Jan 31, 2005
Netscape readies antiphishing browser
Netscape next month is expected to release a test version of a Web browser designed to resist phishing schemes, taking aim at recent security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Web browser.
Netscape, a unit of Time Warner subsidiary America Online, has been recharging its browser activity in recent months, prodded by the success of its open-source spin-off, the Mozilla Foundation, and by the prospects of increased revenue through browser-based search queries.
On Feb. 17, Netscape is expected to release both the second test, or “beta,” version of Netscape 8 and a redesigned Netscape.com portal site.
Perhaps we’ll have a reason to look at Netscape again, but I’ll doubt it.