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Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available

The IE Blog reports on the release of IE 8 RC1 : We're excited to make the IE8 Release Candidate available today for public download today in 25 languages for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server customers. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 . Please download it now and try...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-26-2009
IE 8 RC1 is imminent

In a post to the IE Blog yesterday, Microsoft confirmed that it is about to release the curious long-in-the-coming Release Candidate version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8)... The version of IE8 in Windows 7 Beta is somewhat older than the Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate (IE8 RC1) that we're...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-22-2009
The Plot to Kill Google

Wired posts an appropriately controversial story about Google's enemies and their (separate, as it turns out) efforts to slow down the Internet goliath. Chief among these enemies, of course, is Microsoft. Tom Barnett, assistant attorney general for antitrust at the US Department of Justice was signaling...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-20-2009
Google releases preview of Chrome 2.0

Looks like Google is serious about ramping up Chrome to better compete with IE and Firefox. There's an alpha version of Chrome 2.0 available, and the release notes include a list of new features... New version of WebKit. WebKit is the open source code Google Chrome uses to render web pages (HTML...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-09-2009
Microsoft pulls a Barbie

Microsoft explains how it missed a serious IE bug for NINE years or, as the company chooses to title this blog post, MS08-078 and the SDL : Every bug is an opportunity to learn, and the security update that fixed the data binding bug that affected Internet Explorer users is no exception. The bug was...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-22-2008
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

News from Mozilla: Mozilla has just announced the availability of Firefox 3.1 beta 2. This latest version features support for new Web technologies, including video, audio, geolocation and offline applications. Mozilla encourages developers and members of their testing community to use Firefox...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-08-2008
Compatibility View Improvements to come in IE8

No word yet on whether the default rendering mode will be improved as well, but Microsoft program manager Scott Dickens provides some details about the final IE 8 beta on the IE Blog: The next public update of IE8 includes improvements to Compatibility View that help end-users when they visit web sites...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-08-2008
VOIP returns to Windows Live Messenger (in some countries)

I believe they used to offer this via Verizon Wireless in the US, but it looks like Microsoft has finally found a new partner to offer VOIP services over Windows Live Messenger again: Software behemoth Microsoft Corp. has chosen Telefonica, the largest telecommunications provider in Latin America, as...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-05-2008
Opera 10 sneak peek

Opera is beginning the push for the next version of its Web browser: Today, Opera Software introduces the first look at Opera 10. An alpha version of Opera 10 is now available at http://www.opera.com/browser/next/ . This release gives people a taste of Opera's new rendering engine, Opera Presto 2...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-04-2008
Opera Mini 4.2

I’ve often opined that the desktop version of Opera doesn’t make a lot of sense these days, but Opera certainly has tremendous presence in the mobile world. Confusingly, however, Opera offers two mobile browsers, Opera Mobile and Opera Mini. If I understand this correctly, Opera Mobile is their “full...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-25-2008

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