Instead, he dismissed the competition with Microsoft's Explorer browser as simply the "current bloodsport" whipped up by news organizations.

Quality Center can be used on Windows platforms with an Internet Explorer browser.

Among other things, Microsoft decided to give its Internet Explorer browser away for free.

Microsoft is rushing to catch up with its Explorer browser, and the marketing war has begun.

Microsoft's move to allow users to remove the Explorer browser from Windows is a largely symbolic move.

For now, Sidestep.com works only with Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

To compete with Netscape, Microsoft back in 1996 decided to give away the Explorer browser for free.

It insists that its Explorer browser is not a separate product but an integrated feature of its Windows operating system.

In recent months Microsoft has incorporated the technology into its Internet Explorer browser.

But Microsoft is gaining fast and it gives away its Internet Explorer browser.