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Even so, the exploitation of an Internet Explorer 6 vulnerability in the attack on Google prompted the governments of France, Germany, and Australia to urge their Internet using citizens to consider an alternate Web browser. Those warnings have led hundreds of thousands of Internet Explorer 6 users to download Firefox. According to NetApplications, Internet Explorer 6 is still the most popular browser in the world, with a global market share last month of 20.

99%. But Internet Explorer 8 is close behind, with 20.85% global market share in December.

In third place, Firefox 3.5 had market share of 16.32%, less than a percentage point more than Internet Explorer 7.InformationWeek has published a look at the technical and political ramifications of Google’s problems in China. Download the report here (registration required).

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