The initial reception of the Internet Explorer 9 beta has been an overwhelming success, with more than two million downloads in the first 48 hours it was available.

Microsoft has officially shut down its Internet Explorer browser after 27 years. Microsoft Edge is the company’s replacement. Users who click on the Explorer icon will now be redirected to ...

In addition, Internet Explorer 9 can take advantage of your graphics card to handle page rendering and animation. This should further bolster IE 9’s performance.

IE mode allows users to access older, Internet Explorer-based websites and applications from Edge. Eventually, Microsoft plans on releasing a Windows Update that will remove all IE icons from devices.