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And in fact, there are more choices out there than there have ever been before.

While Microsoft's Internet Explorer was once the dominant web browser ... many netizens in recent years have migrated away from it for a number of reasons ... including security.

However, a recent consulting firm is suggesting that some people haven't because they're ... well ... dumb.

According to research by Consulting firm AptiQuant ... netizens using IE have the lowest IQ among users of major web browsers.

The study gave 100,000 web surfers an IQ test, then plotted their scores against the browser they used.

According to the firm ... Internet Explorer surfers had an average IQ in the low eighties.

Chrome, Firefox and Safari rated over 100, while minority browsers Opera and Camino had an "exceptionally higher" score of over 120.

While some nerds would concur that there's nothing brilliant about IE ... some IE users have taken exception with being classified as having dull normal intelligence, and just a notch above borderline retarded.

AptiQuant CEO Leonard Howard tried to put the finding in perspective ... saying using IE doesn't mean you have low intelligence.

He said what it really says is that if you have a low IQ then there are high chances that you use Internet Explorer.

Not much consulation for IE fans ... who are threatening Aptiquant with a lawsuit.

For Perspective, I'm jeffrey mindich.