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Near-Final Version of Microsoft's IE9 Released

in News on February 10, 2011 at 9:24 am PT

After rolling through more than a handful of beta versions and collecting some 17,000 pieces of user feedback, Microsoft today turned loose the “feature complete” Release Candidate version of Internet Explorer 9 for public downloading. The browser features a minimalist design, support for HTML5 and “tracking protection” to keep third-party sites from collecting user information.

This is Your Windows on Drugs

in News on May 1, 2009 at 8:11 am PT

Microsoft on Thursday took another step towards the launch of its most important product in years, Windows 7, with the release of a near-final version of the operating system. There are a number of new features in the latest version of Windows 7, but the most eye-catching is–drum roll, please–wacky wallpaper!