I just installed release candidate 1 of Internet Explorer 8. Shortly thereafter, a funny thing happened. Zonealarm said "IE wants to act as a server". I couldn't think why but I allowed it temporarily. Immediately, a Microsoft advert appeared on the web page I was viewing and whizzed through an animation. I'm not sure if it was Flash or Silverlight. I wonder what that was all about - did IE8 tell some server that I don't have the software that the ad was trying to sell me installed?
Michael Alec Bryant
6th March 2009
