Say goodbye to IE, hello to project Spartan.

• Position: TECHNOLOGY - Internet explorer - Brief article

Microsoft recently announced that the browser included in Windows 10 will employ new technology code named "Project Spartan" instead of featuring Internet Explorer (IE). It's all part of Microsoft's effort to shed its old PC image as it strives to be a viable player in the mobile market.

"In the war of the future, which is mobile, they're losing," Tom Bedecarre, chairman of the digital advertising agency Akqa, told The Science Times. "Nobody's going to download Internet Explorer as their mobile browser."

IE had once been one of the most recognized technology brands, with more than a billion people around the world using it daily. Within three years of its release it overtook the top browser, Netscape. At one time, The Science...