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Web browsers progress to next generation
Published August 9th, 2006 in All Categories, Other News
The major Web browsers are getting face-lifts as they increasingly become the focal point for 
handling business transactions and running programs over the Internet rather than simply displaying Web sites. The upgrades are the latest skirmish in the browser war that started in the mid-1990s and led to Microsoft’s triumph over Netscape. The battles reignited in 2004, when Mozilla’s Firefox launched and revealed new avenues of development.
Last month, Opera Software ASA released its Opera 9 browser, while Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Firefox are in line for major overhauls later this year.
The most anticipated update comes from Microsoft Corp., whose five-year-old, market-leading Internet Explorer 6 browser, or IE6, shows signs of aging.
The software company, which has seen IE slowly losing market share to Firefox, hopes version 7 will bring the browser to parity with its rivals, while adding features to thwart "phishing" scams and make browsing more secure. Web browsers progress to next generation
