Microsoft Wins Latest Round In Browser Bout With Netscape - WSJ
A battle is underway between Microsoft and Netscape Communications for control of the market for software needed to view and publish material on the Internet's World Wide Web. The fight has intensified over the past 10 days as each company has released a new version of its browser software, the programs required to surf the Web.
“An underdocumented part of Japan's video game history: arcades had (and, to an extent, have!) communal notebooks in which people would write game tips, comments, ask questions, and generally communicate – GameFAQs before GameFAQs! These were core for Japan arcades' social aspect.”
An underdocumented part of Japan's video game history: arcades had (and, to an extent, have!) communal notebooks in which people would write game tips, comments, ask questions, and generally communicate – GameFAQs before GameFAQs! These were core for Japan arcades' social aspect. pic.twitter.com/KXkMykbvGq— Samuel 💻✨ Messner (@obskyr) October 13, 2020
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Getting Drivers for Old Hardware Is Harder Than Ever
At least one major provider of hardware-level BIOS drivers is actively deleting old stuff it no longer supports, while old FTP sites where vintage drivers are often found are soon going to be harder to reach.
The beating heart of the early internet may have been FTP, or file transfer protocol. But after 50 years of mainstream use, its demise may be imminent.
Few people understand Microsoft better than Tandy Trower, who worked at the company from 1981-2009. Trower was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised …