Internet Explorer has long been the bane of many Web developers’ existence, but here’s some news to brighten your day: Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 are reaching ‘end of life’ on Tuesday, meaning they’re no longer supported by Microsoft.

A patch, which goes live on January 12, will nag Internet Explorer users on launch to upgrade to a modern browser. KB3123303 adds the nag box, which will appear for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 users still using the old browsers after installing the update.

It’s great news for developers who still need to target older browsers — not needing to worry about whether or not modern CSS works in these browsers is a dream, and it’s much closer with this move.

HP is not normally the first company that comes to mind when you think of top-notch laptop design, but it just took a giant stride to make you think again. Its new EliteBook Folio sets its sights firmly on the 2015 MacBook – from what I’ve seen so far it looks like it’s going to be a fair fight.

At first glance, it ticks all the boxes. The laptop is only 12.4 mm at its thickest point and weighs 2.2 lb (versus 13.1 mm/2.03 lb on the MacBook), and comes in an attractive metallic finish. The pictures don’t really do it justice – it’s more gunmetal than silver and has a more reflective sheen than the flat matte so prevalent in Apple products.

If pre-show appearances were any inclination of what we were about to see, this would have made for an amazing annoucement designed to show off Sony’s new wares. But if you believe that large and impressive-looking booth spaces and hundreds of reporters are a sign of great things to come, you’d be mistaken.

The Netherlands government vocalized its support for the use of encryption to maintain privacy online, in a statement issued on Monday.

The country’s minister of security and justice Ard van der Steur wrote that the Dutch executive cabinet endorsed “the importance of strong encryption for Internet security to support the protection of privacy for citizens, companies, the government, and the entire Dutch economy.

Therefore, the government believes that it is currently not desirable to take legal measures against the development, availability and use of encryption within the Netherlands.”

The first day of work of 2016 brings with it the dread of a dawning realization for most… you’ve made New Year’s resolutions, and you have to stick to them. Or, at the very least, you should give it the old college try. According to a study by the University of Scranton published in the Journal of Psychology, 45 percent of Americans usually make resolutions, but only 8 percent are successful. It also found that those who explicitly make resolutions are ten times more likely to succeed in accomplishing them.