Microsoft は Webブラウザ の最新版となる Internet Explorer 8 ( IE8 ) の正式版の公開を 3月20日 から開始するそうです。もちろん日本語版も公開されます。

Microsoft Announces Availability of Internet Explorer 8
New browser focuses on top customer needs, including security, ease of use and performance.

REDMOND, Wash. — March 18, 2009 — Today Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the Web today. It can be downloaded in 25 languages at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 starting at noon EDT on March 19. Internet Explorer 8 is easier to use, faster and offers leading-edge security features in direct response to people’s increasing concerns about online safety. A new study commissioned by Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance and conducted by Harris Interactive Inc. shows that 91 percent of adults in the U.S. are concerned about online threats in the current economic climate, and 78 percent are more likely to choose a Web browser with built-in security than they were two years ago.