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Internet Explorer Retires Today!!

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As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that the company of web surfers loved to hate and a few still claim to cherish. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.

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IE’s demise was not a surprise. A year ago, Microsoft said that it was putting an end to Internet Explorer .“Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure and modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older.

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The Justice Department sued Microsoft , saying it violated an earlier consent decree by requiring computer makers to use its browser as a condition of using Windows. It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera and Google’s Chrome.

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Users, meanwhile, complained that IE was slow, prone to crashing and vulnerable to hacks. IE’s market share, which in the early 2000s was over 90%, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives.Today, the Chrome browser dominates with a 65% share, followed by Apple’s Safari with 19%, IE’s heir, Edge, lags with about 4%.