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The IE team Starts a Weblog

In a move that I hope leads to more openness, the Microsoft Internet Explorer team has started a new .Text powered weblog. At this point it's mainly a "rah rah we're so great" blog, but hopefully this will blossom into an opportunity for the public to make comments and suggestions.

Top of the list for me would be tighter CSS support, and for them to completely embrace the PNG standard.

# Posted 7/22/04; 8:28:04 AM to the IE Hatin Department

4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities

Stop Using Microsoft Internet Explorer"TopherTG writes "Buckle your seat belts folks. On what is looking to be the next Black Tuesday, with rumors of 9 new Windows security patches being released, ... [Slashdot]"

"What's sad is that Internet Explorer 6 was released about two and a half years ago, has had no new features added, and they still haven't finished fixing it."

# Posted 7/13/04; 10:08:24 AM to the IE Hatin Department

Internet Explorer eaten by Mozilla

"The Latest figures from a web watching stats gatherer appear to show that Microsoft has been "gutted" by users making a sudden move to Mozilla.

The move follows a series of security flaws that resulted in the Department of Homeland Security suggesting that users get it off their machines and if possible bury it in a deep pit for at least 250 years " - theinquirer.net

...Well 1% is at least a start

# Posted 7/12/04; 8:57:34 AM to the IE Hatin Department

US Government warns against Internet Explorer

I know that I've posted a bunch of Anti-Explorer articles this week, but hey... think of it as the theme of the week

Stop Using Microsoft Internet Explorer"THE US GOVERNMENT has sent out a warning out to internet users through its Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), pleading users to stop using Microsoft's Internet Explorer." - the Inquirer
# Posted 6/30/04; 9:04:04 AM to the IE Hatin Department

From the "for the love of all thing holy, STOP using IE" department

Stop Using Microsoft Internet Explorer"A Trojan horse program installed through malicious pop-up windows can capture normally encrypted financial information from victims' computers, security researchers warned on Tuesday." - CNET
# Posted 6/29/04; 1:42:41 PM to the IE Hatin Department