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Latest Windows 10 preview for phones adds Spartan browser, new mail, calendar, and phone apps

Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows 10 Technical Preview (build 10051) for smartphones. It’s available for most recent Lumia devices. Eventually Microsoft plans to open up the previews for non-Lumia phones as well. So what’s new in the latest build? The web browser, the mail and calendar apps, and a whole lot more. […]

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Project Spartan browser arrives in latest Windows 10 preview build

Microsoft plans to include a new web browser with Windows 10 when the operating system launches this summer. Code-named Project Spartan, it uses a different rendering engine than Internet Explorer, has a user interface designed to work across phones, tablets, and desktops, and includes better support for web standards thanks, in part, to involvement of […]

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Microsoft’s “Spartan” web browser to include code contributed by Adobe, other software makers

Microsoft plans to ship a brand new web browser with Windows 10. Code-named “Spartan,” the new browser won’t replace Internet Explorer right away — both web browsers will be included in the next version of Windows. But it’s pretty clear that Spartan is the future and IE is the past. Spartan has a new rendering […]

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Would you use a Microsoft browser not called Internet Explorer?

Microsoft is building a new web browser for Windows 10. It’s code-named Spartan, but eventually it will be called something else. What it won’t be called is Internet Explorer. While Windows 10 will ship with both Spartan and Internet Explorer so that enterprise users and others can continue to use the legacy web browser, Microsoft has confirmed […]

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Windows 10 will ship with two web browsers (Spartan and IE)

When Windows 10 launches later this year, it’ll include a new web browser designed to run on phones, tablets, notebooks, or desktops. Code-named Project Spartan, the new browser is a Universal Windows App, and it includes new features include support for annotating web pages and integration with the Cortana personal assistant feature of Windows. But […]

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Microsoft introduces the Windows 10 web browser (code-named Project Spartan)

Microsoft is building a new web browser for Windows 10. As expected, it’s code-named Project Spartan, and it’s something different from Internet Explorer. The company says Spartan has a new user interface, a new rendering engine, and new ways to interact with online content. The browser will be available for smartphones, tablets, and notebooks or […]