Microsoft Announces Plan for Roll Out of Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft today announced its plan to roll out Internet Explorer 8 to Microsoft’s Windows Update and Automatic Update software update services. According Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 will begin to show up in the update services “on or about the third week of April” and the show up for “a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base.” For users who update via the Automatic Update service the update will not be automatically installed, instead they will see a screen that will ask them if they wish to update to the new version. When Internet Explorer 8 was released on March 19 it was only made available for download on the Internet Explorer website. According to Net Applications, Internet Explorer 8’s market share had reached 4.36 percent yesterday; up from 1.45 percent on the day finalized version was released.

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