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Internet Explorer 8 Will Ship In 2009
Microsoft has put to rest speculation that its next browser will drop before year's end.


By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
November 21, 2008 11:40 AM


"Computer users hoping to get their hands on a final version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 Web browser are going to have to wait a bit longer.
Though speculation has pegged IE8's release for sometime this year, a Microsoft executive has confirmed that the browser will not ship until 2009.

Twitters Evan Williams and Current TVs Joel Hyatt talked at the Web 2.0 Summit about the current state of media, including some of the changing ways that people are communicating, sharing and making money with user-generated content.
In a blog post Wednesday, IE general manager Dean Hachamovitch said Explorer 8 will not be released in final form at least until the first quarter of next year. In fact, the browser will undergo beta testing into the new year, said Hachamovitch.
"We will release one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, and then follow that up with the final release," Hachamovitch wrote. "Our next public release of IE indicates the end of the beta period. We want the technical community of people and organizations interested in Web browsers to take this update as a strong signal that IE8 is effectively complete and done."

Microsoft is planning to include a number of new features in IE8, most noticeably in the privacy arena. "

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