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Netscape produces Navio to Compete with Microsoft

Netscape produces Navio to Compete with Microsoft

1996

In an article titled "Inside Netscape: The Software Start-Up Is Expanding So Quickly It May One Day Pose a Threat to Microsoft," The Washington Post speculated that Netscape Communications Corp. might one day compete with Microsoft Corp. Two years later, the Justice Department is investigating whether Microsoft broke antitrust rules by bundling its Internet Explorer program with its Windows operating system, and the two businesses are at the center of that probe. Internet Explorer's major rivals are Netscape's World Wide Web browsers Navigator and Communicator.

1902

Women in Science! Birth of Mina Rees, a prominent mathematician and educator who played a crucial role in the development of computer science during World War II.

The San Francisco cable car system began operations

The San Francisco cable car system began operations

1873

The San Francisco cable car system, the world’s first successful cable car system, begins operation. This innovative transportation system becomes an iconic symbol of the city and continues to operate to this day.

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