Marc Andreessen joins HP board Sep 18, 2009
Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz and Ning, Andreessen co-founded and served as chairman of the board of directors of Opsware Inc. Before that he was chief technology officer of America Online Inc. and was a co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation, serving in various positions, including chief technology officer and executive vice president of products. Andreessen is best known as the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Skype Founders Sue eBay, Investors Sep 17, 2009
9 billion to a consortium including Netscape founder Marc Andreessen's Andreessen Horowitz, venture firm Index Ventures, private equity firm Silver Lake, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 1. (ABC News -- Wire)
Startups flock to TechCrunch50 Sep 15, 2009
Netscape co-founder turned venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, MySpace Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn, veteran angel investor Ron Conway and Microsoft Business Development Director Don Dodge. "You have great technology," Dodge said of Clicker, "but how do you get the market penetration, how do you get the users?". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Polaris to house entrepreneurs in Dogpatch Cambridge space Sep 14, 2009
Angus Davis, who held pivotal roles at Netscape, , and the telecom start-up Tellme, has signed on as a Dogpatch adviser. Hirshland and Barrett, who discussed the project on a conference call with fellow Polaris general partner Alan Crane, emphasized they are also expecting Dogpatch to reap benefits for their venture firm. (Boston Globe)
Mergers and acquisitions: The return of the deal Sep 11, 2009
Two of the main buyers, Silver Lake Partners and a new venture-capital firm recently launched by Netscape s co-founder, Mark Andreessen, are technology specialists that make little use of debt in sharp contrast to classic private-equity buy-out firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Although the credit markets have reopened, they are not yet ready to finance high-yielding leveraged buy-outs, by private equity or anyone else. (The Economist)
Cacophony Of Music Video Games Hitting Market Sep 7, 2009
In July, Netscape founder Marc Andreessen said he and Ben Horowitz had formed a new venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, with a fund of $300 million. The two have collaborated for 15 years and started three companies, including Opsware, which Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) acquired for $1. (Investors Business Daily)
Birthday spoiler Sep 5, 2009
Since the mid-1990s, we've seen the birth of Yahoo, Netscape, Google, Amazon, Wikipedia, Blogging, Social Networking and YouTube. On the flip side, we have also seen an online explosion in the dark side of the human exploitation of technology; spam, viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, malware and phishing. (Asia Times Online)
Revving Their Search Engines: SEO Fuels Race For Web Traffic Sep 5, 2009
In July, Netscape founder Marc Andreessen said he and Ben Horowitz had formed a new venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, with a fund of $300 million ... In July, Netscape founder Marc Andreessen said he and Ben Horowitz had formed a new venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, with a fund of $300 million. (Investors Business Daily)
MEMORIES: How 20 popular websites looked when they launched... Sep 4, 2009
Or when every site seemed to have a Netscape icon on it ... What I personally remember was that I used Netscape 1 ... There should have been some mention of those long gone - where is AltaVista and Netscape. (The Drudge Report)
EBay sells Skype, ending ill-fated match Sep 3, 2009
The investor group with the winning bid also includes Index Ventures, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm begun earlier this year by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and his business partner. The companies expect to close the deal during the fourth quarter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Let's call the whole thing off Sep 3, 2009
The buyer was not, as some had predicted, a group of investors pulled together by Skype s founders (who have abandoned eBay), but another consortium which includes Silver Lake, a private-equity fund, and a venture-capital firm started recently by Marc Andreessen of Netscape fame. And the price was higher than expected. (The Economist)
EBay Fetches Surprisingly High Price For Skype Unit Sep 3, 2009
Andreessen Horowitz is led by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, who also sits on eBay's board. Page. (Investors Business Daily)
EBay Sells Stake in Skype Sep 2, 2009
The investor group is led by private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners and includes Andreessen Horowitz, a new venture capital firm led by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, and British venture capital firm Index Ventures. This is a great deal, unlocking both immediate and long-term value for eBay and tremendous potential for Skype, eBay CEO John Donahoe said in a statement. (Fox News)
