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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. Why does Netscape development continue? by Dagny+Taggert · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I mean, the war's over and they lost. Those resources could go to a better Firefox or whatever. If something startling comes out in the way of browser technology, then resurrect the name. Now it's just re-branded.

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