Microsoft today released the first beta of Internet Explorer 9. Coming after four developer-oriented preview releases, the new browser brings a streamlined user interface and a core that is more standards-compliant—and orders of magnitude faster—than any previous version of Internet Explorer.
With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft is imploring us to 'unlock the beauty of the web,' and indeed, IE9 is a fast and attractive Web browser. But it has its work cut out if it's going to return the Redmond browser to the unassailable leading position it once had.
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