Today, Internet Explorer might be the most well-known discontinued web browser, but the path to modern web giants like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari is filled with a rich history of innovation driven by ...

Microsoft Corp. may be talking up the performance boost it gave to the just-launched Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), but the new browser remains the slowest of the top five on the market, benchmark tests ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) received a small bump in market share Thursday as the company launched the final version mid-day, according to Web measurement company Net Applications Inc.

Ah, the humble internet browser. So crucial to our experience of the internet, yet so easy to take for granted. Let's be real, how many of us really think about our choice of web browser these days?

Here's how it breaks down. Microsoft released IE8 Beta 1 before XP Service Pack 3 became available. Users who downloaded and installed SP3 after IE8 Beta 1 are urged by Microsoft to manually uninstall ...

A lot is riding on the success of Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft lost 7 percent browser market share in the past year because of users’ unhappiness with Internet Explorer 7 and the emergence of the ...