eBay hangs up on Skype Sep 2, 2009
Its other members are London-based Index Ventures, an early investor in Skype, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm founded by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen. Andreessen, whose investments include LinkedIn and Twitter, is a member of the boards of eBay and Facebook and is chairman of the board of Ning, an online platform for creating social networks. (Yahoo! Asia News)
EBay to Sell 65% of Skype to Group for $1.9 Billion Sep 2, 2009
The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, also includes a venture-capital firm headed by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The news was first reported by The New York Times. (SmartMoney)
EBay to Sell Skype to Private Investors: Report Sep 1, 2009
Andreessen Horowitz, a new venture capital firm headed by the Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, is likely to be among the investors in the group, the paper cited the people as saying. London-based Index Ventures and Silver Lake Partners may also be involved in the deal, one of the people told the paper. (ABC News -- Business)
eBay 'reaches deal to sell Skype' Sep 1, 2009
Skype is expected to be sold to a group of private investors, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and private equity firms. EBay has been trying to sell Skype for some time, and has said that Skype had "limited synergies" with it. (BBC News -- Technology)
As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth Sep 1, 2009
1994: Andreessen and others on the Mosaic team form a company to develop the first commercial Web browser, Netscape, piquing the interest of Microsoft and other developers who would tap the Web's commerce potential ... U.S. government delegates oversight of domain name policies to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN. Justice Department and 20 states sue Microsoft, accusing the maker of the ubiquitous Windows operating system of abusing its market power to thwart... (USA Today)
16 tech-world players to know Sep 1, 2009
Her two-year-old startup, launched with Netscape founder Mark Andreesen, offers a platform for connecting people around interests and passions. As of July, Ning had 29. (CNN -- Tech)
At 40, Internet grows stodgier Aug 31, 2009
1994: Andreessen and others on the Mosaic team form a company to develop the first commercial Web browser, Netscape. Two immigration lawyers introduce the world to spam, advertising their green card lottery services. (News & Observer)
Internet turns 40; open access at risk Aug 31, 2009
1994: Andreessen and others form a company to develop the first commercial Web browser, Netscape. Two lawyers introduce spam, advertising their immigration green card lottery. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Sunday Business Aug 30, 2009
Netscape co-founder Mark Andreesen is reportedly teaming up with a group of venture capital and private-equity investors to take a run at buying Web phone company Skype. According to technology. (New York Post -- Business)
Andreesen Teams Up On Skype Bid Aug 29, 2009
Netscape co-founder Mark Andreesen is reportedly teaming up with a group of venture capital and private-equity investors to take a run at buying Web phone company Skype. According to technology blog TechCrunch, Andreesen's new VC firm Andreesen Horowitz, along with Index Ventures, an early Skype investor, are teaming up with one or more large private-equity firms to make an offer for Skype, which is owned by online auction giant eBay but will be spun off early next year. (New York Post -- Business)
Company size: Big is back Aug 28, 2009
And not all start-ups were models of success: Netscape and Enron promised to revolutionise their industries only to crash and burn. Nevertheless, the balance had shifted in favour of small organisations. (The Economist)
Google surfs the Web in Hawaiian language Aug 27, 2009
" What's Hawaiian for 'browsing' the Web'? Some of the Hawaiian words for terms such as "links" or "Web browser" had already been established when Donaghy and others worked on translating the Netscape Navigator search engine in 1997. "Over the years, we usually face the debate of do we want to 'Hawaiianize' an English word, or take an old Hawaiian word and give it a new meaning," he said. He explained some of the challenges in translating terms, such as "browsing" or "surfing," into Hawaiian.... (CNN)
Apptio raising $14 million Aug 19, 2009
plans to announce on Tuesday a $14 million second round of funding from Shasta Ventures, , and the , the new investment firm of Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and Opsware founder Ben Horowitz. Apptio, an online software developer, employs 40 people in Bellevue and plans to grow to 50 or 60 by the end of the year. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Facebook on its way to being social superpower Aug 17, 2009
