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Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Pwn2Own defeats Firefox, Safari, IE8, and iPhone

The Pwn2Own contest is under way, and the first day saw Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer 8 all used to penetrate host systems.

March 25, 2010 | 14:08

My Favourite Firefox Addons

February 9, 2010 | 11:01

Opera says IE removal "not enough"

Not surprisingly, Opera has said that Microsoft’s offer to completely remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7 was not enough to restore competition.

June 13, 2009 | 11:18

IE8 gets automatic rollout nag

Although Microsoft has opted not to make IE8 an automatic install via Windows Update, users are set to be given a nag screen download offering the upgrade.

April 14, 2009 | 09:54

Windows 7 to make IE optional

Microsoft has confirmed plans to introduce functionality within Windows 7 that will allow in-built packages - including Internet Explorer 8 and Media Center - to be disabled.

March 9, 2009 | 11:11

Opera creates new JavaScript engine

Opera has announced a new JavaScript engine for Opera 10, which should vastly improve performance - and get it closer to first place in the SunSpider benchmark tests.

February 6, 2009 | 10:46

Internet Explorer market share dips

Figures released by Net Applications show Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser losing a big share of the market to rivals Safari, Firefox, and Chrome.

February 3, 2009 | 13:14

IE trails browser benchmarks

Testing carried out by ZDNet Australia shows Internet Explorer 8 trailing the JavaScript performance stakes when compared to other next-gen browsers.

January 30, 2009 | 10:05

IE team working on 'privacy mode'

The Internet Explorer team over at Microsoft are hard at work on a pair of technologies designed to offer 'private browsing' without leaving incriminating evidence behind.

August 21, 2008 | 08:57

IE8 due "later this year"

Internet Explorer 8, with its strict standards compliance, is due to ship to end users by the end of the year according to Microsoft. A second beta is also scheduled for next month.

July 25, 2008 | 12:58

Next IE8 beta due in August

The next public beta release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 web browser won't be coming out until August, significantly later than testers were expecting.

June 4, 2008 | 10:59

Windows Update broken in IE 8

The latest beta of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 has been with us for a while now, but sadly nobody seems to have told the Windows Update team about the release.

March 10, 2008 | 07:39

IE 8 will actually follow standards

Microsoft's next iteration of the Internet Explorer browser will default to rendering pages in a standards-compliant mode that rejects broken sites written for earlier versions.

March 5, 2008 | 07:39