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Internet Explorer
The Ghost of Internet Explorer Will Haunt the Web for Years
Microsoft’s legacy browser may be dead—but its remnants are not going anywhere, and neither are its lingering security risks.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Is Finally, Really, Fully Dead
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Goodbye Internet Explorer. It’s been swell but the swelling’s gone
The clock has finally run out on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Jack Wallen has his own eulogy for the once-dominant browser.
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Windows 10: A cheat sheet
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It’s a Good Day to Update All Your Devices. Trust Us
iOS, Windows, and Chrome all have zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers are going after. Now that the fixes are here, you need to install them ASAP.
What to expect from Microsoft Edge in Windows 11
Between the new widget menu that only opens web pages instead of apps, and IE being disabled, the Edge browser will be front and center in the new OS
Microsoft product vulnerabilities reached a new high of 1,268 in 2020
56% of all Microsoft critical vulnerabilities could have been mitigated by removing admin rights, according to the 2021 BeyondTrust Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report.
Goodbye Internet Explorer—and Good Riddance
Microsoft will finally put the venerated, vulnerability-ridden browser out to pasture, but it’s still got a year to cause some trouble.