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Microsoft rewards search -- but only with Internet Explorer

As a sign of how desperate Microsoft is to draw U.S. Internet users to its Live Search site and away from rival Google, the company is now offering frequent flyer miles to frequent searchers -- but only if they surf with Internet Explorer: Users of Firefox, Chrome or Safari are out of luck.

| News | Internet | 10/01/08 at 10:45 am |


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Microsoft posts 21 more versions of Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft yesterday released 21 additional versions of its Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, including editions in Czech, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish and other languages.

| News | Internet | Software | 09/17/08 at 4:30 pm |


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Microsoft defends Internet Explorer 'phone home' feature

Microsoft Friday defended the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) tool that suggests sites based on the URLs typed into its address bar, saying that the browser "phones home" only a limited amount of information to Microsoft and that the company discards all user IP addresses almost immediately.

| News | Internet | Security | 09/12/08 at 3:55 pm |


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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 contains Google-style keystroke logger

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 web browser includes a keystroke-logging search suggestion tool similar to the one that Google modified Monday after coming under fire from consumers. The difference: Unlike Chrome, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 does not enable the feature by default.

| News | Internet | Security | 09/10/08 at 5:24 pm |


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