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In the latest build of Windows Vista (Build 5365), users have noticed that in the About information for IE 7 it displays the name "Windows Internet Explorer 7+". I decided to do some digging as to what the + means. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the IE 7+ is a "internal, working name we have...

Sean Alexander posts today of a really neat video put together by the Internet Explorer Team. Check it out here .

According to Microsoft-Watch , there's been a more-than-usual report of issues with the Beta 2 Preview of Internet Explorer 7 Microsoft released on Tuesday. My question: if you're having so many issues, why are spending the time reporting it on Slashdot? The IE Team is more than willing and ready to...

Today, according to JCXP.net, new screenshots of Internet Explorer 7 Build 5296 for Windows XP appeared on a Chinese blog. They show some more adjustments to the UI as well as new setup screens. Microsoft has yet to discuss when we might be seeing Beta 2 for Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and with...

I must be insane this evening. I decided I wanted to try out Windows Live Favorites. On Windows Vista. And the only way to do that was to install the MSN Toolbar. So I did. Screenshot: MSN Toolbar with Windows Live Favorites on IE 7 in Windows Vista The results weren't too bad. The toolbar doesn't look...

Uche Enuha, Program Manager on the User Experice Team for Internet Explorer, talks about IE's newest feature "Delete Browsing History". Pretty much users can delete their history or internet "tracks" with just one click of a button. "Let’s look at an example of how this feature can be used. So you’re...

With the December CTP of Windows Vista released today, we see International Domain Name support in IE 7. The IE Team Blog has a good post on this new feature. Head on over to the IE Team Blog to read about it .

I like hearing about collaborations between two competing browser teams on making some things standard in their browsers. The Internet Explorer Team and RSS Team has decided to adopt the same RSS Feed button that Mozilla Firefox uses in theirs. The Microsoft RSS Team has the details on their blog : ...

Dean from the IE Team explains when we all can expect a Public Preview Release for Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP. "We’ll post an updated pre-release build of IE7 for Windows XP publicly - no MSDN membership required - during the first calendar quarter of 2006." I look forward for this release...

There is alot of discussion out there on which Antivirus works best with current builds of Windows Vista. I deciced to give the brand new Windows Live Safety Center a whirl with Windows Vista Build 5231. After running a few circles in Internet Explorer 7's new security features, I was able to launch...