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  Goodbye 2011 ... What a year!

  Well, as we are just a hop, skip and an eggnog away from putting on silly hats, drinking champagne, and kissing random people as we bid goodbye to the year, it behooves me to look into the digital rearview mirror and ponder what we can see rushing away from us.

  By Mark Gibbs | 19 December, 2011 17:27

  Tags: year in review, WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, Windows Phone 7, WiFi, Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA, security, retrospective, research in motion, PROTECT IP Act, Nokia, networking, Net Neutrality Rules, netflix, Microsoft, internet explorer, HP, Google, Federal Communications Commission, CarrierIQ, 2011

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  Microsoft to start automatic updates of IE without asking the user

  Microsoft next year will change its automated update process for the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser to push out the latest version of the browser for XP, Vista and Windows 7 without the notification-style install prompt presented to the end user today.

  By Ellen Messmer | 16 December, 2011 00:30

  Tags: Windows, system management, software, security, Patch management, operating systems, networking, Microsoft security, Microsoft, management, internet explorer, infrastructure management, IE9, Google, Blocker Toolkit, application management

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  Windows 8 update: The end of Adobe Flash?

  Microsoft appears to be taking a page out of Apple's play book saying it will dump plug-ins such as Adobe Flash from Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8. Well, sort of.

  By Ian Paul | 16 September, 2011 00:04

  Tags: youtube, Windows 8, software, Microsoft, internet explorer, browsers, applications, Apple

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  Chrome inches up, Firefox flat, IE9 climbing fast

  The latest and greatest browser market share stats are out from Net Applications. On the surface, it seems there was very little change from last month among desktop browsers, but digging a little deeper yields some interesting perspective.

  By Tony Bradley | 02 September, 2011 03:52

  Tags: software, mozilla, Microsoft, internet explorer, internet, Google, firefox, chrome, browsers, applications

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  Chrome nibbles at IE, Microsoft finds silver lining

  It is the first day of the month, and that means new browser market share numbers from Net Applications. Internet Explorer and Firefox continue to slide as Chrome and Safari gain ground -- but Microsoft focuses on its own silver lining.

  By Tony Bradley | 02 August, 2011 01:49

  Tags: software, Microsoft, internet explorer, internet, chrome, browsers, applications

• Getting Ready For Internet Explorer 9

  After four platform previews aimed at demonstrating the power of the underlying Internet Explorer 9 engine to developers, Microsoft is ready to unveil a public beta of the on September 15. Many organizations are still struggling with the decision to move from IE6 to IE8, so what should businesses expect from the new Microsoft browser?

  By Tony Bradley | 14 August, 2010 02:30

  Tags: software, Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft, Internet Explorer 9, internet explorer, internet, browsers, applications

• Lab Notes: The Inside Scoop on Browser Speed Testing

  If you're a regular PCWorld reader, you may have noticed the Browser Blowout story we posted last week. In it, I looked at various aspects of the major Web browsers, including features, interface, security, and performance.

  By Nick Mediati | 03 August, 2010 10:28

  Tags: software, safari, opera, mozilla firefox, internet explorer, chrome, browsers, applications

• 5 reasons why Google Chrome will crush IE In browser war

  Google's Chrome browser is shining brightly, and it's not hard to see why. First, the stats: According to the latest NetApplications figures, Chrome now has 6.7 percent of the browser market--a stunning rise from zero prior to 2009. Competing browsers are either treading water or, as in the case of Microsoft Internet Explorer, in precipitous freefall.

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 05 May, 2010 06:43

  Tags: web browsers, internet explorer, Google Chrome, browsers

• What you need to know about Microsoft's emergency IE patch

  So far 2010 hasn't been kind to the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. It is only March, and Microsoft is releasing the second emergency out-of-band patch to respond to a zero-day exploit in the wild.

  By Tony Bradley | 31 March, 2010 07:48

  Tags: security, Microsoft, internet explorer

• It's time to finally drop Internet Explorer 6

  A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.

  By Tony Bradley | 12 March, 2010 10:23

  Tags: web browsers, security, Microsoft, internet explorer

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