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There has been something of a storm in a teacup brewing over news that Microsoft will be pushing out automatic upgrades of IE8 to IE6 and IE7 users, but just how hard will it be pushing?

Microsoft will release Internet Explorer 8 at noon US EDT today. The company claims the new browser is easier to use, faster, and more secure.

The king of forced software bundling, Microsoft, is all of a sudden acting like a reformed citizen, enabling users to remove Internet Explorer 8 from the latest build of Windows 7 Beta. The build includes a dialogue box that easily enables users to enable and disable functions by ticking and unticking check boxes.

Tim Sneath, passionate Microsoft Windows client evangelist, spoke today at the “Power to Developers” rally in Sydney, Australia, promoting Windows 7. Yet, the camera caught more than just Microsoft software on his laptop, with Mozilla Firefox plain to see.

Battle of the Browsers postings are nothing new, but usually are based upon the opinion of a single reviewer. However, if there were cash prizes to uncover bugs in Chrome, FireFox 3.1 and IE8 you might get a broader and more interesting view. Welcome to the Browser Bug Battle...

The latest Beta version of Internet Explorer 8 has been released in US English, German and Chinese languages. But whatever language you speak, Microsoft seems to think you are a bunch of wankers...