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AOL to end support for Netscape browser

Stephen Lawson By Stephen Lawson
An historic name in software will effectively pass into history in February as AOL discontinues development and active support for the Netscape browser, according to an official blog. Read full story

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Vonage, Nortel settle patent dispute for no cash
Vonage Holdings and Nortel Networks have preliminarily agreed to cross-license several patents, ending a dispute between the companies without any monetary payments, Vonage said Monday.

The 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year
Break on through: Among the Innovation Award winners are HP's TouchSmart, Toshiba's Portege R500, Seagate's hybrid hard drive, NetGear's Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000, and - no surprise - Apple's iPhone.

SCO bumped off Nasdaq
The SCO Group has been removed from the Nasdaq Stock Market because the company declared bankruptcy in September.

Storm switches tactics third time, adds rootkit
The ongoing Storm Trojan attack that began Monday has morphed again, security researchers said Thursday, changing the malicious file's name, shifting to new malware hosting servers, and adding a rootkit to cloak the bot code from anti-virus software.

CES - Preview: Will CES 2008 live up to the iPhone?
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has a tough job ahead of him when he kicks off the keynote speeches at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008 in Las Vegas next week.

Google handed a patent setback by U.S. court of appeals
Google's browser toolbar is back in court on patent infringement charges, after a U.S. court of appeals overturned part of a lower court decision. Google's AdSense contextual advertising service, though, is in the clear.

NetSuite IPO closes, generates $185 million
NetSuite's initial public offering raised US$185.4 million, close to double the amount the company originally forecast the IPO would generate and a positive sign for the market of hosted, software-as-a-service business applications.

Microsoft's Windows Home Server corrupts files
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