Microsoft to clip Internet Explorer’s sails
Company prepares to battle market leader Chrome with its Edge browser
20 May 2021 - 16:22
Microsoft is pulling the plug on its once omnipresent browser, Internet Explorer, next year as it prepares to battle market leader Chrome with its slicker Edge browser.
Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer became the dominant browser for more than a decade as it was bundled with Microsoft’s Windows operating system that came preinstalled in billions of computers. However, started losing out to Google’s Chrome in the late 2000s and has become a subject of countless internet memes for its sluggishness in comparison to its rivals...
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