Bill Gates to launch new Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, announced in a
speech at the RSA Security conference in San Francisco that new test version
of Internet Explorer 7 is to be launched in summer.

Traditionally new versions of Microsoft browser appear with the new versions
of Windows. IE 7 was not an exception being expected in 2006 together with
Longhorn operating system. But growing demands to the internet security have
forced Software giant to initiate an early release of the Program.

"There is only one thing standing in the way of realizing the potential of
internet infrastructure: the concerns over trustworthy computing," Bill
Gates said at the conference. "This is the top priority for Microsoft, and
it will remain our top priority."

According to Microsoft the new version will be more protected from the bugs
that make its 6th Explorer vulnerable to the attacks of Web criminals. Gates
said IE 7 is to contain protection against viruses, spyware and account
scams.

In addition to a weak protection, it is hard competition with such strong
rivals as Firefox and Opera that also pushes Microsoft to speed up the
release of the new version of Internet Explorer. Nevertheless Internet
Explorer still dominates with the market share of about 90%.

It is said that Web Search giant Google also plans to produce its own
Firefox-based browser.



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