Is Microsoft about to kill off Internet Explorer?
02.01.2015 12:00
Microsoft is secretly developing a new web browser to replace Internet Explorer, it has been claimed.
Experts say the new browser, codenamed Spartan, will be unveiled on January 21st when Microsoft shows off Windows 10 for the first time.
It is believed the new browser will look more like Google's Chrome browser, and be faster than IE.
'Microsoft is building a new browser, codenamed Spartan, which is not IE 12 -- at least according to a couple of sources of mine,' said Mary Jo Foley of ZDNET.
Thomas Nigro, a Microsoft Student Partner lead and developer of the modern version of VLC a media playing app, claimed on Twitter earlier this month that he heard Microsoft was building a brand-new browser.
'However, if my sources are right, Spartan is not IE 12.
'Instead, Spartan is a new, light-weight browser Microsoft is building.'
It is believed Windows 10 will ship with both Spartan and IE 11 to ensure compatibility with all web sites.
Microsoft is set to show off the next major version of its Windows software at a January event at its Redmond HQ, where Trident could be revealed.
However it has already admitted its release has already been delayed until fall 2015.
Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told Japanese news service Nikkei on Wednesday that the new system would be released 'early next fall.'
Microsoft has not publicly set a firm timetable for the release of Windows 10, but only last week suggested the possibility of an earlier release.
The keynote from the day-long event on January 21 will be live streamed.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Windows execs Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore, and Xbox chief Phil Spencer will be speaking.
The event will focus on the 'Windows 10 consumer experience,' a spokesperson confirmed.
Earlier this year Microsoft was derided for 'missing one' when it announced it has decided to jump straight to version 10 of its Windows software in a bid to convince consumers the software is different from current versions.
The firm announced the latest version of its Windows operating system, called Windows 10, at an event in San Francisco.
The firm admitted the software was 'at a threshold' after the poorly received Windows 8.
Terry Myerson, Microsoft's Windows chief said: 'There's about one and a half billion people using Windows today.
'Devices outnumber people.
'Windows is at a threshold and now it's time for a new Windows.
'Our new Windows must be built from the ground up for a mobile first, cloud first world.
'It wouldn't be right to call it Windows 9.'
Microsoft says the new operating system will run on the 'broadest types of devices ever' and sees the companies various app stores merged into one platform, called the One Store.
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