Microsoft's new browser boosts interactivity: announcement brings drop in Netscape stock. (Internet Explorer 4.0)(Telemedia Week)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 1996 by Tedesco, Richard

Announcement brings drop in Netscape stock Microsoft Corp. will blur the lines separating Windows and the Internet when it releases its next two generations of Internet Explorer this year. Internet Explorer 4.0 will seamlessly integrate Internet access into Windows 95 so that users can access Web pages within Windows.

Explorer 4.0 is now in alpha test release and will be shipping by the end of the year, according to Kevin Unangst, product manager for Internet Explorer. But to some observers, the development is simply a further indication of Microsoft's desire to dominate online environments, with the Internet as the last frontier that the Redmond, Wash., giant has left to conquer. "It's not really earth-shattering," says Mary Doyle, senior analyst for...

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