Originally Posted by ULTiMATE As I said in the first post. They either have some other pretty big features they want to introduce, or Bill Gates just wants to make a big annoncement of his own to cool the inferno that Firefox is making.

The second one. If they aren't updating the rendering engine, then they're just trying to get people to stop leaving for Firefox. And Young Spark/Picard there was also a poll here that shows Firefox as the leading browser (and check the site stats too, FF is the most used by visitors). And it is relevant. The reason they're coming out with this announcement is because Firefox is doing so well.