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Our reliable source notes that Internet Explorer 8, which just was said to have RTM'ed a few weeks ago will be the last Internet Explorer that Microsoft will ever make. Their new browser, which the name of which has not yet been released, will feature a fresh start. It is unclear whether or not it will use Webkit, or another rendering engine. What is clear though is that Microsoft is ready to drop their heavily used, and criticized browser for something that will be new and fresh.
On another note, our source stated that currently the successor to Windows 7, is slated to be named Windows 8, and Microsoft plans on using the numerical naming scheme from now on. Please take all of this with an extra grain of salt, since it is still very early in the planning period of Windows 8 (Windows 7 isn't even completed yet), and the Internet Explorer 8 team is just wrapping up their development.
It seems like the name of IE's successor has been confimed to be "Gazelle". It is said to be more secure than FireFox and Chrome; keeping plug-in's and downloads sandboxed within the browser, so it will not affect the PC if you stumble upon some malware.
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Micorosoft Gazelle MSR Technical report PDF (HTML form)
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