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Microsoft has reversed its decision to make IE8 behave like IE7 unless specifically requested.

Wow. And even more surprising is their reason for making the change. In Microsoft’s Interoperability Principles and IE8 on the IEBlog, IE General Manager Dean Hachamovitch says:

In light of the Interoperability Principles, as well as feedback from the community, we’re choosing differently. Now, IE8 will show pages requesting “Standards” mode in IE8’s Standards mode. Developers who want their pages shown using IE8’s “IE7 Standards mode” will need to request that explicitly (using the http header/meta tag approach described here).

And in a press release titled Microsoft Expands Support for Web Standards, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie states that

there is a concrete benefit to Web designers if all vendors give priority to interoperability around commonly accepted standards as they evolve

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Rashad McCants puts up two of his 22 points, in the Wolves’ win over the visiting Jazz. In the meantime, Kyle Korver does his best Ashton Kutcher under the rack.

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Having an air conditioner running during the summer while we’re sitting naked on our leather chairs is luxurious enough, but an air conditioner that also kills germs?

Samsung intoduced an air conditioner capable of eliminating 78 percent of fungus and 58 percent of bacteria in a room in a matter of 30 minutes. Samsung uses a Micro Plasma Ion to do the dirty work of eliminating fungus and bacteria with silver lined components and a green tea extract filter.

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