IE 9 now available in your local language!

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. today announced the availability of Internet Explorer 9 in 53 additional languages, including 11 Indian regional languages viz Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.

With this launch, a wider audience base will have access to Internet Explorer 9 in their native language said a press release.

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The availability of Internet Explorer 9 in Indian regional languages is part of Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to promote local language computing in India, thereby taking IT to the masses added the release.

Over the years, the company has announced a spate of technologies in Indian languages.

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Microsoft has been working on language computing in India since 1998, since the first India visit of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.

The release further added that, the idea was to usher in the IT revolution in the country in a phased manner — and localization was identified as the key catalyst for effecting this development.