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your internet browser just got super cute I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNN update internet browsers can protect us from harm and guard against dangerous sites but have you ever thought of your browser as a superhero Microsoft Singapore has personified Internet Explorer 11 as an anime character her name is Inori Aizawa and Microsoft posted this action-packed video of her doing the Sailor Moon thing and transforming to battle malware by moonlight and perhaps winning users by daylight at the end it cuts away to her sitting at a desk in a room with a Lumia Windows Phone a surface tablet and a Microsoft keyboard she has her own Facebook page with a description that says when she was younger she was a clumsy slow and awkward girl but she's matured and changed over the years and she's confident in her abilities an eager to show what she can do of course there's also themed wallpaper you can download all of this came out right as Microsoft is launching ie11 for Windows 7 and it's also in celebration of the anime festival Asia convention but there's much more to this story personification of Windows products is not a new thing for Microsoft fans in Japan started making anime characters a few years ago based on the different Windows operating systems calling them OS tons and they were all sisters with different personalities Microsoft millennium edition for example is known as a clumsy and troublesome girl much like the real-life problematic version of Windows with Windows 7 Microsoft made an official character and used her in marketing and these official Windows 8 sisters can be found on some windows 8 product packaging internet explorer thanh isn't the only superhero making news today several Marvel Comics characters will get their own live-action series to air on Netflix in 2015 in a deal between Marvel's owner Disney and Netflix there will be four different shows one for the blind crime fighter daredevil another for the iron fist who is known for his martial arts skills there's a series for Luke Cage he's a street savvy hero with steel hard skin and there's a show for character Jessica Jones who has superhuman strength and the ability to fly capping it off there will also be a miniseries based on Marvel's defenders we're gearing up for the launch of the PlayStation 4 console on Friday November 15th Sony announced 13 entertainment apps will be available at launch including the popular ones like Netflix Amazon Instant crackle and Hulu Plus but there's no YouTube app however more apps can always be added in time that your tech news update but you can get more details on the show blog cnet.com slash from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey