browser wars

A video: The Fascinating Story of Netscape

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This mini-documentary details the rapid rise and dramatic fall of Netscape Communications Corporation, the company that popularized the World Wide Web. It covers its historic, record-breaking 1995 IPO, the groundbreaking technologies its engineers invented, and its eventual defeat in the first “browser war” when Microsoft aggressively bundled Internet Explorer into Windows for free. Key Takeaways … Read more

Wikileaks vs. the Guardian. A cyberculture roundup

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Guardian denies responsibility for unredacted cables from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza The Guardian released a statement today assailing Wikileaks’ accusation that one of its reporters published the password to an unredacted set of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. The newspaper admits publishing the password, but says it was assured that the files encrypted with it … Read more