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Internet Explorer 5 Beta Available for Download!
new The newest version of Internet Explorer is designed to make your life easier. Built to be simpler, more automated, and more flexible than any other browser, Internet Explorer 5 Beta is finally available for testing. If you are an advanced user or corporate developer, or, if you're just curious about the next-generation browser, click here to learn more!

Internet Explorer Administration Kit 5 Beta Available!
The Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 5 Beta provides new flexibility for customizing and distributing Internet Explorer. To meet your organization's needs and reduce support costs, IEAK 5 beta improves on IEAK 4 with added customization and documentation, an improved user interface, and greater levels of control over installation and configuration options for Internet Explorer 5 Beta. Click here to learn more.

Internet Explorer Receives Education Award of Excellence
Click here to learn about 4.0 A panel of teachers and family testers have named the Internet Explorer 4.0 Web browser among the year's top software in education in Technology & Learning's annual School Software Awards of Excellence.

Microsoft Delivers Internet Explorer for HP-UX Platform
Internet Explorer 4.01 for HP-UX, the first Microsoft browser for this "flavor" of UNIX, joins an updated Internet Explorer for Sun Solaris in demonstrating MicrosoftÆs commitment to provide corporations with premier browsing technologies optimized for UNIX users.

New Free Support Offering is One More Reason for Corporations and ISPs to Get the IEAK
The more than 20,000 companies that have already licensed the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) can now use a free, enhanced online support program to get the most from the IEAK. Visit our IEAK Web site to find out more and to download the kit, which helps information technology managers customize, deploy, and manage Internet Explorer.

Windows 98 Delivers the Best Internet Integration Available
Windows 98 offers the greatest integration of the Internet you can get for your computer. Visit our Windows 98 Web site now to find out how and to get the new operating system.

Tired of Dealing with Multiple Multimedia Formats? Get Windows Media Player Today
You run into all kinds of multimedia files while surfing the Web. Now you have a single player for all of them. Plus, it surpasses the features found in all other multimedia players. Download Microsoft Windows Media Player today.

Old News is Good News: Internet Explorer Makes a Great Software Development Platform
Since Internet Explorer 3.0, independent software vendors have used Microsoft's open, component architecture and integration with the rest of the features of Windows to add great browsing capabilities to products without having to reinvent the wheel. Find out how to build your own browser!

PSST! Send Private Whispers and More With New Microsoft Chat 2.5
The latest release of Microsoft Chat expands your power to create and customize your own Internet house party with lots of exciting new features. Check out more information on Microsoft Chat 2.5, download it (Windows 98 users download it here), and let the chatting commence!

Write in Multiple Languages Online!
The new Microsoft Global Input Method Editor gives you the ability to write as well as read Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters in Web forms and e-mail messages. Check out its great features for businesses and individuals. Or you can download Global IME now if you're running Internet Explorer 4.0 or Outlook 98 on Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0.

Windows Magazine: Internet Explorer 4.0 Is Software of the Year
Of all the software released in the past year, "none stands out as profoundly as Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0." So says Windows Magazine, citing Internet Explorer's many benefits for users.

Patch Now Available for First Internet Explorer Service Pack
A patch for Service Pack 1 is now available for users of Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 who want SP1 but don't wish to download the full browser. If you aren't running Internet Explorer 4.01, you can get SP1 when you download Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Alpha from this Web site.

New Patch Readies Internet Explorer 3.02 for Year 2000
If you're still running Internet Explorer 3.02 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, you may want to download the patch that makes your browser compliant with Year 2000 requirements. Our recommendation, though, is that you download Internet Explorer 4.01 with SP1. It delivers Year 2000 compatibility along with MicrosoftÆs latest award-winning browser.

Faster Browsing, Easier E-mail: Internet Explorer 4.01 for Macintosh is Here!
Internet Explorer 4.01 for Macintosh boosts browsing speed for Mac users and adds support for Apple's ColorSync for JPEGs Plus. Also included is a new version of Outlook Express that makes e-mail even easier. Download it today!

Network Computing Names Outlook Express Most Secure Internet Mail
Network Computing just presented Outlook Express a "Well Connected" award in the Secure Internet Mail category.

Read the reviews for 4.0! Press Reviews Hail Mac, Windows, and UNIX Releases of Internet Explorer 4.0
Check out our impressive reviews in the Macintosh press, which add to the many comparison review wins in major publications for the Internet Explorer 4.0 browsing feature of Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. And regarding UNIX, PC Week Online says: "IE 4.0 for Solaris shines."

Active Future for Active Channels
Contrary to what you might have read or heard, Microsoft remains committed to Active Channel content and partners. The Active Channels you use today will continue to work in Windows 98 and in future versions of Internet Explorer. As should be expected, we are always working to improve and simplify everyone's experience on the Web. See what our Active Channel partners can deliver to you today and tomorrow!

New Resource Kit Makes It Easy to Deploy and Support Internet Explorer
All the technical information that companies need to deploy and support Internet Explorer 4.0 is included in the new Internet Explorer Resource Kit.




In case you missed it ...
Running Windows 3.1 or Windows NT Workstation 3.51? Service Pack Now Available for Internet Explorer 3.03

XML: Internet Explorer 4.0 Supports Newest W3C Recommendation

PC Magazine: Internet Explorer 4.0 "provides the best Web experience today and promises the best for tomorrow"

New Free Support Program Helps ISPs Best Serve Customers

Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award

Dynamic HTML Editing Made Easy

New IEAK: Now Corporations and ISPs Can Deliver Internet Explorer to All Major Platforms

Clear Majority of Small and Mid-sized Businesses Choose Internet Explorer 4.0

Final Release of Internet Explorer 4.0 for Middle Eastern and Thai Languages Now Available!

Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.51 Users: Get Internet Explorer 4.0 Now

V-Chat 2.0: Take Your Chats to Another Dimension!

Internet Explorer 4.01 Makes the Web More Accessible to Everybody

Parents: 50,000 Web Sites Are Now Rated to Safeguard Your Children

Internet Explorer Share Tops 40 Percent; Now Most Popular Browser Software in Home PC Market!

"Buddy Lists" Identify the Presence of Friends and Business Associates Online

Microsoft Letter to Customers Responds to DOJ

Concerned About the Sun Lawsuit? Read Our Letter to Customers

Secured Online Banking Goes Global!



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