Web wars redux.

(From Financial Mail)

Byline: Duncan McLeod

DUNCAN McLEOD Web wars redux IE 7 doesn't trounce Firefox and it's unlikely that those who have already made the switch to the open-source browser will go back to IE Last Wednesday, Microsoft released a major update to Internet Explorer, the world's most-used Web browser. Then, earlier this week, Mozilla made a new version of Firefox, a popular alternative, available for download. The browser wars are back.

Microsoft has announced the first new version of Internet Explorer (IE) in more than five years as rival Web browsers Firefox and (to a lesser extent) Opera turn up the competitive pressure on the …