Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer; abbreviated to MSIE or, more commonly, IE), is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. It has been the most widely used web browser since 1999, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003 with IE5 and IE6. That percentage share has since declined in the face of renewed competition from other web browsers -- Mozilla Firefox most of all. Microsoft spent over $100 million a year on IE in the late 1990s, with over 1,000 people working on it by 1999.
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Official blog for Internet Explorer, Microsoft's web browser, includes news on updates and upcoming features, technical details and tips, and user support.blogs.msdn.com/ie/IEBlog : Internet Explorer 7 User Agent String
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 is fast approaching. ... Internet Explorer Wiki. Internet Explorer Feedback. The JScript blog. Engineering Windows 7 ...blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/04/27/412813.aspxThe Microsoft Blog
Internet Explorer loses market share in March, Firefox gains ... On the Internet Explorer blog today, General Manager Dean Hachamovitch said that ...blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/category.asp?blogID=17&cate...The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) : MSRC Blog: Additional ...
... affecting Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7 installed. ... Howard's blog. Internet Explorer team blog. Security Development ...blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/10/10/msrc-blog-addition...Volkan's Blog: Internet Explorer 7
IE Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/18/ie7-for-the-world.aspx ... Übersicht IE7 Blog Artikel. Technorati tags: Internet Explorer 7 ...velveren.spaces.live.com/?_c11_blogpart_blogpart=blogview&am...Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer; abbreviated to MSIE or, more commonly, IE), is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. It has been the most widely used web browser since 1999, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003 with IE5 and IE6. That percentage share has since declined in the face of renewed competition from other web browsers -- Mozilla Firefox most of all. Microsoft spent over $100 million a year on IE in the late 1990s, with over 1,000 people working on it by 1999.
The latest release is version Internet Explorer 8, which is available as a free update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, and is planned for inclusion with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Overview
Internet Explorer was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 in 1995. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in service packs, and included in the OEM service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows.
Other versions available since the late 1990s include an embedded OEM version called Internet Explorer for Windows CE (IE CE) available for WinCE based platforms and is currently based on IE6. Internet Explorer for Pocket PC, later rebranded Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Mobile was also developed, and remain in development alongside the more advanced desktop versions.
History
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Internet Explorer was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 in 1995. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in service packs, and included in the OEM service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows.
Other versions available since the late 1990s include an embedded OEM version called Internet Explorer for Windows CE (IE CE), which is available for WinCE based platforms and currently based on IE6. Internet Explorer for Pocket PC, later rebranded Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Mobile was also developed, and remain in development alongside the more advanced desktop versions.
Internet Explorer 2 was released for Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, and NT 4.0 in November 1995 (following a 2.0 beta in October). It featured support for SSL, cookies, VRML, RSA, and Internet newsgroups. Version 2 was also the first release for Windows 3.1 and Macintosh System 7.0.1 (PPC or 68k), although the Mac version was not released until January 1996 for PPC, and April for 68k. Version 2.1 for the Mac came out in August 1996, although by this time Windows was getting 3.0. Version 2 was included in Windows 95 OSR 1 and Microsoft's Internet Starter Kit for Windows 95 in early 1996, It launched with twelve languages including English but this expanded to 24, 20, and 9 for Win 95, Win 3.1 and Mac respectively by April 1996. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/apr96/iemompr.mspx Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browser Available on All Major Platforms, Offers Broadest International Support The 2.0i version supported double-byte character-set.
