Microsoft announced some heartbreaking news for Internet Explorer users on Valentine's Day: Internet Explorer is no more. The company has permanently disabled the desktop version of Internet Explorer ...

Microsoft has been reactionary toward open source for far too long. It's time to open-source Internet Explorer and start giving its competitors grief. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who ...

Microsoft has officially retired its web browser Internet Explorer nearly three decades after it launched. The company announced plans to end support for Internet Explorer last year, citing a focus on ...

After 27 years as Microsoft's Windows web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) is no longer supported. But that doesn't mean the legacy Windows browser isn't still in use, and despite years of warning it ...

Even if you never open Internet Explorer, a newly discovered Windows security flaw found that hackers can use the old web browser to steal your data. Credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Finally ...

Big changes are coming to Internet Explorer. Starting next month, users trying to access certain websites will see IE refuse to load the URL and automatically open the site in Edge instead. This ...

Some 27 years after the company first debuted the browser, tech giant Microsoft retired Internet Explorer on Wednesday. Those who try to open the familiar blue and white “e,” application, are now ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Reader Bill is having a problem with Internet Explorer 8 on his Windows XP system: Whenever he runs the browser, it pops open for just a second or two, then immediately closes again. Now that’s what I ...

Business research and e-commerce activity on the Web can quickly lead users in different directions, and tabs and windows are helpful to segment information for easier review. Pop-up windows can serve ...

Will you be turning Internet Explorer 8 off in Windows 7? Don Reisinger won't be and explains exactly why. Don Reisinger CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered ...

Internet Explorer slows down for a number of reasons, due in no small part to its modular nature. The chief culprit is unwanted extension and add-ons, but that's not the only cause. As you experience ...