BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Microsoft Corp. on Monday detailed three new privacy features in the upcoming Internet Explorer 8, which will allow the user to surf anonymously by suspending browsing history, cookies, and other identifying information.

  ;  The three new tools share the "InPrivate" name and the most intriguing tool is dubbed "InPrivate Browsing" by Microsoft.

    When InPrivate Browsing is active, IE 8 will not leave behind any trace of the browsing session: No history, cookies, passwords or anything of the sort will be saved.

    Other new tools will include "InPrivate Blocking" and "InPrivate Subscription," which notify users of third-party content that can track browsing history and subscribe to lists of sites to block, respectively.

    "When we began planning IE8, we took a hard look at our customers' concerns about privacy on the Web," said Andy Zeigler, an IE program manager, as he explained InPrivate Browsing in a long post to the team's blog. "Many users are concerned about so-called 'over-the-shoulder privacy,' or the ability to control what their spouses, friends, kids, and co-workers might see.

    "If you are using a shared PC, a borrowed laptop from a friend, or a public PC, sometimes you don't want other people to know where you've been," Zeigler added.

    InPrivate will be available in IE8 Beta 2, which is expected to be released sometime before the end of the month. Final release for the browser remains scheduled for November.

(Agencies)