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NEWS ABOUT: Netscape

Netscape stories: 6 news summaries

 Netscape Founder 
 Reenters Browser Battle 

Details hushed on RockMelt project

Aug 14, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stung but not discouraged by Netscape's loss to Internet Explorer in the browser battles of the 1990s, Netscape’s founder is getting back in the game, the New York Times reports. Marc Andreessen is funding a startup called RockMelt, which is developing a new browser of its own. “We... More »

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Silicon Valley • Facebook • web browser • Internet Explorer • Netscape • Marc Andreessen • RockMelt

(Newser) - Marc Andreessen, the tech pioneer who co-founded Netscape, launched a boutique venture capital firm today, intent on investing in “anything that involves chips and computers.” Though Andreessen and business partner Ben Horowitz have been dropping angel investments around Silicon Valley for years, they’ll now have much more... More »

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Silicon Valley • venture capital • venture capitalists • Netscape • Marc Andreessen

Silicon Valley's Prodigal Son Comes Home

Frank Quattrone seeks to repair his rep with new investment bank

Mar 19, 08 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silicon Valley prodigal son Frank Quattrone is staging a comeback, poised to debut his new tech-centered investment bank Qatalyst—after years recovering from federal obstruction-of-justice charges. But now that he's back, the question is whether the industry will welcome home an errant child with open arms. Probably, BusinessWeek writes—if... More »

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Silicon Valley • IPO • investment bankers • Internet startups • Netscape • tech sector • information technology • tech industry • investment banks

Late Adopters Send Message to Tech Industry

Using their Netscape browser over a dial-up AOL connection

Mar 12, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Netscape Navigator is still the browser of choice for 0.14% of Internet users, which doesn’t sound like a lot, until you realize that’s over a million people. They, and other late adopters like them, are becoming a rare breed in today’s world of automatic updates, but... More »

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technology • AOL • innovation • Netscape • dial-up Internet • upgrades

Come See the Softer Side of Microsoft

Company tries more cooperative approach to lure Yahoo execs

Mar 2, 08 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo executives, take note: Microsoft is trying to shed its bully reputation in Silicon Valley in favor of a kinder, gentler, hands-off approach to the smaller start-ups it acquires, the San Jose Mercury News says. Company officials want it known that this isn’t your older brother’s Microsoft—... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Silicon Valley • Tellme • Mountain View • Netscape • WebTV Networks • Redmond • Go Corp. • Jerry Kaplan

AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape Browser

Service provider throwing weight behind Mozilla, Firefox

Dec 28, 07 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - AOL today announced that it will discontinue support and development of its Netscape Navigator browser, a program that first introduced many to the Internet when it launched 13 years ago. But, CNET's Stephen Shankland writes, Microsoft's Internet Explorer ate into market share for Netscape, which was bought by AOL—which... More »

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Internet • AOL • web browser • Firefox • Netscape • World Wide Web

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