Full-featured IE 8 beta announced
Microsoft says it plans to test-release a feature-complete version of its Internet Explorer 8 Web browser in August.
Microsoft released a first test version of IE 8 in March, providing developers and web designers a preview of the latest update to the world's most widely-used browser.
The next test release, IE 8 Beta 2, will be targeted more at ordinary web users. It will come with all the features that the browser will have when it is officially launched - although it may still contain bugs, since it is a test version.
Microsoft has not set an official release date for IE 8.