Microsoft releases beta version of Internet Explorer 8

September 3, 2008

Microsoft last week released a broadly available test version of its latest Web browser, Internet Explorer 8, including a tool to cover one's tracks across the Web.

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RainTech - Sep 03, 2008
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It's basically s*ks...
IE can not catch it's old position in the markets, it'll only share more scale of their market-percents -.-

There's one way the best; Open Source Development.
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