Users help Microsoft 'fight hunger' by downloading IE

Even though Microsoft is removing its Internet Explorer browser from Window 7 in Europe, the software giant is encouraging users in the U.S. to download its browser.

Microsoft Corp. and Feeding America are joining forces to fight hunger in the U.S through the "Browser for the Better" campaign.

For every completed download of Internet Explorer 8, the Browser for the Better campaign (running today through Aug. 8, 2009*) will donate the financial equivalent of eight meals to Feeding America's network of 206 local food banks, which supplies food to more than 25 million Americans each year.

"This summer, millions of families throughout the U.S. are living on the brink of hunger. Demand for food is higher than it has been in decades. The Browser for the Better campaign is both raising awareness of hunger and giving people an easy opportunity to help their neighbors at no cost to them. It's a win-win arrangement for Microsoft, Feeding America and people all across the country," said Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization.