Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is now available for public downloading, the most notable change being addition of a "Private Browsing" feature, dubbed "InPrivate™ Browsing" the feature when activated let users browse website off the record, not saving any browsing history, cookies, and any other browsing related data.

Microsoft seems all set to release Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for public download, two webpages with IE8 Beta 1 features and IE8 Beta 1 Download (Download link not active yet) are online now.

The browser war is expected to heat up once again as Microsoft announced the next version of IE “Windows Internet Explorer 8" to be made available for downloading as beta version in the first half of 2008.