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Microsoft has unveiled a new version of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser that has improved security features. This was seen as a bid to counter the growing threat from the Firefox browser. The new version of the IE browser has also further increased the rivalry between Google and Microsoft.
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On April, 25, 2006, Microsoft Corp (Microsoft) released a new version of its Internet Explorer (IE) browser, IE 7 Beta 2. The browser, with tighter security controls, also offered advanced features to users while navigating the web.
The browser development team at Microsoft considered IE 7 Beta 2 to be a significant improvement over the IE 6 version. “IE 7 is feature complete and has been through significant compatibility and reliability testing. People (especially technology enthusiasts) will have a good experience with it,”1 the team added.
Experts were of the opinion that Microsoft’s new browser was the
company’s response to growing criticism that its IE 6 browser had
serious security flaws which made users vulnerable to attacks from
malicious viruses and online phishing2 scams. |
In January 2005, Secunia, a Denmark-based computer security company which tracks vulnerabilities in over 9000 software products, had given the IE 6 their highest rating of “extremely critical” because of the high number of flaws detected in the browser.
The IE 7 Beta 2 version also provided users with advanced features such as tabbed browsing, which allowed users to open more than one site in one browser window. The version provided support for RSS3 feeds that could be incorporated in the page design. Color-coded warnings were provided in case the user tried to access a website that was suspicious or fraudulent.
Microsoft had earlier released two test versions of its IE 7 browser named the “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview” in February 2006 and March 2006. The final version of IE 7 was expected to be released in the later part of 2006 and to be included in Windows Vista, Microsoft’s new operating system scheduled for release in January 2007.
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1) “Microsoft expands browser testing,” www.bbc.co.uk, April 25, 2006.
2) Phishing is characterized by attempts to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an apparently official electronic communication.
3) RSS is an abbreviation for rich site summary or really simple syndication. It is a system that generates automated feeds such as weblogs or news, specified in XML that can be used for web syndication.
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