Next month Microsoft will launch the beta version of Internet Explorer 9 with accelerated HTML5. The intent of this software giant’s next-generation web browser is to allow “a more beautiful web that feels native on Windows,” says Microsoft.

IE9 will be available in a public beta release for the first time on September 15th, 2010 at Microsoft’s event in San Francisco. Microsoft formally releases the new version at its “Beauty of the Web” event in hopes to wow people and fend off any competition from such rivals as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

IE9′s integration of HTML5 with full hardware acceleration is clearly a first step and it is good for Microsoft to be behind HTML5 – Al Hilwa, Director of Applications Software Development at the International Data Corporation

IE9′s features are based upon using the power of the whole PC to achieve the greatest websurfing experience. Internet Explorer 9 began from the premise of the internet delivering HTML5 experiences which feel more like a native application than a website. If you are still using Windows XP and would like to use Internet Explorer 9, you’ll need to upgrade to Windows Vista or Windows 7 in order to run this browser.

In order to find out what version of Internet Explorer you are running, simply go to the ‘Help’ tab on your web browser toolbar and choose the option ‘About Internet Explorer’. To find out what version of Windows you are currently running, click on “Start” on your taskbar, type “run” in the searchbox, and in the run dialog box type “winver” and click OK. A window will display the exact version of Windows you are running and any service packs installed.

Post update: The IE9 Beta has been released and I’m currently using it. I like the new feel to it with the Windows Vista operating system, with a few subtle changes. Download Download Internet Explorer 9 now and enjoy a better browsing experience. Simply choose your language and Windows version then click download.