Microsoft takes wraps off Internet Explorer 8
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft officials confirmed that the latest version of the company's market-leading browser, Internet Explorer 8, will be released as a public download as of Thursday morning.
"Tomorrow, we'll make available the 'release to Web' version of IE8 in 25 languages," James Pratt, senior product manager for Internet Explorer, told InternetNews.com on Wednesday afternoon briefing. Since IE is free, users can freely download it immediately without waiting for it to go through what's called "release to manufacturing."
The announcement comes during Microsoft's MIX09 conference held this week in Las Vegas. InternetNews.com first reported that IE8 would be released at MIX09 in early March.