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  IE Changes Due: What You Can Expect
Time: 07:38 EST/12:38 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: John Quigley

Microsoft Corp. will release Tuesday a security update for Internet Explorer that will also change how users interact with Web sites. Some sites that rely on popular ActiveX controls, such as Apple's QuickTime, RealNetworks' RealPlayer, and Adobe's Flash and Acrobat, are likely to give users fits. The change, which Microsoft has been warning Web site developers about since December 2005, was made to abide by a ruling in a patent infringement lawsuit Microsoft lost in 2003 to the University of California and its startup, Eolas Technologies Inc.

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#1 By 46122 (68.237.207.21) at Wednesday, April 12, 2006 09:37:13 AM
This is only going to hurt the end user.

#2 By 13030 (198.22.121.110) at Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:01:51 AM
lol... Serves every affected site right, having "Designed for Internet Explorer" and used a bunch of embedded eye-candy crap.

#3 By 21055 (70.146.110.160) at Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:50:12 AM
& I bet that the malicious ActiveX writers will update their scripts quicker than the big corporations.



 

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