Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and distributed by default with each copy of Microsoft Windows. This bundling led to criminal prosecution of Microsoft under the antitrust laws; however, it is still going on today.
Most web statistics show Internet Explorer to currently be the most popular web browser on the market.
Internet Explorer has been criticized for numerous security holes, such as its tight integration with the Windows operating system and its ActiveX technology, which allows websites to run arbitrary programs (such as viruses) on the user's computer. It has also been criticized for ignoring web standards. Microsoft claims to have fixed many of these problems in the most recent version, IE8; however, many of the security vulnerabilities are still present.
External links
- Internet Explorer Official Site
- IEBlog — Weblog of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Development Team
- Channel9 Wiki: InternetExplorer — Wiki for Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer Community — The official Microsoft Internet Explorer Community
- Internet Explorer's History
- IE8.net — Latest news about the next version of Internet Explorer