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At noon yesterday, Internet Explorer 8 becamse available for download (get it here).
Microsoft claims that Internet Explorer 8 “is one of the fastest browsers on the market today” and brings with it several new features, including Web Slices, Instant search, and Accelerators – basically right-clicking on selected text to bring up a list of routine tasks like mapping, e-mailing, definitions, translation, and more.
The release candidate was released back in January so this new version should be interesting.
The centerpiece of the Microsoft advertising campaign is the below tongue-in-cheek video about the history of the web:
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