Internet Explorer 8 Arrives Today

Microsoft has announced that their new and improved Internet Explorer 8 will be available today, March 19th, 2009 at noon EDT. The Redmond giant describes the new broweser as faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Sounds famaliar doesn’t it.

On their blog site Microsoft actually decribes their new browser as:

Today Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the Web today. It can be downloaded in 25 languages at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 starting at noon EDT on March 19. Internet Explorer 8 is easier to use, faster and offers leading-edge security features in direct response to people’s increasing concerns about online safety. A new study commissioned by Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance and conducted by Harris Interactive Inc. shows that 91 percent of adults in the U.S. are concerned about online threats in the current economic climate, and 78 percent are more likely to choose a Web browser with built-in security than they were two years ago.

“Customers have made clear what they want in a Web browser — safety, speed and greater ease of use,” said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. “With Internet Explorer 8, we are delivering a browser that gets people to the information they need, fast, and provides protection that no other browser can match.”

In response to extensive customer research and input from tens of millions of customer sessions, Microsoft developed Internet Explorer 8 to focus on what matters most to people. The security enhancements offer protection against existing and emerging security threats online. It blocks two to four times more malware attacks than other browsers; cuts down on the time it takes to complete common tasks on the Web such as searching, mapping and sharing, including navigating 15 of the 20 top worldwide sites; and blurs the lines between the services they use daily and the browser used to access the Internet.

During the past few days I have been trying Google’s lastest offering of their browser Chrome. This new browser is fast. Whether or not IE 8 will be able to meet the speed that Chrome demonstrates. Also Mozilla is working on a new variation of Firefox. The browser wars continue.

Will you be trying the new browser. Let us know.

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