Internet Explorer 8

Using the iPad as a Standalone Device

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 24, 2010 at 2:42 pm PT

Readers ask about the iPad, the ThinkPad Edge and deleting cookies.

Weekend Update 01.23.10–The Bated-Breath Edition

Drake Martinet in News on January 23, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

We’ve all seen it, that spiro-graphed, color-splotched invitation to Apple’s Jan. 27 event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. Weekend Update isn’t on the inside, but we hear rumors that Jobs will storm the stage dressed as Moses, carrying the new tablet, which will be made of stone, under his robes. Apparently, that’s where it’s been hiding all along. Either that, or Weekend Update is going a little nuts from “tablet fatigue.”

Highlighting Text in E-Books and IE8 Accelerators on a Mac

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 20, 2010 at 3:01 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on e-books, Internet Explorer and the best laptop to buy for law school.

Microsoft Bails Out of “Family Guy” Windows 7 Episode After Actually Watching “Family Guy”

Peter Kafka in Media on October 26, 2009 at 3:40 pm PT

Remember Microsoft’s plan to use “Family Guy,” Fox’s ribald, off-color cartoon sitcom, to promote Windows 7? No more, says Microsoft, which is pulling out of plans to sponsor a special episode of the show scheduled to run Nov. 8. What happened? Apparently, Microsoft realized that “Family Guy” is a ribald, off-color sitcom.

Microsoft Gags on Puke Ad

Peter Kafka in Media on July 2, 2009 at 9:36 am PT

Microsoft’s first series of Web video ads for Internet Explorer 8 didn’t seem to garner much attention. But its latest one did: It features a married couple, an unspeakable porn site and a lot of vomit. Now Redmond says that was probably a mistake.

Switching Networks for an iPhone

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on April 1, 2009 at 3:40 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions about switching networks to buy an iPhone, how to forward an email in Gmail, and more.

Microsoft Exec: Red Polos, to Us, Are Like Turtlenecks to Steve Jobs

Nick Wingfield, Staff Writer, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 19, 2009 at 12:01 pm PT

Every year, Microsoft puts on a bash for Web designers and programmers in Las Vegas called Mix. At this year’s conference, the company focused on its new Internet Explorer 8 Web browser, but it also took a not-too-subtle dig at Steve Jobs, with a send-up of prima donna executive antics.