Where will Explorer go today?

By Paul Festa and Ben Heskett
Staff Writers, CNET News

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The latest version of Internet Explorer contains some interesting features, along with a few bugs for developers, but the main challenge facing Microsoft's Web browser may be one of mindshare.

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