The next milestone of the Internet Explorer 8 (RC1, “December Partner Build”) has been released to the Technical beta testers. This build represents a preview of Microsofts progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While Microsoft believes it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone build, so it is not meant for the general public but only for testing purposes.

The Release Candidate 1 of the Internet Explorer 8 has been updated on the 17th December. Please read this post for more information and download links.