Microsoft has launched its latest bid to be computer users' default window on to the web.
The software giant has released the latest version of its popular web browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), which it will help revive its fortunes in an increasingly competitive market.
Since 2003 the company has seen a 97% lead dwindle to 60% today.
It will compete with new versions of other popular browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome.
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Google Chrome now commands more than 7.5% of the market despite only being released in December 2008.
Mozilla, which has recently launched a test version of Firefox 4, has nearly a quarter of the market and in some countries is the dominant web browser.
Many browsers received a boost when the European Commission forced Microsoft to offer users of its Windows operating system a choice of browser, rather than internet Explorer as a default.
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