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Monday, Dec 19, 2005 8:20am

MS ends support for Interne...

Microsoft last week quietly announced that will officially discontinue support for Internet Explorer (IE) at the end of this year, as noted by Macworld UK. The company updated its website, saying that the IE browser was support for 30 months following the announcement in 2003 that the company would discontinue development of IE: "In June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005. In accordance with published support lifecycle policies, Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer for Mac on December 31st, 2005, and will provide no further security or performance updates." The company also said that the browser would no longer be available for download from the Mactopia website after January 31, 2006.

Microsoft recommends that Macintosh users migrate to more recent Web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari, which is bundled with its operating system. Recent studies show that Apple's Safari Web browser has continued to grow in popularity, currently holding 2.78 percent of the Web browser market--up 1.22 percent since December of 2004.