After measuring the IQs of exactly 101,326 users and correlating their scores with the browser they had used to access the test, "There was a clear indication ... that the subjects using any version of Internet Explorer ranked significantly lower on an average than others,"
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Firefox To Make History, About To Surpass IE in Europe
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August has arrived. Time for a browser market share update. There is quite a bit of news this month, which, depending on your view, can be modified in virtually any direction you prefer. Microsoft likes the version in which IE has gained market share and pushed back Firefox and Chrome.
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Firefox, Chrome, Safari have finally killed Internet Explorer
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The hegemony that Internet Explorer once upon a time had is... over. Right now, other browsers are fighting amongst each other, and it's all about how much of IE's share they are getting. The war is over: Internet Explorer lost. Everybody else won. So, what kind of scenario has the IT world painfully missed?
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Internet Explorer’s dominant market share eroding
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Remember when Internet Explorer ruled the Web, to the tune of about 98% of the browser market share? Those were happy days for Internet Explorer. Until Firefox rose from the ashes of Netscape. Internet Explorer’s market share has been sliding ever since ...
A new report shows that that slide has put Internet Explorer’s market share at just under 60%.
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Firefox, Opera downloads surge after IE security scare
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Internet browsers Firefox and Opera have experienced a massive surge in downloads since the security flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) was exposed.
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France joins Germany warning against Internet Explorer
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France has echoed calls by the German government for web users to find an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to protect security.
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German government warns against using MS Explorer
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The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security.
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Taking Microsoft to Task Over IE8 ‘Myths’
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"Microsoft recently launched a campaign promoting its Internet Explorer 8 browser, making some bold claims about IE8’s capabilities." This article shows the browser comparison chart MS has created but with lots of changes added in red. Humorous!
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IE is like malaria, says Mozilla VP
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Mozilla's VIP of engineering has again likened Internet Explorer to malaria, insisting that although a lot of people have it, most of them wouldn't actively choose it.
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ECIS: What's Wrong with Microsoft's Browser Self-Remedy - Case to Continue
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ECIS, accepted as an intervenor in the European Commission's Microsoft browser antitrust case, has now released a statement [PDF] explaining all that it feels isn't enough about Microsoft's self-remedy. It's titled, Too Little, Too Late, and it says that while the remedy might have been appropriate in 1997, now that there have been "decades of abuse" further action is needed.
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MS to ship Windows 7 without IE, The EU is unimpressed
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Microsoft has announced Thursday that they intend to sell version of Windows 7 without the bundled Internet Explorer browser. The Idea is that PC manufacturers would then be free to bundle whatever browser they like with Windows.
The European Unions however is absolutely not impressed by Microsoft's move. It is clear that...
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And the loser is... Internet Explorer
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Want to know what the most used Windows applications are, based on a real-time survey of 75,000 software tracked volunteers? The good news is that it ain't Internet Explorer which got an ass-kicking from Firefox and Google Chrome.
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Firefox 3 market share crawls past IE 7 in Europe
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According to Web analytics firm StatCounter, Firefox 3 has finally surpassed the popularity of Internet Explorer 7 in Europe. Internet Explorer's total marketshare across all versions, however, still exceeds that of Firefox.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer vs. Firefox brief comparison guide
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This is a brief, slightly demented comparison guide of the features of the MSIE for Windows and Friefox web browsers to show you just how great Microsoft Internet Explorer really is.
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Firefox 3 Eats Internet Explorer 6 Alive
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Mozilla Firefox 3, the free and open source web browser, has finally overtaken Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and is getting closer and closer behind IE 7. According to data from StatCounter Global Stats, for the first time in February of this year, Firefox 3 with 24% market share overtook IE 6.
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