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RSS browserWindows NT slammed as Linux gets boost
News Cobalt claims it is designed primarily for Web caching and uses a browser interface to ease the set up process. The managing director of a UK equipment vendor has predicted the demise of Windows NT in favour of the free... [14 Aug 1998]
Email bug hides viruses from firewalls
News Every version of Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express software and Netscape's Navigator Web browser has been found to contain the bug, which could let in booby-trapped messages capable of erasing hard drives and... [30 Jul 1998]
Microsoft bites back
News It claimed that plans to integrate the Windows operating system with the Internet Explorer browser were in place long before Netscape even existed and that Explorer gained popularity because of its "superior technology". [29 Jul 1998]
Netscape brushes off suggestions of bullyboy tactics
News Netscape has reacted to accusations that it is using its dominance in the browser market to siphon Web traffic onto its own Web site. Duscan Rnic, product manager at Netscape UK, said: "Our browser does... [21 Jul 1998]
In brief: Latest Netscape Web suite gives mobile user support
News Communicator 4.5 is being touted as an important enhancement to the company's product set and is in line with its strategy to adapt its browser to a groupware function across the Web. Netscape has released a beta version... [16 Jul 1998]
In brief: Microsoft browser overtakes Netscape rival
News Microsoft's Internet Explorer has finally overtaken Netscape Navigator in the browser popularity contest. Zona Research's annual report on the browser war reveals that 55 per cent of the 250 IT... [14 Jul 1998]
In brief: Seagate tackles Microsoft with software giveaway
News Company officials claim the move is also designed to compete against Cognos' Aristotle - a data browser optimised to work with Plato. Seagate Software is to tackle competitors head on by offering its latest front-end... [08 Jul 1998]
Lexmark package keeps track of printer users
News MarkTrack is also capable of creating financial and administrative reports from a Web browser, and catalogues information for all SNMP-compliant printers including models from HP, IBM and Xerox. Lexmark is aiming to... [07 Jul 1998]
Microsoft warns of Web server bug
News Once the code has been attached, the browser will show script from the server that is not normally seen on the page. Microsoft has warned its customers of a bug affecting Internet Information Server 3.0 and 4.0 software. [06 Jul 1998]
Microsoft settles Internet Explorer lawsuit
News Microsoft has avoided a costly court battle over its right to use the term "Internet Explorer" as the trademark of its Web Browser. SyNet, the now-defunct software company which had previously registered the term and... [03 Jul 1998]
Netscape backs off from Java 'faux pas'
News Renic brushed the comment aside, saying that any 100 per cent pure JVM will plug into Netscape's browser. Netscape just wants to focus on its core skills, on its browser and on its server side. Netscape... [03 Jul 1998]
In brief: Microsoft defends Internet Explorer name
News The software vendor will go to court today to prove its right to use the name for its Web browser. Dhiren Rana, a software developer from Illinois claims he coined the name in 1994 for a Web browser he... [01 Jul 1998]
Microsoft clears the first hurdle
News The Court ruled the operating system and browser are a "genuine integration" and that Microsoft should be free the sell them as a single product. Microsoft is celebrating today after it learned the US Court of Appeals... [01 Jul 1998]
Lotus beefs up document management offering
News KJS IS manager Constantin Konstantinidis explained: "Users check out documents from their corresponding file cabinets and binders, using the interface which is most comfortable to them - a Lotus Notes client or a Netscape Navigator or... [26 Jun 1998]
In brief: Microsoft releases browser preview
News However, the company would not comment on the possible integration of the browser with the Windows operating system - a hot topic for Microsoft at the moment, given the US Department of Justice's ongoing investigation... [26 Jun 1998]
