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Dan Leahul

Another month for Microsoft, and another drop in market share for its Internet Explorer browser; now resting at 68%, it's lowest point in seven consecutive months.

Last year, IE sat blissfully, at 75%, however this preceded the release of Google's Chrome, which combined with the growing popularity of Firefox and Apple's Safari, have repetitively chipped away its unearned dominance.

Prone to attacks and lacking the add-on, open-source muscle of its counterparts, it's a wonder why so many people are still using it.

But again, not everyone really cares about these trivial things.

Nerdom aside, Firefox continues to grow, now at 21%, jumping up three percentage-points in the same seven months that IE lost seven.

However, all it not lost for Microsoft. It's ready to fully release IE8, the new-classic, which is receiving positive reviews.

Some features include InPrivate browsing, which records no web history when asked not to.  Google  InCognito function provides this with Chrome and Firefox has its Stealth privacy mode.

The browser itself is apparently faster, though likely not as quick as Firefox, but includes a new feature "web slices" a tabbing function that allows quick(er) access Twitter et al.

Also Microsoft has been enjoying some really good buzz about its new version of Window's (Windows 7) after continual bad press about its flawed Vista OS, which regularly aggravates me on my laptop at home.

With two major, major releases on the horizon, Microsoft's inevitable browser market loss doesn't seem like a huge deal.

As a side note, kind of, have you checked out some of these Microsoft SongSmith atrocities yet? The Caribbean-infused Billy Idol 'White Wedding' is swiftly becoming a YouTube classic, not to be missed.