Filed under: Microsoft, Browsers
Internet Explorer 8 slips early on Windows Update

In case you're not excited about the prospect of IE8 sneaking on to the systems you support (including your home computer), you can grab the blocker toolkit from Microsoft's web site.
We've looked at the new browser before (just this morning, as a matter of fact). Warnings aside, IE8 is a step in the right direction from Microsoft.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Rocketboy said 12:35PM on 3-19-2009
Did your system already have an early build of IE8, or was it an IE7 machine?
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Bolivar Baez said 1:10PM on 3-19-2009
You meant to say Internet Explorer 8 RTM instead of RC1, right?
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Lee Mathews said 1:11PM on 3-19-2009
Indeed I did...thanks, Bolivar!
Carlos said 4:59PM on 3-19-2009
ie8 messed up windows sidebar on my vista ultimate machine. i quickly removed it and all is now back to normal. it's ridiculous they release this thing in this state.
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Demodave said 6:34PM on 3-19-2009
The sidebar on my Vista 32-bit laptop is running normal. No issues so far with the new IE8 downloaded this morning.
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