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)
Apple enters browser fray with Safari (Jan. 7, 2003)
Apple released a beta version of Safari, which would become its standard Web browser built into the Mac operating system later that year. In June 2007, Apple released a version of Safari for Windows XP and Vista systems. Safari also is the browser used in Apple's iPhone. In June 2009, Apple released Safari 4 featuring speedier performance, enhanced integration with Windows and an at-a-glance view of a user's favorite Web sites. More than 11 million copies of Safari 4 were downloaded in the first three days of availability, Apple said. A niche player, Safari has less than 1 percent market share, Janco Associates says.
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