Today, the Internet Explorer Team has made available Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for all to download. You can read the IE Team's announcement of the new release and very important milestone here from IE General Manager Dean Hachamovitch on the IEBlog. Download: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Also be sure to read this post from Program Manager Jane ...

In the last video, Esther told you all about how Instant Search makes her day-to-day life easier. Today, she's going to talk to you about Live Icons, which makes searching even faster by letting you see a preview of the files you're searching for. If you're a visual person you'll especially appreciate seeing icons instead of file names or ...

We're announcing quite a few new languages available of the Windows Search 4.0 Preview today. The following languages are available for download for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008: Arabic (Only for Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008) Brazilian Portuguese Bulgarian Chinese - Simplified Chinese - ...

Last week we showed you how to make some interesting Search Folders on Windows Vista.  If you're like me, you probably can't get enough of them.  Today, I want to introduce you to new feature that's a little geeky, but very useful for anyone that has to do a lot of team-based work. The thing about Search Folders is that while they're ...

OK, more on searching today.  One of Windows Vista's coolest features that I use every day is the Windows Vista Search Folder.  The concept is simple:  a Search Folder is just a saved search.  There's a whole bunch that come with the system at installation; you can find them if you open the Start Menu, select your user ...

A couple of weeks ago we showed you some of the more popular keyboard shortcuts in Windows Vista.  Now that you've had a chance to see how shortcuts can speed up your navigation, I thought it would be a good follow-up to show you how to not only speed up your searches, but also make them more relevant to what you're looking for. Over the ...