HTML5 local storage broken in ie11 win 8.1 x64 ? error: function expected

localStorage.setItem("hello", "somedata");
alert(localStorage.getItem("hello"));
localStorage.clear();

Internet Explorer Version 11.0.0600.17107, update version 11.0.8 (KB2953522)

the below was fixed in patch 11.02 apparently, so what go on here ???

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21155137/javascript-localstorage-object-broken-in-ie11-on-windows-7