Internet Explorer has been designed around the idea of minimizing the browser window. The larger bars and frames used by current browsers have been reduced to a single strip containing an address bar. IE9 will be available for download later today.

IE parses MHTML content in a way that seems to be vulnerable to attack. Malicious websites are being used to force your browser to run Javascript and attack your PC.

It seems like it wouldn’t be a "real" service pack unless at least one PC died in the process. SP1 for Win7 has 2 bugs that affect some machines. This page includes links to TechNet articles on the problems.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for that Windows Phone 7 device from Nokia. The earliest release they’re predicting is sometime in 2013.

One of the features that had been expected with the WinPhone7 update, copy and paste, will not be included when the update is released at the end of the month.

During the Pwn2Own hacking contest, a set of bugs was exploited in Internet Explorer 8. The flaws have already been fixed for IE9. Microsoft will be releasing patches for the earlier versions of IE.

Unlike some other versions of IE, IE9 isn’t "part" of an operating system upgrade, which will limit it’s deployment. Interim upgrades never gain the same market share as those tied to an OS replacement.

After problems with the pre-update update, Microsoft is planning to delay the first major update for WinPhone 7. The earlier update, to upgrade the update process, bricked some Samsung phones.

There is a known issue with Internet Explorer, versions 7-9, where the program closes almost as soon as you open it. The usual fix is to reinstall IE, but sometimes that doesn’t solve the problem. This page offers a couple of options.

Hewlett-Packard bought Palm and WebOS last year. They’d like to make some money on the deal, so they’re going to install WebOS on all their PCs starting next year. Does this mean they think Windows 8 is going to prove ‘too little, too late’?