SAN FRANCISCO - The open source internet browser Firefox marked its fifth anniversary Monday, celebrating its rise from an unknown challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer to a formidable competitor that has been downloaded over one billion times by 330 million users around the world.

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Earnings Preview: PC weakness to hurt Microsoft

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Microsoft's newest browser Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is the smartest challenge to Mozilla's Firefox. Within a short period of its launch in March 2009, IE8 boasts of a 17% share worldwide in web browser market now. For the latest, IE8 would be the default browser for upcoming Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, except in Europe.  In the latest browser Microsoft pulled out all stops to enhance the security and ease of use. If you are the one who likes playing with browsers, we would like to provide you 10 performance tips to make the best of Internet Explorer 8.

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Microsoft patches 34 security holes, many critical

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. issued a record number of security patches for its software Tuesday as part of its regular monthly update.

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EU finally about to settle Microsoft browser case

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp., which has already shelled out $2.5 billion in antitrust fines in Europe, is on the brink of closing a chapter in its long-running battle with regulators there, just in time for another to begin.

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EU prepares to settle Microsoft browser case

BRUSSELS — European Union regulators said Wednesday they were preparing to settle a long and costly antitrust battle with Microsoft Corp. with a deal to give Windows users a choice of web browsers.

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Sony sells PCs with Google Web browser installed

TOKYO — Sony Corp. is giving Google Inc.'s fledging Chrome browser a boost by installing it as the primary browser on Vaio-brand computers sold in the United States and Europe.

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Sony ships PCs with Google Web browser installed

SEATTLE — Sony Corp. is giving Google Inc.'s fledgling Web browser a boost by installing it on new computers.

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Since its release in March 2008 IE8 has been surrounded by criticism. The Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts website launched by Microsoft in June 2008 to give its latest browser a thrust was met with nit-picking for bias reports. In its attempts to market IE8 as a superior browser Microsoft launched a Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts website in june 2008. The site received much criticism due to its excessive biased reports. In July 2009, NSS Labs had conducted two separate browser security tests on IE8. Although Microsoft didn't influence the test results but to clear the air over it we came across an interview by Amy Barzdukas, General Manager of Internet Explorer given to Ars technicia.

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Three months ago, Microsoft released the 8 edition of its Big Blue E. The Internet Explorer 8 was launched at a time when all its competitors in web market were about to up the ante. Chrome 2.0, Firefox 3.5.1 , Safari 4 are giving Microsoft's default Windows browser a run for money.  Despite such stiff competition, IE 8 has managed to receive more of positive reviews. Well, IE8 has come of age offering almost everything right out of the box. Here we would present the

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