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We understand if you feel uncomfortable installing beta software. Check this website in the coming months to see when the "final" version of Internet Explorer 8 is available.

Microsoft throws out some fresh beta software for everyone to try.

DailyTech reported last month that Microsoft was on the verge of releasing test versions of the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) web browser. Microsoft made good on that promise today with the public release of IE8 Beta 1 at the MIX Conference in Las Vegas.

The beta browser is available for a wide range of Windows operating systems including Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 SP2. According to Microsoft, IE8 Beta 1 will not install on “prerelease versions of Windows Vista SP1” or “checked versions of Windows”.

As expected, IE8 includes a number of new features including the “Activities” contextual data management service, a new Favorites Bar, an improved Phishing Filter, Automatic Crash Recovery and “Webslices”.

Microsoft software architect Alexander Strauss goes on to explain Webslices, stating, “Webslices are simply portions of arbitrary......