Posts Tagged ‘Netscape Navigator’

2004 – Mozilla launches the web browser that would finally give Internet Explorer a run for it’s money. The Firefox 1.0 web browser was created by Mozilla, who broke free from the Netscape Navigator browser to develop in Open Source. The Gecko layout engine browser would be available for Windows, Mac and Linux – with it being the standard browser in current flavors of Ubuntu. Last year on it’s 3.5 release, it set a new worlds record download. Firefox currently takes 1/5 of the market browser share.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• Blizzard settles a lawsuit with Micro Star
• Netscape acquires Collabra
• Albert Einstein is awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in Physics

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Year End Stats – PCWorld
Home Server Issues – Computerworld
iPhone 1.1.3 – Gizmodo
Online Spending at 28 Billion – MacWorld
Seniors Choose Wii – DallasNews
1 in 6 PC’s Infected – Internetnews
PS3 with HDTV – Joystiq

On the Geek:
WalMart Dumps Movie Download
FootMouse
What Would Fix Windows Mobile

Patent on Monitoring Employees Brains – TechDirt
5 Most Annoying Programs on PC – DownloadSquad
Transform Windows into… – Makeuseof
100 Years of Tech NYE Ball – Gizmodo
Battery Check on Flights – Ars Technica
Australia Plans Tough Web Rules – BBC

2007 Scorecard – InfoWorld
iSnake – BBC
8 Hottest Skills of 08 – Computerworld
Texting Delays on New Years – Engadget
FBI Uses IT – eWeek

RIP:
WalMart Movie Downloads
Netscape Navigator
RIAA to die?

25 Year Watch:
TCP/IP

Updates:
1st Perl Update in 5 Years

Of Note:
Foxtrot DRM
25 Things 2007 Taught Us
Best Hard Drive Enclosure
Action Figure Archive

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