I am betting that this is a headline, or story, that nobody would have thought they would ever read when it comes to Internet Explorer but according to the newest report from NSS Labs Internet Explorer 9 is king of the hill when it comes to blocking malware. According to the report 92 percent of malware was blocked with when IE9′s URL-based filtering was enabled and believe it or not…

We are still quite a ways out from having any “official” Windows 8 themes or wallpapers but that hasn’t stopped some of the more dedicated folks out there from coming up with their own goodies. Thanks to the folks at Windows8Beta.com we have an unofficial Windows 8 theme for those of you using Google’s Chrome browser. You can grab your copy to install at the Chrome Web Store.

One of the demos given at Mix 11 by Joe Belfiore during his keynote speech was comparing the browser ability on Windows Phone along side its competitors iPhone 4 and Nexus S. Unsurprising Windows Phone blew both of the other phone’s browsers out of the water when it came to loading information. This test was done using a site created specifically for this type of test which you can visit…

One of the comments that has been the most consistent when it comes to the browser experience in Windows Phone 7 is that, well, it’s not that great. It’s good but still could be a lot better. Well according to Mary Jo Foley Microsoft exec’s are telling her that this is set to improve once Mango gets released. Microsoft execs say it’s a lot more significant than that. Like the…

It never seems to fail that when we are expecting a major software update announcement event the links to the software end up being discovered early and get posted to the web. This is no different with Internet Explorer 9 RC which we were expecting to drop this afternoon during a Microsoft announcement in San Francisco later today. Tom Warren over at Winrumors has the news about the leaked download…

During CES Walt Mossberg got a chance to sit down with Dean Hachamovitch, who oversees all things Internet Explorer at Microsoft, to discuss the browser world. While much of the conversation was about privacy there was one little interesting tidbit about market share that came out in their conversation. It seems that Microsoft is more than pleased that not only is IE6′s market share going down but Internet Explorer 7′s…