda, sorta wanna use it now. According to the rough translation, the bar up top alternates, depending on your use, between displaying the page title, status, address bar or search box, thereby trimming the aesthetic fat to the very limit. Slide past the break for another image, but remember: these could just as easily be mere mockups done by passionate Microsoft fans. In either case, we're pretty sure this is the direction this browser, and all others, need to be headed.

[Thanks, Kiran]

Update: And, as it turned out, the screenshots were indeed an exercise in some April-inspired tomfoolery by the guys over at LiveSino. We still think they're gorgeous, we'll just brush up on our Chinese for next time.

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Internet Explorer 9 going all Metro, according to allegedly leaked screenshots? (update: nope) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>browserguiieie9interfaceinternet explorerinternet explorer 9InternetExplorerInternetExplorer9leakleakedmetromicrosoftminimalistredesignscreenshotsuiuser interfaceUserInterfaceWed, 07 Apr 2010 19:11:00 EST<![CDATA[IE9 demoed on Ion-based Eee PC with full GPU acceleration]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/ie9-demoed-on-ion-based-eee-pc-with-full-gpu-acceleration/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/ie9-demoed-on-ion-based-eee-pc-with-full-gpu-acceleration/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/ie9-demoed-on-ion-based-eee-pc-with-full-gpu-acceleration/#comments Although we were a little more focused on Windows Phone 7 Series when we went to MIX 10, Microsoft's other big announcement at the conference was Internet Explorer 9, which offers HTML5 support and support for GPU acceleration throughout the browsing experience. We saw a few demos of the system in action at MIX, but this video from NVIDIA does a little better job showing how helpful that extra GPU boost can be -- IE9 running on the Ion 2-based Eee PC 1201PN smokes a regular Atom-based netbook across a suite of tests. What that's going to mean for battery life is up in the air, especially since the GPU on an Optimus system like the 1201PN kicks in automatically, but it's pretty cool to see a netbook browsing the web at almost desktop-like speeds. Check the video after the break.

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IE9 demoed on Ion-based Eee PC with full GPU acceleration originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Chrome, Opera, and Safari do indeed score 100/100 in ACID3 testing, not "nearly" as previously stated. Thanks commenters for pointing out the obvious.

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Microsoft shows off Internet Explorer 9: says 'yes' to HTML5, 'no' to Windows XP originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not so fast, Internet Explorer! We know that you have great things in the works for IE 9 -- including Direct2D GPU acceleration, the 2D / vector graphics API that we first laid eyes on in Windows 7. And believe us, that got our attention -- as well as the attention of Mozilla programmer Bas Schouten. It seems that over the weekend, the young man successfully loaded Direct2D support into an alpha build of Firefox 3.7 -- just days after you announced its inclusion in the next version of your web browser. "Things are looking very promising for Direct2D" and Firefox, said Schouten, although "older PCs with pre-D3D10 graphics cards and WDDM 1.0 drivers will not show significant improvements." And we thought that accelerometer support was wild!

Programmer adds IE 9 graphics acceleration to Firefox originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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