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29th December 2007 Archive

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  • AOL tosses Netscape into the dustbin of history

    Off to Firefox with you

    AOL is abandoning all work on the Netscape browser and wants users to migrate to Firefox. Not that there are many left: in the mid-1990s, Netscape commanded well over 80 per cent of the internet browser market. But it has been moribund for many years, with share down to one per cent, at best. In an obituary on the Netscape …

    Applications 29 Dec 03:34

  • QVC debuts Venturer HD DVD player

    Updated A snip at just £169.62 (plus P&P of course)

    Venturer's anticipated cut-price SHD7001 HD DVD player went on sale this morning on the QVC home shopping channel for less than was expected. At £162.62 (or two easy payments of £84.96), it's the cheapest standalone HD DVD player on the market. First announced at IFA, we covered the SHD7001 back in September. Then in November …

    Reg Hardware 29 Dec 11:15

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