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~ More Than 250 Top Sites from Around the Globe Join the Launch of Internet Explorer 9 ~

March 2011

(Austin, TX, Tuesday, March 15, 2011) - At the SXSW Interactive conference, Microsoft announced the launch of the latest version of the world's most used browser with the release of Internet Explorer 9 in 39 languages all over the world. Internet Explorer 9 is the most downloaded browser beta of all time with over 40 million downloads in the beta timeframe, and it has already gained more than 2 percent usage share on Windows 7.

More than 250 top sites from around the globe are taking advantage of the capabilities of Internet Explorer 9 to deliver differentiated experiences to their customers, with many featured on www.BeautyoftheWeb.com. Together, these partners reach more than 1 billion Internet users on the Web.

Internet Explorer 9 is designed to bring sites front and center through Windows 7, enabling an immersive and beautiful Web experience. Features such as Pinning and JumpLists allow people to put their websites directly on the Windows 7 Taskbar and quickly and easily perform tasks related to those websites, such as check their inboxes, change the music station, accept friend invitations or see breaking news.

In addition to 250 top sites, more than 1,000 other sites and designers are taking advantage of these new features with Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7. These sites include not only the largest sites on the Web, such as Facebook and Amazon, but also leading experiences from across the Web and the world:

• In social and information networking, Internet Explorer 9 partners include Facebook, Twitter and WordPress - the No. 1 global blogging platform - in addition to leading professional networks in the U.S., Europe, Russia, Korea and Latin America.

• In e-commerce, partners include not only the leading worldwide shopping site, Amazon, and the No. 1 worldwide auction site, eBay, but also the leading site in the emergent "daily deals" space, Groupon.

• Video and streaming partners include three of the top five video-on-demand sites in the U.S. - Hulu, Break.com and Dailymotion - and leading Internet radio sites Slacker, PANDORA internet radio and Jango. In addition, partners include top global broadcasters CBC and CTV in Canada, Wat.tv in France, and CNN in the U.S.

• News website partners in the U.S. include the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Huffington Post, as well as dozens of leading news sites globally across all major geographies.

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