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At Microsoft, we take our responsibilities for protecting your privacy very seriously. It’s a priority across all our businesses, and an area where we continue to work closely with others throughout academia, government and industry. And while we don’t pretend to have all of the answers, we do want to help raise awareness for how you can have greater choice and control as you browse the web.

Today we are excited to announce the availability of IE10 for Windows 7, bringing the most modern and high performing version of IE to over 700M Windows customers. IE10 delivers a 20% increase in real-world site performance over IE9 making IE10 the fastest modern browser on the market according to third parties.

Today, the Windows team shared that after much anticipation, Windows 8 is available to the world.

Windows 8 represents a tremendous step forward in reimagining what people can expect from the devices in their life – whether PC, tablet, or something that can be both.

The entirely new Internet Explorer 10 is a huge part of the reimagined Windows experience.

If you caught the premiers of White Collar and Covert Affairs this week, you probably noticed we just released a new version of the Internet Explorer TV commercial celebrating the beauty of the web.

This Sunday, Dell launched a new TV commercial in the US, and we’re excited that they’ve chosen to feature Internet Explorer. The ad does a nice job highlighting just how central the PC and the web have become in our family lives – bringing folks together to enjoy a game like Cut the Rope, view photos, or listen to music as a family.

Today we heard about a recent study completed by web performance management firm New Relic. The study confirmed that when it comes to real world page load times - Internet Explorer 9 is fastest on Windows. The study can be found here: http://blog.newrelic.com/2012/04/05/fastest-browsers/

Tonight we are releasing a new Internet Explorer TV commercial celebrating the beauty of the web.

Privacy is in the news again today.  Apparently, Google has been able to track users of Apple’s Safari browser while they surf the web on their Apple iPhones, iPads and Macs.  This type of tracking by Google is not new.  The novelty here is that Google apparently circu

There is more choice than ever when it comes to browsers today. This is a fantastic thing and we believe that choice makes the web better for all of us.

We build IE for customers who use Windows. IE9 is the browser designed to give Windows 7 customers the fastest, safest, and most private browsing experience – putting the focus on the thing that matters most – your favorite sites.

If you haven’t had a look at IE recently and are ready for change, here are some reasons we think IE9 might be the browser for you.

Today Microsoft and IDG hosted a webcast discussion where participants touched on a range of topics: from the flexible workstyles of today’s workforce to useful information on Windows 7 deployment. I found the conversation insightful so wanted to share a few key takeaways.