Ray Valdes, an analyst with Gartner Research, said many tech companies have had a vision for "world domination," from "Microsoft to Amazon to Google to others that enjoyed a moment in the sun, such as Netscape.". Lags behind Google. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Hawaii's marks 50th anniversary of statehood Aug 17, 2009
He previously translated the Netscape Web browser in 1997. Ex-Chukchansi manager arrested in theft. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Netscape founder backs new browser RockMelt Aug 15, 2009
Howes also worked with him at Netscape. Opsware was sold to. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Full Story » Aug 15, 2009
Netscape Founder Backs Next-Gen Browser by PC World: Yahoo ... Netscape Founder Backs Next-Gen Browser ... Netscape is widely credited as the during the early to mid-90s. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Sony, Microsoft Face Whole New Game in Gaming Aug 14, 2009
The executive team also includes , the former chief executive officer of game-publisher , and veterans of such onetime tech stalwarts as Netscape Communications Corp. and MySQL.. From the gameplayers perspective, the OnLive system couldnt be much simpler. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Covert filmmaking results in ‘The Cove’ Aug 13, 2009
5 million film, three years in the making, was born of the friendship between National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos and Netscape founder Jim Clark, diving buddies who spent the last 10 years searching for the best reefs, which they soon realized were dramatically deteriorating each time they returned. Psihoyos recalls being in the Galapagos Islands and watching long-line fishermen fishing in a marine sanctuary and seeing bombed-out reefs in Indonesia. (Boston Globe)
An Apple Board of Directors for the 2010s Aug 10, 2009
It could use someone from the social media world such as Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, as well as a director who understands cloud computing. An executive steeped in emerging markets would help, too. (BusinessWeek)
Hawaiian language added to Google Aug 8, 2009
The Hawaiian language version of Google's search engine is now available on Apple's Safari browser through a project by a University of Hawaii-Hilo assistant professor, who also translated the Netscape Web browser in 1997 ... The Hawaiian language version of Google's search engine is now available on Apple's Safari browser through a project by a University of Hawaii-Hilo assistant professor, who also translated the Netscape Web browser in 1997. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Bartz Is Wrong, Yahoo Really Was A 'Search Company' Aug 8, 2009
As the Internet grew, so did Yahoo's database of Web sites, forcing the fledgling company to leave Stanford's network and partner with Netscape for a time. Sadly, Yahoo eventually lost its way in the search business and missed becoming either Alta Vista or Google, which sequentially replaced Yahoo as the hot place to find new places to visit online. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Google says aloha to Hawaiian Aug 8, 2009
He previously translated the Netscape Web browser in 1997. The Hawaiian version of Google provides search instructions in the language, but results are still in English. (MSNBC -- Technology)
The Antitrust Cop and the Tech Industry Aug 1, 2009
A veteran of the tech industry, Varney set up the Internet practice at Hogan on and advised Netscape Communications during the U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft (). Now she wants to update antitrust law for the Digital Age. (BusinessWeek)
Security pro calls for replacement of digital certificate standard Jul 31, 2009
Kaminsky has been working with vendors who implement X.509 technology in their products, such as Open SSL, Netscape and Microsoft, to patch and paper over the problems until a more permanent solution can be put into place. His goal is to replace X.509 with a scheme built on a secure Domain Name System (DNS). (FCW.com)
> SurgiCruise lets you head offshore to save on your medical bills Jul 30, 2009
MANAGEMENT TEAM: Founder and CEO Jeff Winner is a former chief technology officer at the venture-backed search engine Spock and a former engineering director at Netscape Communications Corp.. BOARD OF ADVISERS: Stanford-trained plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Knapp and Dr. Martin Polanco, who founded a specialized treatment center focusing on treatment-resistant depression. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Arab investment boosts spaceship venture Jul 29, 2009
He saw parallels to Netscape's wildly successful initial public offering in 1995 ... "It's as close as you can get to a true Netscape moment.". (MSNBC -- International)
The Case Against the Case Against Google Jul 29, 2009
