browser news

Netscape announced today the immediate availability of Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta 1. The release is now available for download from browser.netscape.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced at Google Developer Day 2007 that it is providing developers with Google Gears™, an open source technology for creating offline web applications. This new browser extension is being made available in its early stages so that everyone can test its capabilities and limitations and help improve upon it.

Building on its vision that the future of personal computing is mobile computing, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced the Palm(R) Foleo(TM), its first smartphone companion product. The Foleo mobile companion has a large screen and full-size keyboard with which to view and edit email and office documents residing on a smartphone.

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. today announced the launch of the AvantGo client for BlackBerry smart phones, from Research In Motion BlackBerry users can now access updated, customized content from thousands of mobile Web sites anytime and anywhere - in either an online or offline mode -- in a format that is optimized for BlackBerry smart phones.

Opera today released Speed Dial, the fastest and easiest way to access your favorite sites. Speed Dial allows you to transform your top nine sites into visual favorites that are immediately available in any new tab.

Google is pleased announce the release of the Google Desktop 5 Beta application, featuring a new sidebar and redesigned Gadgets.

Opera announced that his mobile phone browser, Opera Mini, is now free.

Nokia 6110 Navigator, features a fully integrated GPS navigation system with turn-by-turn voice guidance, included maps, and high-speed 3.5G connectivity.