Porn mode coming for IE8
MICROSOFT'S IE8 might get a 'private browsing' mode that will enable users to surf the net and not leave sticky... ahem... fingerprints.
Microsoft has gone to the trademark office and filed in two application forms. The first IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038 is for a program for accessing and using the Internet and the world wide web which will delete search history after it leaves a website.
The second is C 009. US 021 023 026 036 038 which allows computer programs to disable the history and file caching features of a web browser; and computer software for notifying a user of a web browser when others are tracking web use and for controlling the information others can access about such use.
The big idea is already in the Mozzarella Foundations Firefox 3 browser so we are not sure how Microsoft could get a trademark on it.
We're struggling to find a use for this beyond looking at porn without getting rumbled. µ
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"We're struggling to find a use for this beyond looking at porn without getting rumbled."

How about online banking and other secure sites. Don't want to leave tracks there do you?
It could be used as a security "feature". When you go to an internet cafe that you have to use their computers and not your laptop and log into your accounts, the programs could run to delete your history so that your account info is safe. I wouldn't recommend using the cafe for that but it's a thought.
Nice one microsoft i bet gary glitter is all ready downloading it .ie the pervs favorite .
safari has "private browsing" too
"Microsoft, making life easy for paedofiles since IE8..."

Sorry, couldn't resist
I'm not sure why they would bother trademarking such a feature.

On the other hand, something being blindingly obvious or already done doesn't appear to be an obstacle for getting a patent in the US anymore, so I'm surprised they haven't failed for a patent on it as well ...
It's another thing that Micro$oft has 'borrowed' from others, not just FireFox but Apple's Safari also contains a Private Browsing feature.

I don't see how Micro$oft can patent this without being sued at some point.
Not sure how anyone can dog on microsoft for this as other browsers already have this in place. Kind of sickening to see all of the uneducated "tech" people that have been trying to bash MS lately.
Dear Apple/Linux Scavengers this feature is not borrowed from you glorious/godish OSes. thefeature is a standard technology called sandboxing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(computer_security)

About Vista propaganda. Vista is the MS's first OS which has same/ditto kernel runing under the bonet of Windows-Server-2008
http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2008/02/11/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-super-desktop-os.aspx
The story should be that they have applied for patents for a feature that is not just obvious but already widely used. 

If they get the patents and if the patents are as described then it just reinforces the impression anything at all can be patented in the US.
When will Nick grow up and quit his addiction to onanism which leads him to see his favorite pastime even in something as boring patents?
This exists in three places that I know of already. They are:
1. <a href=http://www.apple.com/safari/download/>Safari</a> by Apple
2. <a href=http://www.privacyview.com>Anonymous Surfing</a> by PrivacyView
3. <a href=http://www.heatseek.com>Porn Browser</a> by HeatSeek

Each one of these products protect people’s privacy. HeatSeek is purely designed for Porn. Safari is a full featured browser. PrivacyView has both privacy software and an anonymous proxy.