security|Sep 27, 2016

A More Secure Microsoft Edge, and Other News from Ignite 2016

In the wake of highly publicized cyberattacks on big companies, Microsoft on Monday rolled out new security features for its Edge browser. Windows Defender Application Guard, developed for the company’s enterprise customers, will use Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization technology to isolate potential security threats. “The threat landscape has changed significantly in recent years,” reads a Microsoft…
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news|Feb 18, 2016

Windows Build 14267 Includes Easier Music Searching, Updates to Edge

Microsoft released Windows 10 Preview Build 14267 to Insiders in its Fast ring today. The new build includes a music search icon for Cortana that directs the virtual assistant to listen, Shazam-like, to music that’s playing and go find it. Users will also be able to automatically clear their browser history when exiting Microsoft Edge,…
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News|Feb 12, 2016

Registration Opens for Free Microsoft Edge Web Summit

Didn’t get a chance to register for Microsoft’s Build 2016 conference? As we previously reported, Microsoft is also holding a free mini-conference for developers on the Edge web browser, scheduled for April 4 in San Francisco, just a few days after Build. Registration opened recently for the 2016 Microsoft Edge Web Summit (thanks, WindowsCentral, for the…
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news|Feb 4, 2016

Edge Browser to Get Makeover in 2016

Microsoft Edge: It’s fast, and it’s new. But its lack of support for browser extensions, or other clear advantages over popular browsers, have some calling it Internet Explorer with lipstick. On Wednesday, Microsoft laid out a road map of improvements it plans to make to Edge and EdgeHTML, the engine that powers the browser, in…
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news|Jan 12, 2016

RIP, Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10

To cries of, “Finally!” from developers everywhere, Microsoft stopped supporting Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 on Jan. 12 as it continues to push users to migrate to the newer Edge browser. Though IE 11 will continue to receive security updates and bug fixes, in addition to Edge, the move is one more step toward…
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News|Nov 17, 2015

New Developer Features in EdgeHTML 13

Microsoft’s big November Windows 10 update carried with it some significant improvements not only in the OS but also in the Edge browser and the components it exposes to developers.  EdgeHTML, the core rendering engine got updates including better HTML5 Support while Chakra, the Javascript execution engine got improved ES7/ES2016 support including async functions. EdgeHTML…
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