/*
  You can use the gradient filter to hack in IE support as well, although
  you should probably put it within a conditional comment
  */
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#cccccc', EndColorStr='#ffffff');
  /* IE8 and above take a string as a value for a filter */
  -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#cccccc', endColorstr='#ffffff')";