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Netscape is backing off their “social experiment.” On the Netscape blog yesterday, they announced:
Visitors to Netscape.com will see a more traditional news experience very soon. Don’t worry, the social news site isn’t going away! We will keep you updated on where you will be able to find the social news site as we get closer to making the switch.
Jason Calacanis and company definitely ran into a roadblock with one Digg user, who promptly posted their emails to his blog. Calacanis posted his displeasure with Digg user “Tysonhy” in a response to Tyson’s blog entry…
Jason Calacanis has continued to work at justifying his offer to bring in the top bookmarkers from competing sites like Digg by paying them to do their news posting at the updated Netscape instead.
Netscape remodeled its home page in recent days – the site describes itself as “undergoing exciting changes.” But apparently a lot of people don’t like the alterations. There’s even a little note down at the bottom of one page, saying, “If the new Netscape isn’t for you, make sure to check out the free AOL.com.”
Netscape is back baby and in a big way.
After tossing out a number of Netscape staffers, AOL could relaunch the site as a user-generated content destination built like the popular tech news website Digg.com.
It’s been a long time since Netscape mattered to Internet users, but AOL and HP will try to win over converts among new HP PC purchasers.
Tuesday marked the ten-year anniversary of the beginning of the greatest investment boom in history. On August 9, 1995, Netscape issued its initial public stock offering, which is widely regarded as the spark that set off the stock boom of the late 90’s and set the stage for today’s tech world.
Steve Ballmer announces new features for Windows Mobile 5.0 that will support wireless options in Exchange Server 2003 SP2.
Netscape 8 may have hit another snag in the one time browsing giant’s effort to move back into the market place. Microsoft reported the browser doesn’t work the XML function of Internet Explorer (IE). Microsoft is telling people not to fool with Netscape 8.
