A secure browser and self-contained OS is Microsoft's answer to the common security problems that bedevil Internet Explorer.
Microsoft Research, in conjunction with researchers at several prominent technology-oriented universities, has published a thesis on what a new secure Web browser should look like. The paper addresses a number of security issues that have dogged browsers from day one, and gives hints at a possible future direction for Internet Explorer.
The Gazelle Web browser, as it's codenamed, is a "secure web browser constructed as a multi-principal OS," according to the report. It's the outcome of a project under development at Microsoft Research called "MashupOS," which Microsoft has discussed publicly.
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