The IE update, which results from a patent of Eolas Technologies, changes the way the browser handles ActiveX controls and could have a significant impact on how online advertising and streaming media content is delivered over the Internet.
The software maker plans to give Web developers an extra 60 days to continue making preparations.
Read MoreApple's former head of the company's software business, Avadis "Avie" Tevanian, is leaving after nearly a decade to pursue other interests, the company said on Tuesday.
Read MoreGoogle gained an additional 6 percentage points of the U.S. search market. The survey was based on total queries. Google becomes ever more popular in comparison two the other two search giants Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN.
Read MoreMicrosoft has released a new beta of Internet Explorer 7 during the MIX06-conference.
The company's inattention to the browser allowed competitors such as Mozilla with Firefox and Opera Software ASA to challenge IE’s browser dominance.
Now Microsoft is answering that challenge, Gates said. The company is adding user experience and security innovations, as well as support for next-generation technologies such as RSS. Microsoft already is looking ahead to the next two releases of IE, and it expects the next version, IE 7, to be broadly adopted when it is released later this year. The company plans to update IE 7 at least every 18 months.
Read MoreMac OS X 10.0 was released five years ago today, on March 24th, 2001. John Siracusa has written a great article on Mac OS history.
Read MoreAfter the announcement on the delay of Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed that it is also pushing the mainstream launch of Office 2007 to next year.
Read MoreWe completely restyled our popular AJAX e-Book: Bring your website to live with DHTML and AJAX . We added a new modern layout and we've added some beautiful graphics.
If you've already bought this e-Book, you can download the upgraded version for free!
We regularly update our e-Books as a service to the community, so stay tuned for more updates of other e-Books as well!
Read MoreWe've got a mini-review and competition of Web Design With Dreamweaver 8. The friendly people of Friends of Ed are giving away 5 books.
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