Microsoft IE 7 will automatically replace IE 6

Posted August 1, 2006 at 02:17 PM by Adam Berger

Section: News, Web, Downloads, Web Browsers, Software / Applications

As we get close to the final availability of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft is scrounging for a way to regain market share in the browser war. Recent polls have shown Firefox, Safari, and Opera gaining more ground while Internet Explorer (IE) is loosing share. To combat this, MS has announced that they will distribute IE7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates (AU) shortly after the final version is released for Windows XP (in Q4 of this year), “to help our customers become more secure and up-to-date.” Advanced security features include ActiveX Opt-in, a Phishing Filter, and Fix My Settings.

Nice marketing Microsoft, it’s ok you can just say that you a scared sh!tless after loosing a anti-trust battle in the EU and loosing multiple percentage points of market share each month to Mozilla, a company that started as a hobby and now makes tons of $$ from their forward thinking.

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