Microsoft today released a lean, muscular new Internet Explorer crafted to spotlight slick websites and beat back competition from Firefox and Google in the web browser arena.

“The browser is the stage and the websites are the stars of the show,” corporate vice president of Internet Explorer Dean Hachamovitch told AFP.

“Microsoft has over a billion Windows customers,” Hachamovitch said of the software giant’s ubiquitous computer operating system. “We want the browsing experience on Windows to be great.”

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