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IBM foretells mind-reading machines

By 2016 people will have access to devices that can be operated by brain power alone, and biometric identification will replace written passwords, IBM has predicted Read more

20 December, 2011 by Jack Clark

Twitter gets $300m Saudi investment

...Crunchbase. Other investors include Union Square Ventures, Morgan Stanley and internet entrepreneur Marc Andreessen. "We believe that social media will fundamentally change the media industry... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Jack Clark

Lytro camera lets you focus after you shoot

...cameras obsolete. It has to be seen to be believed." Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is best known as co-founder of Netscape, and has helped... Read more

22 June, 2011

RockMelt aims to simplify the social media browser

...each search result shown in the box to allow for speedier navigation. Marc Andreessen — the man originally behind the Netscape browser — told ZDNet... Read more

8 November, 2010

Hurd on the street, leaving HP less saucy

Mark Hurd, 53-year-old boss of the world’s largest computer company, is stepping aside due to what appear to be... Read more

7 August, 2010

Netscape co-founder Andreessen joins HP board

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen has joined HP's board of directors, two years after selling... Read more

18 September, 2009 by Erica Ogg

eBay finalises $2.75bn sale of Skype

...off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co... Read more

20 November, 2009 by Caroline McCarthy

Netscape updates browser despite Andreessen's gloom

...or money. Recent comments on browsers in general by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen -- now chairman of Opsware -- are unlikely to boost morale at Netscape... Read more

2 July, 2003 by Paul Festa

Loudcloud prices IPO after delay

Loudcloud, the Web infrastructure services company started by Netscape co-founder, Marc Andreessen, priced Thursday at $6 (£4) per share, after delaying its initial... Read more

9 March, 2001 by John Borland

P2P: Barksdale and Andreessen are back!

Netscape founders Jim Barksdale and Marc Andreessen are quietly working on a project to merge some of Akamai... Read more

6 March, 2001 by John Borland

Andreessen's Loudcloud in IPO high-wire act

Heralded as the brainchild of celebrated chairman Marc Andreessen, Loudcloud was thought to mark a coming of age for the... Read more

31 January, 2001 by John Borland

Andreessen dialling back at AOL

Online pioneer Marc Andreessen will dial back his role as chief technical officer of America... Read more

13 September, 1999 by Sean Silverthorne

Andreessen: AOL-Netscape has a political role

...take an active interest in tech politics, according to Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen Read more

8 April, 1999 by Joel Deane

US Report: Netscape says changes starting to pay off

...business market. "We've obviously been turning the ship," Netscape co-founder, Marc Andreessen told analysts. "It will take a few quarters to execute Read more

28 April, 1998 by Lisa M Bowman

The next battleground: Linux vs. Windows?

...code into the public domain. Netscape's executive vice president of products Marc Andreessen, who spoke at the Silicon Valley Linux Users Group meeting, went... Read more

6 April, 1998 by Mary Jo Foley

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