The Internet Explorer Won’t Be In Windows 10

Microsoft will instead ship a wholly new Web browser with Windows 10, with IE11 riding along as a backwards-compatible alternative.

The new browser is currently under development and has the project codename of “Spartan.” A formal brand name for it has yet to be announced. Microsoft employees mentioned in a Reddit AMA a few months ago that Microsoft had considered potentially discarding the “Internet Explorer” name and brand. That branding turns 20 years old in August 2015 and has two decades’ worth of mental associations and baggage—some of it positive, much of it extremely negative.

Spartan is expected to be lighter and quicker than Internet Explorer 11; it will include proper extension support as well. It’s also supposed to come in desktop and mobile versions for inclusion with both the desktop and mobile versions of Windows 10. It is speculated that Microsoft may give the public a peek at Spartan near the end of January with the next big Windows 10 reveal, but it’s unclear whether or not the browser will make it into the next Windows 10 Technical Preview.

NSA Intercepting Laptops & Installing Spyware

The NSA in connection with the FBI and CIA have been intercepting laptop shipments and installing spyware. According to a new report from Der Spiegel on the National Security Agency’s top team of hackers.  The TAO team are the hackers who can access anyone, anywhere, under any condition. TAO hackers can track your digital movements remotely by exploiting security flaws in an operating system, like Windows. When TAO can’t get through then the NSA goes old school. The agency’s most-skilled team of hackers does not always work from behind a computer screen. Occasionally a target must be physically intercepted before the NSA can access their information. Laptops ordered online are diverted to secret warehouses by the agents who in turn install software, repackaged and remailed. 

Delivery took  so long? You would have to be on NSA’s list for an interception.

Microsoft’s IE11

Both Windows 8.1 and  Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) Preview is now available.  Fast, fluid and perfect for touch, IE11 continues our vision of providing the best Web experience across the full range of Windows devices and screen sizes – an experience where sites and apps work flawlessly together. IE11 offers better touch performance, faster page load times, a continuous browsing experience across your Windows devices, and completely rebuilt F12 developer tools. The preview for Internet Explorer is only  accessible from the Windows 8.1 preview,for now.  The Windows 7 platform should see the IE 11 later on.

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