If you are still running IE8, you may have noticed websites not displaying more & more frequently.
Very few websites now officially support IE, and even Google stopped supporting it on 15th November 2012.
- Google Supported browsers list: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33864
If you're unsure what browser (or version of IE) you are running, please visit http://www.whatbrowser.org