Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 beta is enjoying favorable reviews, but what impact will it have on the PC market? IE has dominated the desktop browser landscape for years--its share topped 90 percent not long ago--but upstart competitors, most notably Google Chrome, continue to nibble away at IE's massive slice of the global browser pie.
According to analytics firm Net Applications, IE's worldwide market share has hovered near 60 percent over the past six months. While a far cry from its halcyon days, IE appears to have stabilized, at least for now. And that's good news for Microsoft, which has watched Chrome double its share (current at 7.5 percent) in less than a year.

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