As Fred Vogelstein , the attorney who represented Netscape during the federal government's long-running Microsoft antitrust case sees the tech world's newest giant as the latest threat to online innovation ... computer makers into leaving Netscape's browser off their machinesit even threatened to cancel Office for the Mac if Apple didn't make Internet Explorer the default Mac browser. (Slate)
Microsoft Offers Browser Deal to EU Regulators Jul 25, 2009
The concession was something that U.S. Department of Justice lawyers as well as lawyers for Silicon Valley's Netscape had sought from Microsoft in the government's historic antitrust case against the company. The U.S. lawyers failed in their mission when an appeals court found in 2001 that Web browsers didn't constitute a market, overturning a ruling by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (Law.com)
First Things First Jul 19, 2009
At the packed screening he hosted for "The Cove," Louie Psihoyos' captivating docu mentary about the efforts of former "Flipper" trainer Richard O'Barry to save dolphins from slaughter in Taiji, Japan, Stiller told the audi ence: "It made me want to get up out of my seat and go to Japan and be an activist. I didn't, of course, because I had a rental in Nantucket that 00004000 lasted 'til the end of the month." Also there were Stiller's wife, Christine Taylor, Adrian Grenier, Isabel Lucas (who... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Coinstar to Webcast Second Quarter 2009 Conference Call on August 4, 2009 Jul 18, 2009
0 or higher or Netscape 4. 0 or higher; a computer with a sound card and speakers; and no firewall. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
When Did the Browser Become the Next OS? Jul 16, 2009
When Did the Browser Become the Next OS. July 16, 2009 Hot topics. (Datamation)
more. Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Jul 14, 2009
"But that's not how you go about securing your ongoing government bailout. You need to be in hock up to your neck to Wall Street investment banks, or a credit swap specialist in insuring against bond defaults, or a domestic automaker, to get the gravy. And in that regard, CIT just doesn't qualify.At least for now, Geithner and Bernanke seem convinced that Wall Street won't melt down if CIT goes kaput. There's even a line of argument that suggests that if CIT went bankrupt without a market panic,... (Salon)
Google's Chrome OS: Failure in the Making? Jul 14, 2009
Much like Microsoft was with projects like Zune (and Netscape was with its attempt at an enterprise offering) Google appears unwilling -- and possibly incapable -- of doing what needs to be done to make Chrome a success ... Yet also like Netscape, Google hasn't done the groundwork to assure it will benefit from these changes and, instead, may have laid the foundations for its own demise. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Clash of the titans Jul 13, 2009
It plans to do what the now-defunct Netscape attempted when it launched its first browser in the mid-1990s: to make Windows obsolete and turn the browser into the dominant computing platform. Eventually Chrome OS will be used to power full-fledged PCs. (The Economist)
The battle on your desktop Jul 13, 2009
As Google made a fortune and spread its influence over the Internet, some people have worried that it was gaining too much power, similar to the apprehension Microsoft generated in the 1990s as it crushed Netscape, creator of the first popular browser. But Google hasn t done anything nearly as egregious. (Boston Globe)
Heavyweights Google, Microsoft trading punches in digital face-off Jul 13, 2009
Microsoft has crushed a host of erstwhile technology titans that posed similar head-on threats - browser maker Netscape and networking software company , for example, he said. What s not clear is whether the world needs another computer operating system, say skeptics of Google s move. (Boston Globe)
Google vs. Microsoft: Haven't we seen this movie? Jul 10, 2009
Google is a much more formidable threat to Microsoft than Netscape ever was, but it is remarkable how similar the contours of the current explosion of hype are to the babble that preceded Netscape's astonishing IPO in August, 1995. The Web, we were told back then, was sure to dethrone Microsoft, and Netscape would be the flagbearer of the revolutionaries ... Netscape got stomped, of course, and Microsoft is still hanging around, dominating the vast majority of computers in use on the planet. (Salon)
Window's weakness is Google's advantage Jul 9, 2009
Analysts say advances in technology make that vision more realistic today than when the browser company Netscape unsuccessfully championed it a decade ago. But Microsoft still has many advantages. (India Times)
Microsoft Reportedly in Talks With the EC Jul 9, 2009
Additionally, Microsoft alerted shareholders in its March 2009 10-Q filing that the EC has the authority to fine Microsoft a percentage of every dollar it made in operating system sales worldwide going back to the beginning of its bundling policy, a move which initially was meant to undercut its main browser rival at the time, Netscape Navigator. Opera's complaint is that the anticompetitive practice of bundling Internet Explorer (IE) with Windows -- and requiring that PC makers ship IE with... (SmallBusinessComputing)
