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Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows

The Google Chrome Beta is live for Windows XP and Vista users. One box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Shortcuts for your apps Get desktop...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-02-2008
Microsoft discusses first IE 8 Beta 2 feature: InPrivate Browsing

I was under the impression that I was going to have to wait until Microsoft shipped Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 to discuss this, but the IE team today blogged about one of the features from that upcoming release, InPrivate Browsing: When we began planning IE8, we took a hard look at our customers’...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-25-2008
The MobileMe disaster continues: Now it's not 'Exchange for the rest of us' anymore

I just received the following note that Apple sent to its sales force. In it, the company says that it will no longer use the "Exchange for the rest of us" slogan because MobileMe, unlike Exchange, does not really use push technology. This whole thing is unbelievable to me: MobileMe Messaging...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-17-2008
Internet Explorer 8 security features

I just posted an article about Internet Explorer 8 security features . This is based on a recent briefing I had, but as promised, the IE team has published a number of related blog posts that might be of interest: IE8 Security Part III – SmartScreen Filter For Internet Explorer 8, we’ve built upon the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-02-2008
MSN Toolbar now compatible with Silverlight 2

I mentioned a while back that I would like to test the new MSN toolbar but it wasn't compatible with Silverlight 2. Well, it is now: You'll need to snag the recently-released Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2. Thanks Jim!

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-10-2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is coming in Q3 2008

Nick MacKechnie of Microsoft New Zealand says we can expect the next IE 8 beta in the third quarter of 2008. As previously announced this beta will be aimed at end users, unlike Beta 1, which targeted developers: Consistent with our efforts to promote further interoperability across the Web, Microsoft...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-26-2008
Questions and comments about Firefox 3, IE 8, the future of Web browsers, cloud computing, and how it all comes together

So it's always amusing to me when the mainstream press tries to cover tech products, but I was particularly interested in this one since I'm in the middle of writing my own Firefox 3 review. I think that terms like "innovative" are thrown around too casually these days, and while I...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-26-2008
The IE8 Favorites Bar

Microsoft talks up the new IE 8 Favorites Bar which, as it turns out, isn't so new: The Favorites bar, previously known as the Links toolbar, has been updated with great new functionality that helps you get information from your favorite websites quickly and easily. The new IE8 Favorites bar still...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-13-2008
MIX'08 Part 2: Wednesday's keynote

Here are a bunch of shots from today's keynote address. Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president, Microsoft Developer Edition Guthrie Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, IE Hachamovitch Internet Explorer 8 Beta logo First public demonstration...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-05-2008
Here comes IE 8 Beta 1 (now available)

These links aren't live *yet* but will be soon... Install Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 8 can be installed on Microsoft Windows Vista ® Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Vista, Windows XP ® Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server ® 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Downloads are...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-05-2008

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