“A select group of VIP web developers, designers, bloggers and press begin receiving their invitations to an event we’re holding in San Francisco on September 15th to celebrate the Beauty of the Web and to mark the launch of the IE9 Beta.” - The Windows Blog.

Way back in March of this year they allowed the public to test drive Internet Explorer 9, wich had great interest. Have you tested it? Will you be attending the above event? Tell us your thoughts on IE9, whatever it is.

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“The Platform Preview, and the feedback loop it is part of, marks a major change from previous IE releases,” said Dean Hachamovich, the browser team’s general manager.

(Screenshot of www.ietestdrive.com)

The preview is a 31MB download, and can be downloaded from the test trive site that Microsoft has set up – http://www.ietestdrive.com/.

If you choose to test it, be aware that it will not replace any previous version you may be running, but run alongside it. Got an opinion? Are you testing IE9 Preview? Discuss and tell here. We’ll be testing it in due course.

Source: Computerworld.com

However this time the German government is warning not to use the Microsoft browser on grounds that is unsafe with the latest exploitation, according to reports from BBC Technology News.

According to TheRegister.co.uk the exploited codes targets the Internet Explorer vulnerability used against Google and other companies and it has now gone public, increasing the chances that broader attacks will soon follow.

Microsoft do advise that the security hole can be shut by setting the browser’s security zone to high, although this essentially can block other sites in the process.

In a nutshell, it’s safe to say that all browsers have problems in almost every area. However they are yet to be discovered, explored and then exploited. Asking anyone to warn against using a browser will not solve the problem. It may decrease the chance of infection and exploitation to users though.

Expect an out-of-cycle update from Microsoft soon that should hopefully fix this.

If you want to discus this matter and your safety – Ask here.

Sources:

• BBC Technology News
• TheRegister.co.uk

Posted and reported over at Calendar of Updates, you can see the screenshot within the post. It is also reported that it does not come pre-checked, like you tend to get with Ask.com toolbar.

CoU also have a useful list of software that comes bundled with that pecific toolbar for you to digest here.

Personally you need to look at each and every installer these days, because if you blink and click “Next“, you may find an add-on installed on your browser or something else.

Find this interesting? Have any thoughts about it? Want to see the screenshot? Then discuss it in our forums.

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