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For many people, going home for the holidays is a step back in time. Not just because you may be returning to your childhood home, but because you might see IE6 or IE7 on your parents’ home PC.

Microsoft is proud to be the host sponsor of the W3C’s first ever developer conference being held tomorrow (Tuesday November 15). W3Conf: Practical Standards for Web Professionals (follow along at #w3conf and @w3cConf) is chock full of industry speakers talking to developers and designers about HTML5 and related technologies for the open web platform.

On Friday, we mentioned that things were looking up for developers interested in building the latest set of web experiences for a modern browser like IE9. The good news for developers is that with IE9 at almost 35% share on Windows 7 in the US near the close of October - now 65% of all Windows 7 users in the US have a modern browser!

There certainly appears to be more than a little enthusiasm for browser numbers these days, and it’s great to see early adopters adopting the latest browsers across the industry. With Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 4.0, and Chrome 10 all hitting their final releases recently, drawing instant comparisons around downloads or initial usage is a natural temptation, but unfortunately you can’t do it quite yet. Here’s why.

We released a new site last week called the The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown. It’s purpose, to help people say goodbye to their 10 year old browser and move to a modern browsing experience.

Conventional web pages are rarely optimized to be viewed on phones. , That’s why pinch and zoom is enabled when we browse those web on phones. The ability to enlarge web content is a behavior we expect when we use a mobile browser, however when we interact with a mobile app that expectation is no longer true. So, take caution when embedding web content in your application. However, if you must do this, then follow these precautions: and lists five situations to avoid when doing it.

Sony is one of those companies where you can be pretty sure that when they release something new, it’s going to be awesome.  That was certainly the case at CES 2011, where VAIO Product Manager Kevin Sather showed me just a few of their newest PCs.  In addition to the brand new ultralight Sony Y (powered by AMD’s new processors) that starts at $549, I got to check out Sony’s new VAIO F 3D laptop, which packs a new second-generation Intel i7 quad-core processor and Blu-Ray, and the impressively designed refres

Last week, we shared our perspective on what it means for a browser to be all around fast.  By harnessing the full power of the PC, Internet Explorer 9 Beta enables sites to create new types of web site.  In this post, we talk to Myspace about what an all around fast browser means for their site.

Today is earnings day and Windows continues to have a strong showing. We announced a new milestone in Windows 7 sales - 175 million copies. This continues our record breaking pace of more than 7 copies sold per second. And as of today – Windows 7 is now running on more than 16% of all PCs worldwide. It's exciting to see this kind of response from customers who have helped make Windows 7 the fastest selling operating system in history.

When customers sit down to browse the web, they have more choice than ever about the browser they’ll use. Here in the Internet Explorer team, we look at usage share as one of several results that come from developers targeting, partners supporting, and customer preferring the latest version of Internet Explorer. Last month we saw some encouraging news about browser preference.