Microsoft introduces IE8 Beta 2 with InPrivate Browsing

Microsoft has introduced Internet Explorer Beta 2 at a time when the web is being used for highly sophisticated activities on a routine basis.

Though, during the early part of the decade, the IE browser did not have many competitors, ever since Mozilla launched Firefox,Microsoft has released several versions of its browser in a fast paced manner to stabilize its market share.

With InPrivate Browsing, the users are given more control of how their personal information is being viewed and shared by others.When this option is being activated,users can maintain the privacy of browsing history on shared computers as in in Internet Cafe’s or homes.

Microsoft also introduces the option of InPrivate Blocking in IE8.This provides the user the ability to control the access of third-party websites especially those that tract online behaviour.Examples of third party contents on websites include stock tickers, advertisements or weather information.To better target advertising , the third parties,who usually provide content to different pages track the individual’s browsing habits.

Blocking on the other hand is a major drawback for Web Publishers and advertisers as their business model gets affected tremendously.In addition,blocking also affects measuring page views and several others statistics which the online advertising industry relies on for the success of their business.

Check out www.microsoft.com/ie8 for download and additional information.

One Million Users for Microsoft’s Workspace.

Six months after the beta launch of Microsoft’s Office workspace, around one million customers have signed up for Microsoft’s Office.This free tool allows users to save,work and share around 1000 documents online.

Workspace was launched in competition for Google Docs,which provides the opportunity to share your personal work with others or collaborate on a project together, irrespective of Operating System.

With Workspace Microsoft has succeded in combining its software products with online services.Highlight of workspace is that Microsoft has added 11 new languages with nearly 20 additional features .

Surprise launch of Browser from Google.."Chrome"

Google by launching the new open-source browser “Chrome” has entered into competition with Microsoft’s IE.Through this surprise launch,Google has increased its list of applications,which is by itself very large. The main focus area of this browser is to handle applications like video clips and online games.

Statistics reveals that the main market share of Microsoft’s IE is 58% followed by Firefox with 19%.In t

he area of search engines,Google’s market share is around 64.1%.In the present scenario,seems like Google would be aiming to grab the market share in the area of browsers too.

The beta version of Chrome for Windows is already available for download.After downloading the beta version,what is eye capturing is the simplicity of the browser,plus the extraordinary feature of adding New Tabs.Well,the emblem of Google Chrome is also quite interesting.Mac and Linux users would however have to still wait for the download of their versions.

Here is how Google had revealed its launch of Chrome.A comic book was published by Google in one of the websites which keeps tracks of the company.Check this website to view the comic book http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html,which provides an insight into how Google evolved to develop this browser.Google has always abided by its policy “Launch Early and Iterate”.

To try out Chrome,download from http://www.google.com/chrome