Viral Marketing is still a relatively new thing to many companies and sometimes it can back fire. Microsoft in their attempt to create a viral video advertising Internet Explorer 8 might have gone a little too far. After the video was released this week enough people complained and Microsoft pulled the advertisement.
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IE8 Makes Some People Puke, Microsoft Removes Ad
Under: Marketing
Tags: IE 8, Internet Explorer, Marketing, Microsoft
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Browsers versus malware sites, IE8 twice as good as the competition
Apparently Internet Explorer 8 is exceptional at blocking malware sites. Out of 492 malware sites IE8 blocked 69% of them. You might be thinking that they still missed 40% of them but the next closest rival (Firefox) only blocked 30% of the sites.
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Under: Internet Browser
Tags: IE 8, IE8, Internet Browsers, Internet Explorer, Malware, Security, Windows 7
Short URL: http://www.osattack.com/WYc
Why is Internet Explorer 8’s adoption rate so slow?
Why won’t Microsoft’s IE 8 be widely adopted by Windows users across the world? Â Maybe it is because it is not a “required” updated yet, or maybe it is because people are simply finding that other browsers do the job better. Â Personally I only have one reason to even open Internet Explorer and that is [...] Read more »
Under: Internet Browser
Tags: Chrome, Firefox, IE 8, Internet Browsers, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari
Short URL: http://www.osattack.com/Mv6
IE 8 is out, but not for Windows 7 users
Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download but not everyone gets to “enjoy” it. Â It would appear that while the browser itself is ready for mainstream it is not going to be available for Windows 7 beta users. Â Hopefully the release candidate that is soon to be released will contain the final version [...] Read more »
Under: Internet Browser
Tags: Beta, IE 8, Internet Explorer, Release Candidate, Windows 7
Short URL: http://www.osattack.com/3oc
IE 8 to be released at noon today
Internet Explorer 8 is being released TODAY! Â The official download will be available starting at 12 noon EST from Microsoft. Â This is the same browser that is going to be released in Windows 7 but wouldn’t have been better if Windows 7 released with Internet Explorer 7? Â It would really help to keep the product [...] Read more »
Under: Internet Browser
Tags: Gazelle, IE 8, Internet Explorer, Microsoft
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