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IE8 now on track for 2009

The current beta version of IE8 was released in August. Speculators at that time said this meant a final version would be ready in 2008. However, Microsoft yesterday promised that the next version of IE8 will be a release candidate (RC) and will appear in the first quarter of 2009. That puts the new browser on track to ship for the first half of 2009, if a ship date can be deduced from previous development cycles for the browser.

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  • IE8 ship date gets pushed back to 2009 Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Fri, 11/21/2008

    The current beta version of IE8 was released in August. Speculators at that time said this meant a final version would be ready in 2008. However, Microsoft yesterday promised that the next version of IE8 will be a release candidate (RC) and will appear in the first quarter of 2009. That puts the new browser on track to ship for the first half of 2009, if a ship date can be deduced from previous development cycles for the browser, reports Computerworld.

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  • Are Microsoft shareholders fed up? Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Thu, 11/20/2008

    Microsoft's annual shareholder's meeting occurred yesterday and given that the stock traded today at $17.50, its lowest point since 1998, you can imagine the tone among those that attended. Fed up might describe it, if this TechFlash blog post by a long-term shareholder is representative of the crowd. Michael McDonald bought 100,000 shares of MSFT in November, 2000, at a split-adjusted, average price of $36/share. (You read that right ... this cost him $3.6 million). This week he wrote:

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  • Microsoft to offer free PC security tool coming in '09 Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Tue, 11/18/2008

    Microsoft will be offering a free, stripped-down version of its Windows Live OneCare PC security tool, code-named "Morro," in the second half of 2009. Microsoft will also discontinue retail sales of its Windows Live OneCare subscription service effective June 30, 2009. Windows Live OneCare includes features that are not directly related to fighting malware, such as printer sharing. Morro will include only the security portion of OneCare, software that fights viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans. Morro will be available as a stand-alone download to support Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft intends for the tool to be used with security settings in Windows and Internet Explorer, which it says will give users a fairly complete, free security setup.

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