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IE slips again as Firefox takes over one in four browsers
News Though IE remains dominant, rivals are racing to build in new features to make the web a better foundation for applications - the vision Netscape had back in the first generation of browser wars of the 1990s. [03 Sep 2009]
Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo! join fight against Google Books
News It's an unusual reunion for Reback, who marshalled industry opposition to Microsoft's efforts to squeeze Netscape from the browser business. The Internet Archive is enlisting some heavy hitters in its challenge of... [21 Aug 2009]
Businesses' XP addiction is keeping Microsoft from killing IE 6
News After reaching near ubiquity in the post-Netscape era, IE's global market share is now less than 70 per cent. It's been roughly eight years since Microsoft released Internet Explorer 6, but in many ways the company is... [14 Aug 2009]
Firefox reaches one billion - browser wars in full swing
News That's because after years of near-dormancy after IE crushed Netscape in the 1990s, the browser wars are back in full swing. At about 8:00(PDT) on Friday, Firefox crossed the billion-download threshold -... [03 Aug 2009]
Firefox takes aim at phishers
News Similar functionality is already in Netscape 8 and Opera 8, both released last year. Cyota, an anti-phishing specialist which was acquired by RSA Security last year, provides lists of... [09 Mar 2006]
HP to ship Netscape with new PCs
News In a move that harks back to the browser wars, HP plans to ship Netscape's web browser on new consumer PCs and laptops starting early next year. The agreement, announced on Monday, is the first browser distribution deal... [04 Oct 2005]
Netscape's new browser needs a fix
News A day after launching Netscape 8 and touting the browser's security features, Netscape has released an update to fix several serious security flaws. The original... [23 May 2005]
Netscape: New version set to leap out
News A Mozilla developer claims the next version of Netscape is about to be released and says it will be significantly different to an earlier beta version. A spokesperson for AOL, which owns Netscape and... [18 May 2005]
Netscape 8 adds anti-phishing features
News Netscape next month is expected to release a test version of a web browser designed to resist phishing schemes, taking aim at recent security vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.... [01 Feb 2005]
PeopleSoft hires lawyer better known as Ellison ally
News Silicon Valley attorney Gary Reback, who marshalled industry opposition to Microsoft's efforts to squeeze Netscape from the browser business and who compiled evidence to aid the US Department of Justice's anti-trust case... [27 Jun 2003]
MSN 8 can sift through spam and block porn
News The new MSN 8 comes a week after Microsoft said it would pay $750m (£460m) to AOL's corporate parent AOL Time Warner to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of Netscape. Netscape,... [04 Jun 2003]
AOL to offer Outlook alternative
News Netscape Communicator bundled its web browser with an email client, a web authoring tool and newsgroups, among other applications. AOL Communicator harkens back to a similar product developed by AOL subsidiary... [25 Nov 2002]
Trouble comes home to roost for Excite
Comment It included Excite, AltaVista - which seems to have given up the portal ghost, and Netscape - which appears to have given up everything. And it's the second-tier players, like Netscape, AltaVista and... [21 Aug 2001]
Excite faces extinction
News Nielsen/NetRating identified a second tier of portals which included Netscape, Altavista and Excite. The first of the big internet portals faces extinction as market sentiment turned sharply against Excite@Home... [21 Aug 2001]
Fighting Fraud: How the Wild Wild Web was won
Comment One after another, ecommerce funding models based on first mover advantage (for example Netscape), advertising (Yahoo! IMRG welcomes silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign. Our e-retailing community has for years been... [25 Apr 2001]
