As AOL offloaded a billion dollar’s worth of patents to Microsoft, something strange happened: the latter became the owner of Netscape. Remember Netscape? The browser. From 1994. A steal!
Expert rendering Of my Geocities page. You had a good run. [BBC]
• A new law in New Jersey willl ban internet sex offenders from the web. But then who will read Gizmodo? [The Register] • AOL will discontinue development of the Netscape browser early next year. RIP Netscape, you were the original IE alternative. [TechCrunch] • Once upon a time, Google went by the name BackRub. Yuck. [Valleywag] • A line of Hello Kitty clothing for men will go on sale in Japan next month. If you’re looking for me, I’ll be scraping my eyes out with rusty nails. [AP]
