We are pleased to announce that today we are releasing the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC). For a more detailed description of our approach in building and shipping the IE9 RC, you should read our engineering team’s post on the IE Blog . The IE9 RC is feature complete and is available...

Day 2 at MIX11 was another memorable one – and for some people it may still be going. Let’s hope people saved some energy for Day 3! I know Team IE did. We still heard plenty of buzz and feedback from web devs throughout the day on the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1...

Last week at the Professional Developers Conference, we announced IE9 Beta has been downloaded over 10 million times since its release in the mid-September. Today, with the release of Net Applications’ monthly browser share report , we’re pleased to see that in addition to 10 million downloads, 0.32...

Just a few days after its public availability, customers have already downloaded Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate two million times and taken it for a spin. As you may have seen on our engineering blog , current IE9 Beta users will be prompted to download RC via Windows Update this month. However...

Last month, we saw share of both Internet Explorer 8 and 9 grow, and we’re pleased to see that momentum continue in February with the availability of the IE9 Release Candidate. Since its release on February 10 th , the IE9 RC has already been downloaded over 11 million times. Together with the...

We’re pleased to announce that today we’re launching a new Internet Explorer blog as part of the Windows family of blogs that will cover a broad range of industry and business topics to complement the existing Internet Explorer Engineering blog . Since 2004, the Internet Explorer engineering...

Today, at the Professional Developers Conference , we announced Internet Explorer Platform Preview 6 and shared the exciting news that we have had more than 10 million downloads of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta making Internet Explorer 9 our fastest adopted browser beta to date! In the run up to Internet...

On this day a year ago, Aten Design Group hosted a funeral for IE6 in Denver, Colorado. We heard about it and sent flowers . While the funeral gave a strong indication of the desire to rid the world of IE6, the browser still has a presence. So today, we bring you the next step in our mission to see IE6...

Just over two weeks ago, we released Internet Explorer 9 and in that short time it has been great to see the positive reaction around the globe. Ars Technica called IE9 “the most modern browser there is,” Computer World said “IE9 speeds past the competition,” and Venture Beat...

The SmartScreen team just informed me that we’ve reached an amazing milestone – Internet Explorer 8 has blocked 1 billion attempts to download malware! Socially engineering attacks like malware are a growing threat on the internet and are one of the most common risks to people’s...

Today, we are pleased to release the beta of Internet Explorer 9, available now in 33 languages at http://www.BeautyoftheWeb.com . The release of IE9 is accompanied by over 70 top sites, global brands, and web designers from around the world who have created new experiences with IE9 and Windows. These...

As 2010 comes to an end, we wanted to take a look at the changes this last year in the IE world. At end of 2009, IE 6 and IE7 accounted for 38.51% of internet users, while IE8 had 24.15% of users worldwide. Fast forward twelve months later, IE6 and IE7 have shed over 40% of users and now only account...

Internet Explorer 9 Beta made its debut earlier this month and was met with warm reception by our customers and partners . As we have talked about previously , one of the ways we measure success for IE is through customers choosing our latest product offerings. This month that means we get to expand...

As Brandon mentioned in last week’s post , we’ve started a TV campaign that recreates some notorious internet scams to show how easy it is to fall victim to online attacks. In the first ad we showed real customers giving personal information like their social security number, mother’s maiden name and...

Browser security is similar in some respects to the MPG of your car; everyone might say it’s very important but the real value often doesn’t hit home until gas prices jump or budgets are tight.  Similarly, consumers often only realize the importance of having a trusted, secure browser after they...

This month’s share report from Net Applications continues to show some great momentum around Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7, with share about to pass 10% for the last day in April . We’re excited about that. But the share numbers also give us a great opportunity to reiterate what matters most to us...

We continue to see good momentum around Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 this month. In the US, IE9 has now passed 17% usage share on Windows 7 as of the last few days in May . As we mentioned last month , we built IE9 to help developers unleash faster and richer web experiences by tapping into the capabilities...

Every month, the IE team gets a bunch of questions asking about our take on market share trends and Internet Explorer. This month, I connected with Scott Armstrong to answer some of these. Check out our conversation below (or at this link ). Net Applications reported that Internet Explorer 9 Beta...

Starting today, a select group of VIP web developers, designers, bloggers and press begin receiving their invitations to an event we’re holding in San Francisco on September 15th to celebrate the Beauty of the Web and to mark the launch of the IE9 Beta. Reception for IE9 has been very positive...