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Firefox Introduces New Rickroll Protection!

The developers of Firefox, a web browser created by the Mozilla Foundation, have decided to once again rescue the masses from the horrors of the Internet. Having produced top-notch phishing protection, malware identification and other security features unmatched by their competitors they are now introducing the “Rickroll Detection Filter.”read more | digg story

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Code Monkey

Jonathan Coulton’s “Code Monkey” is a niche song about software engineers. It describes the feeling you get from time to time as a developer. I have to admit that I use to get these feelings quite a bit, but since I’ve changed jobs I don’t feel this way nearly as often. Sometimes you still just [...]

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Time to Flock or Firefox

Today we released the final version of Netscape Navigator 9. The main feature of this release is the inclusion of a migration extension that will help users move to either Flock or Firefox. This is our subtle little hint for you to stop using Navigator and move on to something else. The official announcement can [...]

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R.I.P Netscape Navigator

Although I did not kill Navigator, I am the sole remaining engineer that is working on it. That being said, a single person does not constitute enough resources to reasonably maintain a browser or e-mail client. Here is the official announcement about the “End of Life” for Netscape software. Since we will no longer be [...]

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Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5

We have released version 9.0.0.5 of Netscape Navigator. This is a security release to bring in changes from Firefox 2.0.0.11. You can get it at browser.netscape.com. The official announcement can be found on blog.netscape.com; the Propeller discussion is here.

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Netscape Messenger 9 Alpha 1 Released

Today we released version 9a1 of Netscape Messenger. This release is the first public alpha of Netscape Messenger 9, a mail and news client, to complement the Netscape Navigator Web browser. This release is now available for download from mailnews.netscape.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The official announcement can be found on blog.netscape.com; the Propeller [...]

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Top 5 Reasons why Leopard will be Apple’s tipping point

I believe that Leopard will mark the tipping point of Apple’s acceleration in the PC marketplace. Here are the top five reasons why.read more | digg story

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Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.1

Today we released version 9.0.0.1 of Netscape Navigator. This is a security release to bring in changes from Firefox 2.0.0.8. You can get it at browser.netscape.com. The official announcement can be found on blog.netscape.com; the Propeller discussion is here.

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Firefox 2.0.0.8 Released

Few Security Fixes read more | digg story

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Netscape Navigator 9.0 Released

Today we release the final version of Netscape Navigator 9.0. You can get it at browser.netscape.com The official announcement can be found on blog.netscape.com; the Propeller discussion is here.

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