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/ Adam Richardson

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Released

Microsoft revealed the immediate worldwide availability of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, the eagerly awaited Web browser software that works faster to save users time.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Released hits the March 1999 news desk on March 18, 1999. Microsoft revealed the immediate worldwide availability of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, the eagerly awaited Web browser software that works faster to save users time.

Bill Gates, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, introduced Internet Explorer 5 at a launch event at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., highlighting it as a centerpiece of the company's Internet innovations in its Windows operating system. Internet Explorer 5 offers breakthrough improvements in browsing performance, usability and flexibility that will enable users to get more out of the Internet than ever before. The only real test starts now. Boxes, demos, patches, and downloads do not mean much until players start hammering on them.