From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Monday released an update to Windows 10 Technical Preview that included Project Spartan, the code name for the new browser that will be the default in the operating system as the company pushes Internet Explorer (IE) into the background.
Build 10049 was also the month's second update to Windows 10's preview, released less than two weeks after the first. Microsoft has vowed to pick up the pace of Windows 10 updates.
The preview refresh was almost exclusively about the new browser. "This build is pretty much all about Project Spartan," said Gabriel Aul, engineering general manager for Microsoft's operating system group, in a blog post.
Spartan relies on a new browser rendering engine, dubbed "Edge," a streamlined version of Microsoft's 18-year-old Trident engine, which will continue to power IE11. Windows 10 will also include IE11 as a backward-compatible browser primarily for enterprises. IT administrators will be able to set IE11 as the default browser within their organizations via group policy settings.
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