CNN.com Featured in New Netscape 6 Browser.Business Editors Spring Internet World 2000 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 CNN.com is prominently featured in Netscape's new Netscape(R) 6 browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used , it was announced today by Scott Woelfel, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. senior vice president, general manager and editor-in-chief of CNN Interactive. Netscape unveiled its Netscape 6 browser today at Internet World in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif. The new version features My Sidebar (1) A Windows Vista desktop panel that holds mini applications (gadgets) such as a calendar, calculator, stock ticker and Vonage phone dialer. It is the Windows counterpart to the Dashboard in the Mac. See Windows Vista and gadget. , a panel that remains on the left side of a user's screen when browsing See browse. or using email with Netscape 6. CNN.com is an individual tab within My Sidebar, which allows for easy navigation and control. By clicking on the CNN.com tab, users can jump to headlines of the day's top stories in select CNN categories, including breaking news, U.S. news, world news and features. The CNN.com tab also offers video and audio in a pop-up window pop-up window n (Comput) → Popup-Fenster nt . In addition, users can download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the new browser from CNN.com. "The new Netscape 6 browser provides CNN.com with another opportunity for us to do what we do every day--provide timely, up-to-the-minute news and information to as many people as possible," said Woelfel. "The format is user-friendly, which is very important to us, but it's also compelling and will draw users to our news and information." "This is a great opportunity for Netscape to provide its users with easy-to-access news from the worldwide leader. With My Sidebar, Netscape 6 users can stay connected to customized information," said Jim Martin, senior vice president and general manager of Netscape Netcenter. Netscape 6 Preview Release 1 is available today for public download on Netscape Netcenter. The new groundbreaking browser is small in size, leads the industry in standards compliance and can run across a wide variety of platforms. Netscape 6 offers the ability to stay connected to important information and the flexibility to customize the browser to fit users' individual needs. CNN.com is the world leader in online news and information delivery and is dedicated to providing up-to-the-minute news and information on the Internet. The CNN Web sites have served an average of more than 640 million page impressions a month in 2000 and served more than 6.7 billion page impressions in 1999. Sites include the award-winning news site CNN.com, as well as CNNfn.com, CNNSI CNNSI Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated .com, AllPolitics.com, MyCNN.com, CNNenEspanol.com, CNNemPortugues.com, Svenska CNN, CNN Norge and CNN Denmark. CNN Interactive is also responsible for the distribution of CNN news content via other distribution platforms such as pagers, mobile phones and other devices. |
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