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 Tabbed browsing: In the past, keeping two Web sites open on-screen

meant running

two copies of Internet Explorer. With Vista, Internet

Explorer displays several Web sites simultaneously, each running in a

separate page with a clickable tab at the top for easy switching. That tab

makes it easier to compare prices from several different shopping sites,

for example, or read one Web site while others load in the background.

You can even save a group of Web sites as your home page: Whenever

you load Internet Explorer, your favorite sites will already be waiting for

you, each living in its own tab.

 Phishing filter: An evil new industry called phishing sends e-mails that

pretend to be from finance-related companies, such as banks, PayPal,

eBay, and others. The realistic-looking e-mails pretend to alert you to

some security problem as they try to trick you into entering your name

and precious password. Internet Explorer’s new Phishing Filter, shown in

Figure 1-2, sniffs out the phishing Web sites before you enter your infor-

mation, keeping your name and password safe.

 Built-in Search box: Tired of racing off to Google to find a Web site? The

top of Internet Explorer 7 sports a tiny Search box for on-the-fly

searches. Although it’s programmed to search on Microsoft’s own MSN

search, Chapter 8 shows you how to make it search Google, instead.

 RSS feeds: Short for Really Simple Syndication, this feature lets you see

headlines from your favorite Web sites in a short drop-down box. By

ogling the RSS box, you can catch up on the latest news headlines, for

example, without stopping to visit your favorite news site. RSS feeds

also let you know if your favorite sites have any new articles, sparing

you a wasted visit. RSS feeds speed up your browsing and, conveniently,

leave out the ads.

Figure 1-2:

Internet

Explorer’s

new

Phishing

Filter alerts

you to fake

Web sites

that try to

trick you

into entering

your name,

password, or

credit-card

information.

Chapter 1: What Is Windows Vista?

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