A component of the earlier Netscape Communicator that provided a push model delivery system based on Marimba's Castanet Tuner. Users were able to subscribe to content channels on the Internet and receive information updates in the background while working on other applications. See Netscape Communicator.
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- Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on itAs long as IE Supports Web StandardsWhy should they turn to WebKit? Imagine a software world where everything was open source? That to me is scary. Where is the innovation in open source? Where is the competition that drives innovation...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'
- Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'From what I understand Balmer was at first notimpressed with the iPhone and look at how good its doing:PPagan jimItanalyst2 Calls Ballmer's Fitness Level "Way Behind"Get on a treadmill you hog.RE: Ballmer calls Google's Android 'way behind'Christine Keeler - the prostitute at the heart of...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- That "unlocked" Windows 7 taskbar is also unfinished
- That "unlocked" Windows 7 taskbar is also unfinishedCompletely defeats MS' purpose....The whole idea was to show complete features. Unlocking incomplete features will have a negative effect when people start finding the bugs. Good idea MS to keep these features locked that weren't complete, but unfortunately they were unlocked.Thanks for the...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Ghost Story: Fear of Microsoft Fades
- As Halloween fast approaches, Apple is producing more good-natured fun, poking fun at Microsoft's decision to end the use of Vista as the name of its Windows operating system for PCs. It probably didn't cost much to produce the latest...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Microsoft Live Mesh to bridge Windows and Mac
- Microsoft Live Mesh to bridge Windows and MacWhat are you talking about?[i] Hmmm, so Microsoft is breaking down walls between Windows and Mac. Interesting.[/i]Since when has Microsoft ever prevented Windows from being installed on the Mac? There has never been a wall between Windows and the Mac. Only one company...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- The technologies which will change our lives
- We are at a strange place in this world's history, where the Industrial Revolution is over, and we're in the new technological age. So many things have been discovered over the course of the last and this century, and we're still no closer to reaching a technological...
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- ebay beats Q3, adjusts guidance for Q4, FY08
- eBay reported third quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street's expectations with revenues of $2.12 billion, up $228 million from the third quarter of 2007. It reported non-GAAP profits of $592 million, or 46 cents per share. GAAP profits were $492 million, or 38 cents per share. Analysts had been expecting...
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Adobe actively developing a Flash Player iPhone
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Pragma Translator (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-10-01
- Andreessen joins eBay board
- eBay said that Marc Andreessen will join the online auctioneer's board of directors. The move, which is effectively immediately, brings some additional brainpower to eBay, which is trying to fend off rivals such as Amazon and Google. For instance, Amazon's fixed price model has been attracting merchants...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- CIOs not taking a shine to Chrome
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
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- Software downloads 2008-09-23
- VMware vs Microsoft: Place your bets
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Ballmer sets a new (and potentially much later) retirement date
- Ballmer sets a new and potentially much later retirement dateOh goodie................:-(RE: Ballmer sets a new and potentially much later retirement dateGod, no.RE: Ballmer sets a new and potentially much later retirement dateDOH!On one hand, happy, on one hand, feel bad for MS.Balmer would be the perfect CEO if it was...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- BusinessWeek site hacked, serving drive-by exploits
- BusinessWeek site hacked, serving drive-by exploitsSo tell us...what software stack is businessweek.com using?A cheap solution that doesn't work is neitherSay What?Nice work with the Google SafeBrowsing APII should have included that information in the blog post I made about this earlier today on the Sophos website: http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/15/hackers-infect-businessweek-websiteI have, however,...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?
- Nope. That's the answer you'll get from hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com today, despite the LHC's successful startup tests Wednesday. Of course the fact that you're reading this is also a good sign. The doomsday site was created by Mike Kania right, a 28 year old web developer who works for...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?How did we not see this?This is brilliant on Microsoft's behalf. They do get rid of the anti-trust sentiments at least the plausible ones and still have their share in the market.Now, don't misunderstand me. It's going to take a lot more...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'
- There's been plenty of excellent commentary about Google's new Chrome browser provided by my colleagues here in the ZDNet community, so I'm not going to go into any nitty-gritty here. But to look at it from an enterprise perspective, Chrome may help lay the groundwork for a...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid
- Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
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