Bing adds zing to Web search Jul 9, 2009
PalmPilot/PocketPC. Netscape Navigator/Internet Explorer. Mac OS X/Windows Vista. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Facebook revenue to hit billions this year Jul 9, 2009
"This calendar year they'll do over $500m,'' Andreessen said, noting that Facebook had more than 225 million users, so revenue per user was still small. "If they pushed the throttle forward on monetisation, they would be doing more than a billion this year,'' said Andreessen, who made the cover of Time Magazine as the founder of the world's first web browser company, Netscape ... "There's every reason to expect in my view that the thing can be doing billions in revenue five years from now,''... (Business Report, South Africa)
NYT: Google to introduce PC operating system Jul 8, 2009
But in a recent interview, Marc Andreessen, who developed the first commercial browser and co-founded Netscape, compared Chrome to an operating system. Chrome is basically a modern operating system, Mr. Andreessen said. (MSNBC -- Race)
Tech Chronicles A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology... Jul 7, 2009
Netscape founder Marc Andreessen made news on two fronts Monday - by starting a venture capital fund and declaring that Facebook, on whose board he serves, will probably post billions of dollars in revenues in five years ... Andreessen made a name for himself by founding Netscape, a popular early Internet Web browser ... com/blogs/tech) Articles Marc Andreessen starts 'modest' venture capital fund Netscape founder Marc Andreessen made news on two fronts Monday - by starting a venture capital... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Valley startups get new $300M fund Jul 7, 2009
Netscape founder Marc Andreessen has announced a $300 million fund and a new venture capital firm that will manage it. Andreessen announced Monday (July 6) he and partner Ben Horowitz have opened a new venture company called Andreessen Horowitz. (EETimes)
Marc Andreessen starts $300M VC fund Jul 7, 2009
They will be trying to help others emulate the success they found at Netscape and Opsware, which sold for a combined $11. 7 billion. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Geeks double as scourges and sages... Jul 7, 2009
Andreessen, a Facebook board member, thinks technologists like the leaders of Google are more likely to rise to the challenge than media companies still fighting to protect franchises born before he helped simplify Web surfing by co-founding Netscape Communications in 1994. "In the technology industry, change is a constant so it feels like there is always a gun to your head," Andreessen said. (The Drudge Report)
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft Jul 7, 2009
The Netscape founder, a member of Facebook's board of directors, says the social network has the potential to be a billion-dollar company already. Cutting Edge. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
* Netscape cofounder to invest in tech startups Jul 7, 2009
Netscape cofounder to invest in tech startups ... Marc Andreessen, who cofounded Netscape, was to announce yesterday that he and Ben Horowitz, a longtime business associate, have raised US$300 million that they intend to invest in technology companies. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Facebook revenue to be 'billions' Jul 7, 2009
"If they pushed the throttle forward on monetization they would be doing more than a billion this year," said Andreessen, who made the cover of Time Magazine as founder of the world's first Web browser company, Netscape ... Andreessen, who is starting his own venture capital fund with Netscape executive Ben Horowitz, regrets not investing in Facebook. (India Times)
Netscape founder making leap to VC Jul 7, 2009
The co-founder of Web browsing pioneer Netscape Communications Corp. and software maker Opsware Inc. is starting a new career as a venture capitalist with his longtime business partner, Ben Horowitz ... He helped change the way people used the Internet by developing a graphical Web browser called Mosaic in the early 1990s and went on to co-found Netscape before he had turned 25 ... After Netscape was sold to AOL for $10 billion in 1999, Andreessen had the audacity to start Opsware right around... (AZCentral -- Business)
Netscape's Marc Andreessen Starts $300 Million Silicon Valley Venture Fund Jul 6, 2009
Netscapes Marc Andreessen Starts $300 Million Venture Fund - Bloomberg ... Netscapes Marc Andreessen Starts $300 Million Venture Fund ... July 6 (Bloomberg) -- , who helped kick off the Internet boom 15 years ago by co-founding Netscape Communications Corp., is starting a $300 million venture capital fund to foster Silicon Valley startups. (Bloomberg -- US)
