Internet Explorer

  • Firefox -- the flag bearer of free software

    Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race.
    By Sam Williams November 16, 2004

  • Resistance really was futile

    Microsoft and AOL announce an unholy $750 million alliance. Where does that leave Mozilla, Netscape's open-source rebel child?
    By Andrew Leonard June 2, 2003

  • Mozilla rising

    Netscape won't dislodge Internet Explorer from its hegemony over browser space. But its open-source sibling is aiming at even bigger game: Windows.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 10, 2002

  • Microsoft should be punished

    The feds failed to order a breakup when it could have done some good. Now, based on the government's findings, Sun, Netscape and Be are suing -- with good reason.
    By J.J. Gifford March 15, 2002

  • Netscape's folly

    The loser in the browser wars has filed a private antitrust suit against Microsoft. But the company doesn't deserve to win.
    By Megan McArdle March 14, 2002

  • Citizen Gates

    The media played the Microsoft trial as a judgment on the CEO's personality -- and there was no way he could win.
    By Sean Elder April 5, 2000

  • Mozilla dreams

    Can the open-source browser redeem Netscape's name and give Microsoft a run for its money?
    By Andrew Leonard February 10, 2000

  • Briefing for a descent into computer hell

    The chilling story of a deadline-addled writer's disintegration triggered by the seven words no keyboard jockey wants to hear.
    By Steve Burgess September 1, 1999

  • Microsoft disputes IBM testimony

    Microsoft challenges an executive's claim that Redmond pressured IBM to distribute its browser and not Netscape's.
    By ASSOCIATED PRESS June 10, 1999

  • Let's Get This Straight: Court to Microsoft: "Integrated" means whatever you say it does

    In the latest antitrust decision, Microsoft finds some friends on the bench.
    By Scott Rosenberg June 25, 1998

  • Who owns the desktop?

    Who owns the desktop? By Andrew Leonard. Microsoft and the Department of Justice stake their claims to the ultimate information battleground: the user interface.
    By Andrew Leonard May 19, 1998

  • Reviews: The little browser that could

    Move over Microsoft and Netscape -- opera is coming to town.
    By Paul Bissex April 23, 1998

  • 21st:Please, Mr. Postman?

    Netscape's and Microsoft's software just don't get along -- and God anyone who tries to get them to make up and be nice.
    By Andrew Leonard March 24, 1998

  • 21st:They know what's best for you

    Let's Get This Straight: By Scott Rosenberg. They know what's best for you: Microsoft's claims about how tough it is to remove its browser are only the latest case of the computer industry's arrogant attitude toward customers.
    By Scott Rosenberg January 16, 1998

  • 21st: Microsoft to world: Remove our browser and your system will crash.

    Let's Get This Straight: By Scott Rosenberg. Microsoft to world: Remove our browser and your system will crash.
    By Scott Rosenberg December 19, 1997

  • 21st: 21st Briefing

    Scott Rosenberg on the temporary order issued by a federal judge on 12/11/97, forbidding Microsoft to force computer manufacturers to included Internet Explorer whenever they install Windows 95 on a new computer
    By Scott Rosenberg December 12, 1997

  • Dragonslayer

    An interview with Ralph Nader who is organizing a conference in Washington, D.C., in Nov. 1997 to explore how Microsoft is extending its near-monopolistic control of the software business into other industries, including banking, insurance, car dealerships, travel services, real estate and television.
    By Jonathan Broder October 10, 1997

  • SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal

    One industry sage thought he was joking when he suggested Microsoft buy into Apple. Boy, was he surprised.
    By Andrew Ross August 7, 1997
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