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The Web browser turns 15: A look back

Here is a look back at 15 years of wars, lawsuits, and standards the Web browser has brought us

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World

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Web browser milestones
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First commercial browser released (Oct. 13, 1994)
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Web traffic dominates Internet (April 30, 1995)
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Microsoft muscles into browser market (Aug. 24, 1995)
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Opera introduced, targets mobile devices (Jan. 1, 1997)
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Netscape creates open source Mozilla project (Feb. 23, 1998)
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Feds sue Microsoft over bundled browser (May 18, 1998)
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AOL buys Netscape (Nov. 24, 1998)
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Apple enters browser fray with Safari (Jan. 7, 2003)
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Firefox released, gains mindshare with techies (Feb. 9, 2004)
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Opera files antitrust complaint against Microsoft (Dec. 13, 2007)
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Web browsers top Internet vulnerability list (Jan. 14, 2008)
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Google Chrome introduced (Sept. 2, 2008)
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Microsoft responds to rivals, enhances IE (March 19, 2009)
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Mozilla ships faster Firefox (June 30, 2009)
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Netscape founder discloses browser start-up (Aug. 13, 2009)

Netscape founder discloses browser start-up (Aug. 13, 2009)

Netscape founder discloses browser start-up (Aug. 13, 2009): Marc Andreessen, leader of the NCSA Mosaic project and founder of Netscape, admits to the New York Times that he is backing a browser start-up called RockMelt. The article caused much speculation in the tech press about what RockMelt will be, with many believing that the new venture will create a browser customized for social networking sites such as Facebook.

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