Microsoft Edge: The Windows 10 Web Browser

Meet Microsoft’s replacement to its old web browser Internet Explorer. The Project Spartan Web browser for Windows 10 has now an official name — Microsoft Edge.

Yes, Microsoft’s new web browser shipping on all Windows 10 devices, from computers to smartphones and tablets, is dubbed Microsoft Edge.

The company just announced in its Build developer conference that Edge is going to be its primary/default web browser built into Windows 10.

Microsoft Edge is the successor to Internet Explorer and designed to be basic and minimalist for the future.

Highlights of Microsoft Edge:

• There aren't many details about the unique features of Microsoft Edge yet, but here’s what we know about Microsoft Edge so far:
• It has built-in Cortana support, Microsoft's virtual assistant.
• It has a built-in reading list, web note-taking and sharing features.
• The rendering engine is called EdgeHTML.
• The design focuses on minimalism and simplicity.
• It has a super useful and well-designed "New Tab" page (pictured below).
• It contains the vast majority of the controls.

"You are going to care about the blasting fast technology that's inside it," said Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore to the audience during the Build 2015 keynote.

However, the best news about Edge is that the browser will support web extensions designed for Firefox and Chrome with only "minor" code alterations needed.

There is no full-size screenshots have yet been released by the Microsoft officially. However, you can watch the video given below:

Check out the apparent logo for Microsoft Edge, which looks similar to its predecessor IE.

Earn up to $15,000 for Hacking Microsoft Spartan Browser

If you’re a bug hunter and love playing with codes than you could grab as much as US$15,000 from Microsoft for finding out vulnerabilities in its latest Project Spartan browser.

Yes, $15,000!

It seems like Redmond don’t want to take a chance to let hackers and cyber criminals get their hands on the company’s latest Windows 10 operating system.

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that the company will be expanding its bug bounty program ahead of the release of Windows 10, which will include a two-month hunt for vulnerabilities in its new web browser, Project Spartan.

So, it's time for security researchers and hackers to earn extra cash from Microsoft.

For those who are unaware… What’s Project Spartan?

Project Spartan is Microsoft’s project for its new web browser to replace the oldest Internet Explorerfrom its Windows operating system.

Though the project is still very much under the developmental stage, Microsoft is making every effort to make Spartan better and better as a browser.

The day Microsoft launched this project till now, the browser has received as much steady stream of improvements as it could give a tough competition to Google’s Chrome web browser.

As it is said, the first impression is the last impression. Therefore, the technology giant is offering several payout categories which starts from $500 and ends with the top reaching bug bounty amount of $15,000 (11,000 Euro) for eligible vulnerabilities in Spartan, which includes…

…Remote Code Execution (RCE) bugs, Sandbox Escapes as well as design-level security bugs.

You have time beginning today till June 22, 2015 to submit your bug reports to the company. So don’t be late.

Also, those hackers and researchers who submitted vulnerability reports since the beginning of 2015 would also be rewarded if the discovered vulnerabilities meet the eligibility criteria.

This new bug bounty program also offers payouts for vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, and Sway Web application tool, Jason Shirk of Microsoft’s Security Response Center says in a blog post.

The bug bounty offer for Azure will cover cloud services, virtual machines, Active Directory, storage and much more.

Microsoft is also offering up to $100,000 USD to bypass active mitigations (such as ASLR and DEP) in the company’s latest released version of the operating system, and "a bonus of up to $50,000 USD for actionable defense techniques to the reported bypass," Microsoft says.

So play, discover and submit your findings by including all your details in an email to secure@microsoft.com based on the company’s requirements on this page.

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