internet explorer

Microsoft has quietly pushed an out‑of‑cycle set of patches that touches a wide swath of Windows platforms — from legacy desktop builds to server editions and even Windows RT — and includes cumulative fixes for Internet Explorer that close severe, remotely exploitable bugs. The releases, which...

Nearly three decades after it first put a blue “e” on the map, Microsoft retired the Internet Explorer desktop application in mid‑2022 and redirected its legacy responsibilities into Microsoft Edge — a strategic and technical decision driven as much by modern web standards, security, and...

A newly cataloged high-severity Windows vulnerability—CVE-2025-59295—has been published as a heap-based buffer overflow in Internet Explorer that can lead to remote code execution (RCE), and vendors and trackers assign it a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8. Early public records describe the flaw as a...

Windows has always been a moving target: features appear, gain fans, stagnate, and sometimes quietly disappear — often replaced by something that reflects Microsoft’s current priorities around security, cloud services, and AI. The past decade alone shows a clear pattern: legacy, underused, or...

Microsoft’s quiet pruning of long‑standing Windows apps has accelerated into a visible strategy: the company is retiring or removing familiar built‑ins — from the browser that once ruled the web to niche creative tools and the lightweight Mail client — and asking users and organizations to...

Microsoft has quietly closed another chapter of Windows history by retiring a clutch of familiar apps — Internet Explorer, Paint 3D, Movies & TV (storefront), Groove Music’s streaming service, and the legacy Mail app — each disappearance reflecting a larger strategy to consolidate services, cut...

CISA’s latest update places three long‑standing and newly discovered flaws squarely in the crosshairs of enterprise defenders, adding CVE‑2013‑3893 (Internet Explorer), CVE‑2007‑0671 (Microsoft Excel), and CVE‑2025‑8088 (WinRAR) to the agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on...

Microsoft’s surprise anniversary drop — a limited-edition pair of Windows XP–themed Crocs — has already become a viral grail piece, launching as an employee-exclusive preorder at a reported price of $80 with a public release reportedly planned by Microsoft. daper is one of the most culturally...

Few product launches have captured the collective nostalgia and eye-rolling amusement of the tech community quite like Microsoft's foray into limited edition XP-themed Crocs. Images surfacing from internal company channels fuel speculation that Microsoft, following its recent trend of quirky...

Here’s how you can view and delete your browser history in Microsoft Edge, according to official Microsoft Support: View and Delete History in Microsoft Edge To Clear Browsing Data Stored on Your Device: Decide Scope: To delete browsing data only on your current device, turn off sync. To delete...

Adjusting the browser home page is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to personalize your web experience, streamline your daily workflow, and safeguard your productivity. Whether you use Microsoft Edge, the now-legacy Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari...

Changing your browser’s home page is a deceptively simple yet often essential task for tailoring your web browsing experience, whether on Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. It’s a ritual that millions of users perform to boost productivity, reduce...

Every month, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday looms as a critical date on the IT administrator’s calendar, and this cycle is no exception: Microsoft has sounded the alarm on 66 vulnerabilities, with two already confirmed under active exploitation. While regular patching is routine, what makes this...

In the rapidly shifting landscape of Windows security, the spotlight once again falls on Microsoft’s legacy components—this time, the Microsoft Scripting Engine. As of the May 2025 Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft confirmed that CVE-2025-30397, a major zero-day vulnerability in its Scripting...

Few companies have shaped the technology landscape as profoundly as Microsoft, whose products have become integral to how modern society communicates, works, and innovates. The journey from a modest software company to a global technology powerhouse is marked by a string of groundbreaking...

A newly disclosed security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30397, has captured the attention of the Windows community and cybersecurity professionals worldwide. This scripting engine memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft’s Scripting Engine—commonly underpinning legacy browsers and...

Fifty years ago, Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque by Bill Gates and Paul Allen with a simple yet revolutionary vision: to put a computer on every desk and in every home. What started as a small startup writing software for the Altair 8800 quickly became a technological juggernaut, defining...

The digital world evolves at breakneck speed, yet sometimes a blast from the past remains necessary. While modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox dominate the scene, many Windows 10 users still find themselves in need of Internet Explorer 11—especially for legacy...

Ah, Internet Explorer. For those of us who remember its heyday, it's like running into an old friend from high school at a reunion—you’ve moved on, and so have they—or so you thought. Despite being officially retired in 2022 and completely removed from mainstream Windows operating systems in...

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) has recently disclosed a critical vulnerability—CVE-2025-21326—that affects Internet Explorer (IE), specifically pertaining to a Remote Code Execution (RCE) security flaw. This issue has been flagged as a high-priority exploit due to the potential...