Microsoft announced on Saturday that IE 9 beta reached 20 millions downloads by the end of 2010, three and half months after releasing it.

“IE9 Beta has been downloaded 20 million times since launch in September, and IE9 now accounts for 0.46% of internet users worldwide at year end” said Roger Capriotti – Director, Internet Explorer Product Marketing

IE 9 is now the leading browser in JavaScript performance as measured by WebKit SunSpider. In addition Microsoft continued to investing in protecting its consumers privacy through introducing ‘Tracking Protection’, which helps its consumers identify and block many forms of unwanted tracking of their users online activity.