今天中午就是广受关注的微软Internet Explorer 9的发布时间，但地球上有一个地方却不能同时跟上全球的脚步，那就是正处于地震灾难期间的日本，微软日本在一份新闻稿中宣布无限期推迟IE9的发布日期，主要目的是为了减少关键时期的网络带宽负载（IE9发布必然会引来大量下载造成带宽拥堵），留下空档给更需要的人。IE9是微软最新版浏览器，其改进包括对HTML5和CSS3标准的支持，改进后的JS性能及外观上的变化，以下是微软日本公告全文：
To everyone affected by the earthquake off northeastern Taiheiyou this time, I would like sincere sympathy.
Microsoft Japan, this time due to the earthquake, and to reduce the load on network bandwidth has become a critical communications infrastructure, including consideration of saving the company activities, March 15 (Tuesday) at 1:00 pm (Japan time) had been scheduled to date browser, Internet Explorer (R) decided to postpone 9 of the Japanese version of the retail offer. (Other than the Japanese version will be available as scheduled)
The new date for delivery as soon as I guide decision while watching the recovery status.
In conjunction with this, March 17 (Thursday) We also postpone or cancel the decision of the retail offer commemorative events are scheduled. We also guide decisions about again.
And apologize for any inconvenience that the great determination this time to everyone, thank you for your cooperation and understanding of everyone understanding.
Recovery as soon as possible, We wish.