In our opinion, it's time for a new Internet browser. But small improvements and countless security patches for IE haven't changed the software's overall functionality much in years, which has given newer browsers such as Firefox an advantage when it comes to cutting-edge features and security. Microsoft is hoping the privacy, security, and other improvements bundled into the latest Windows XP SP2 released will maintain its dominance in the market for another two years or so until the next version of Windows is ready. If you haven't already heard, the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 6 for Web browsing is available only to Windows XP SP2 users all other Windows users are now frozen in time.
