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Netscape 8 to Emphasize Security

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hands-to-home-buddy dept.

wikinerd writes "Netscape is building Netscape 8 which will include several anti-phishing enhancements and will emphasize security. Netscape obtains blacklists of scam and spam sites which will be denied access to ActiveX and cookies. RSS capabilities will also be included in Netscape 8, which will be released on 17 February."

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  1. Go for the Gold. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Netscape 8 to Emphasize Security"

    OK, and what were they emphasizing before? Market Share?

    1. Re:Go for the Gold. by w4f7z · · Score: 2, Funny

      Naw, they stopped emphasizing that after Netscape 4.

  2. Of course by WhatsAProGingrass · · Score: 5, Funny

    And if you black list all those sites, how am I supposed to look at free porn anymore?

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  3. hmm by Christoff+Ka+Sin+Chu · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's next, Mosiac?

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  4. Re:Can some one tell me ... by essreenim · · Score: 4, Funny
    You left out Lynx. I for one enjoy being arrested for my choice of browser

  5. Re:ActiveX? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Netscape is going to have a "view as in IE" option

    That would be the Pwn3d button?

  6. Re:Windows Update by ruiner13 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Turn on Automatic Updates for the critical updates"

    Um, no... why don't I just give MS my admin login while I'm at it?

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