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The countdown to Web Explorer (IE) 8 Beta two is on. Microsoft said the consumer-focused IE 8 check release would be obtainable in August. You will find just 11 days left….No doubt,Windows 7 Activation Key, Microsoft has been holding back some features that will be added to the new check build. Istartedsomething;s Long Zheng blogged on August 20 about one particular such possibility: Private browsing, a k a “######## mode.” Private browsing is a feature that the Mozilla team ended up pulling from Firefox 3 (and 3.1), but 1 that Safari has had since 2005.Private browsing allows those browsing the Web to erase their internet tracks in history, cache and personal information entered and shared by a user on a Net page.I asked Microsoft whether Zheng was right, and all a spokeswoman would say is the company will have more to say about privacy as IE 8 evolves.There have been a couple of IE Blog posts that offer hints that Microsoft may be going beyond the pure “private browsing” mode.From a June 24, 2008 IE Blog post on trustworthy browsing:“(T)there’s more to on the net privacy than cookies, as cookies are only one implementation of content that can disclose information to websites. In some discussions, people have also described IE7’s Phishing Filter as a privacy feature because it helps protect users from sharing information. The larger challenge here is notifying users clearly about what sites they’re disclosing information to and enabling them to control that disclosure if they choose. As we talk more about privacy, we will broaden the discussion to include additional protections from sharing information that the browser can offer users.”Some IE users have been saying for years that they want somthing more granular than the current browser option to delete all cookies or all temporary Internet files. From way back in 2006 in the comments about the IE Blog, poster Nick Davis stated:“I *hate* clearing my history, because lots of history is useful. What;s that new supplier;s site I went to last week and forgot to bookmark, etc. I hate losing all that info, just to cover up the fact that I, ahem, bought a gift for a loved one particular.“Selective history. That;s what we need. Or a way to selectively delete browsing history after the fact. I mean, we;re only over 10 years into this whole web browser thing, and we have basically the same feature since v1.”Any guesses as to what Microsoft might deliver on the privacy front with the forthcoming IE eight Beta two and/or final release (slated to be out there before the end of 2008)?