Ding dong! IE 6 is dead! The browser is dead! Which old browser? The IE 6 browser! Maybe those aren't the actual words to that ol' song, but they're still quite true - Internet Explorer 6, the 10-year-old version of Microsoft's browser, can finally be considered dead in the United States. According to the Windows Team Blog, IE 6 usage in the U.S. has now officially dropped below one percent. This new statistic comes less than a year after the launch of the IE 6 Countdown site (which was intended to expedite the termination of the old browser). According to Roger Capriotti, director of Internet Explorer marketing, "IE 6 has been the punch line of browser jokes for a while, and [the Internet Explorer team has] been as eager as anyone to see it go away." Of course, while IE 6 is dead and buried in the U.S., it's still alive in the hearts of some folks around the world - particularly the 7.7 percent of the population who still insists on using the antiquated browser - so Microsoft will be continuing to push for its total annihilation.