Microsoft's 'Spartan' Browser Will Bulge With FeaturesRumors about Microsoft's new browser, code-named "Spartan," have been heating up: It will be an app; no, it will not. It will replace Internet Explorer -- no, it will not. It will use Microsoft's Trident rendering engine and the Chakra JavaScript engine developed for IE 9. Probably. Spartan will look and work more like lightweight browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. No, it won't.
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Microsoft's 'Spartan' Browser Will Bulge With Features
