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A closer look at the Internet Explorer 9 beta

A hands-on look at the Internet Explorer 9 beta, released on September 15, 2010
By Ed Bott, Senior Contributing Editor
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Internet Explorer 9 is the most ambitious browser release Microsoft has ever undertaken, and despite the beta label it is an impressively polished product. With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft is trying to make the browser disappear. Ed Bott's been testing IE9 beta and here's his review.

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