As far as actually getting your hands on IE8 goes, Microsoft only revealed that the first beta for the browser would be dropped by mid 2008, with additional details to be presented at MIX08. At this point in time, there isn't any reference pointing to Internet Explorer 8 on the MIX08 official website, but Dean Hachamovitch is scheduled to appear during the keynote on March 5, one month from now, alongside Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect and Scott Guthrie, General Manager in the Microsoft Developer Division. It doesn't hurt to hope for the first IE8 beta at MIX08, but you shouldn't get your hopes up just yet.

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