Despite the fix, Hall again stressed XP users must update. "Just because this update is out now doesn’t mean you should stop thinking about getting off Windows XP and moving to a newer version of ...

Internet Explorer 7.0, the next version of Microsoft’s Web browser, won’t just run on Windows XP with Service Pack 2, but will also be available for Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 and Windows ...

A quarter of all PCs running Windows are using outdated and unsupported versions of Internet Explorer. Researchers from Duo Security analysed data from over two million devices and found a significant ...

For Microsoft, backward compatibility is a tremendous competitive advantage. It's also a support nightmare, not just for the engineers who have to deliver patches but for third-party developers and ...

As CNET's former resident security expert, Robert Vamosi has been interviewed on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and other outlets to share his knowledge about the latest online threats and to offer advice on ...

Microsoft's new support policy for Internet Explorer, announced all the way back in 2014, kicks in today. From now on, Microsoft will only support the newest version of Internet Explorer on each ...

Beta 1 of Internet Explorer 7 has a simple, even unfinished look. It comes with five toolbars: the tabbed-browsing bar, address bar, the file-menu bar, the button-function bar (the only true "toolbar" ...

Internet Explorer 6 and Windows XP are firmly entrenched, and Microsoft is having a tough time convincing enterprises to upgrade to the new browser and OS Microsoft is having problems getting ...

All my friends at Microsoft are sick of my endless jokes about their company's continuing problems with naming. They have stopped laughing every time I mention the imminent release of Microsoft ...

The faster browsing and better standards support of Internet Explorer 11 come to world's most widely used desktop operating system, right on the heels of its debut in Windows 8.1. I've been testing PC ...

Internet Explorer 11, the default browser of Windows 8.1, is now also available on Windows 7. Microsoft previously launched a number of beta versions and always said that IE11 would arrive on its ...

One of the challenges faced by IT managers in upgrading their desktop fleets to Windows 7 is in supporting older Web applications that only run on Internet Explorer v6, rather than the pre-installed ...