Why is IE suddenly using up CPU Resources?

[Michael T.]

This seemed to all start about a month ago.

Environment:
WinXP SP3
IE8
Processor: 1.73 GHz on a Dell Laptop
Memory: 1.25 GB

I am using Windows Task Manager's Performance tab to monitor CPU Usage
History.

For some reason certain websites peg the graph all the way to the top -- or
100% CPU usage.

This happens even when I run IE with no add-ons.

Here's a sample website where I see the problem.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

Also,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

But strangely enough, this site with far more graphics than the 'tvnewser'
site (shown above) does not.
http://www.mediaite.com/

Finally and perhaps most significantly, this does not happen with Firefox.

I have 20+ years with Microsoft software and development tools and can
usually solve most problems. But frankly, this one has me scratching my
head.

[Christen]

Maybe you should stop watching videos of yourself performing fellatio on
little boys, you fucking child molester.