A few years ago, the Firefox fanboys were arguing for Internet Explorer to drop its own Trident rendering engine, and adopt Firefox's Gecko engine. More recently people have argued for Internet Explorer to use Webkit. Looking at these results, shouldn'… more »

This week's news of Google transitioning away from Windows to Linux or Mac OS has spread its way across the internet, Google cite security reasons for the move. But is that the only reason behind it? The answer is no.First up, we're talking about G… more »

There are several cases where end-users might want to disable Internet Explorer 8's InPrivate Browsing mode. There isn't an easy way to do this however, but it can be done.If you're using Windows Vista/7 Business/Professional or up you can us the Gr… more »

In some rather good news, it seems Microsoft have backed the Web Open Font Format. Previously Microsoft have supported Embedded OpenType, which they developed back in the 1990s, and was supported by Internet Explorer 4 onwards, although no other web… more »

So Internet Explorer has been the media's main victim this past week. With stories about how it is completely unsecure.Of course having a vulnerability isn't a good thing, but why is this getting so much attention, especially considering it's not ev… more »

The BBC have a headline that reads "German government warns against using MS Explorer". Well that's no problem, as I've never even heard of an MS Explorer.Of course what they're really going on about is Internet Explorer, and how version 6 was used… more »

Last week Microsoft accepted EU/Opera requests to have a browser ballot screen, where users can install from a list of web browsers the browser they would like. This won't only be for Windows 7, but will be pushed down as an update to Windows XP and W… more »

It looks like Microsoft and the European Commission have come to an agreement where Windows 7, instead of being browserless, will include a ballot screen to select any web browsers to install. While this will be less annoying than going and finding a… more »

It isn't very often I come across such bad advice from IT departments - actually that's a lie - in my experience most IT departments are clueless, yes neighbouring County Councils I hear about you guys a lot.  But this has to be one of the dumbest t… more »

InformationWeek have managed to prove their brainlessness continues. As they claim "IE8 Users Downgrade To Explorer 7". Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s Internet Explorer 8 appears to be losing market share, even though the browser has been on the market for… more »