Microsoft today released IE8 Beta 2 for public download. The newest iteration of the browser was created around three themes: everyday browsing (the things that real people do all the time), safety (the term most people use for what we’ve called ‘trustworthy’ in previous posts), and the platform (the focus of Beta 1, how developers around the world will build the next billion web pages and the next waves of great services).
The new browser promises an improved tab and navigation experience. When navigating to a web site in IE8, the smart address bar searches across Favorites, History, and RSS feeds More»

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The next version of the Microsoft Internet Explorer  browser will include four new features to protect your privacy. The company has confirmed the following privacy enhancements:

InPrivate™ Browsing lets you control whether or not IE saves your browsing history, cookies, and other data
Delete Browsing History helps you control your browsing history after you’ve visited websites.
InPrivate™ Blocking informs you about content that is in a position to observe your browsing history, and allows you to block it
InPrivate Subscriptions allow you to augment the capability of InPrivate Blocking by subscribing to lists of websites to block or allow.

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Microsoft is planning a “privacy mode” feature on the next release of Internet Explorer (IE) web browser reports the BBC.
By clicking a button, users will be able to limit how much information is recorded about where they go online and what they do. More users are using the web today to manage sensitive information related to health care, insurance, banking, credit score etc and the privacy mode would prevent their data being shared with or retrieved by other users.
The applications deal with methods of erasing data that browsing programs log, turning off features More»

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