Microsoft has finally released Internet Explorer 7. There has been a long wait for this new browser. IE7 is seen by most people as an attempt by Microsoft to catch up with the new features added by Firefox and others.
It has been more than 5 years since their last browser release and Microsoft has lost a share of the market as a result.
Since there are a lot of details, I have added links to several articles which contain these details
BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft's browser gets upgraded
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/10/19/ie7_released/
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/interne....ap/index.html
ABC News: ABC News