IE8 Beta 1 Update for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Available

26 June

The IE8 Beta 1 June Security Update delivers the bulletins designed to address security vulnerabilities including the Critical HTML Objects Memory Corruption flaw, and the Request Header Cross-Domain Information Disclosure hole rated as Important. An additional modification aimed at web content developers and designers is also provided via a meta-tag set up to instruct IE8 to render a website's content as its predecessor, Internet Explorer 7.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is available for download here. Internet Explorer 8 is evolving to the next level, even though it is still in Beta stage. However, the evolution does not mark the jump from Beta 1 to Beta 2 stage, but the introduction of new capabilities along with this month's security patches for the browser. In this context, Microsoft made available the first update for Internet Explorer 8 through Windows Update. Terry McCoy, Program Manager Internet Explorer Security revealed that the Redmond giant had started serving the IE8 Beta 1 June Security Update through WU.