Netscape moves to raise stakes in browser war
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Netscape Communications is introducing Netscape Navigator 3.0, the latest version of its popular Web browser, just a week after Microsoft shipped its competing Internet Explorer 3.0. Navigator 3.0's free 'home delivery' feature will bring a wide variety of services, including news and sports information, to Netscape users. The browser will automatically gather user-requested information and deliver it to the user's electronic mail in-box. The information could range from a personalized newspaper to stock information or a listing of the top 40 music singles. Navigator is the most popular computer application in history and holds 80 percent of the browser market, but Microsoft has garnered a 10 percent share of the market and it is growing. A comparison shows Netscape 3.0 to be significantly faster than Explorer and it utilizes 16 different operating systems, while Explorer currently uses only Windows 95 or NT. Navigator also uses about half the disk space of Explorer.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Action-packed future is waiting on the Web
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Netscape Communications Netscape Navigator 2.0b is a beta version of the forthcoming browser, but the glimpse it offers into the future of the World Wide Web makes it deserving of a preview. The latest version of the Navigator is a bit faster than previous versions and has new utilities to handle Usenet news groups and E-mail. It provides a more efficient method for moving from site to site and improved bookmark storage. Among the Navigator's other features are the ability to make a graphic into an animation or a photograph into a video clip. Users can place orders or queries and get answers and confirmation while online. The browser allows users to access software programs embedded in Web pages. Many of the latter capabilities have yet to be supported by current Web pages, but Navigator's features are making users rewrite Web pages to exploit its functions. The browser may be downloaded from ftp://ftp.netscape.com/.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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Netscape revenue quadruples in quarter
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Netscape earned $7.7 million in 3rd qtr 1996, and the company claimed it has substantially increased its presence in the corporate marketplace. The nine cents per share earnings were one cent higher than analysts had forecast. Netscape released the information after the market closed, but its stock was not significantly affected in after-hours trading. Analysts say the company faces fierce competition from Microsoft, which may bring in as much as $10 billion in revenue in 1996, and which has identified Netscape as its chief rival in the intranet market. Analysts say the intranet market is ready to expand rapidly and that Netscape already holds a significantly portion of a market that is expected to be worth $10 billion by 2000. Netscape says 80% of its revenues are generated by intranet-related products and services.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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