Microsoft has agreed to purchase a big chunk of AOL's intellectual property for a big chunk of cash.
Left unremarked in most business news coverage is a little matter of history: A closure of sorts for the fiercest -- and possibly the most expensive -- tech rivalry of the dotcom era.
Microsoft will own Netscape.
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posted by ardgedee
on Apr 9, 2012 -
59 comments
Revamping the browser Browser add ons such as
Browster for IE and Firefox or entirely new browsers such as
Flock (limited info) promise to rework the way browsing has been done during the IE only years from 1997 to 2004. More inside...
posted by hockeyman
on Jun 12, 2006 -
38 comments
Firefox 1.0 Preview Release is now available. The
Spread Firefox site hopes to see a million downloads, and they've already passed the halfway mark. The advantages of Firefox have been
previously discussed on MeFi, but this version includes an interesting new feature -
Live Bookmarks, which allow you to view RSS news and blog headlines in the bookmarks toolbar or bookmarks menu. Obsessively checking MetaFilter is now easier than ever.
posted by Stuart_R
on Sep 17, 2004 -
51 comments
