Oracle's Navio Buy To Fuel Web-on-TV War
News Navio, a maker of browsers for a wide variety of devices including thin clients and handheld computers, will be Oracle's challenge to Microsoft's recently purchased WebTV Networks; WebTV makes devices that let users access the Web over TV sets.
[August 13, 1997, 12:03]
First Navio NC Steps Into Limelight
News HDS said it has signed an agreement to license the Navio browser, which is designed to run on thin clients but retain all the functions of the full Netscape Navigator browser. Navio will be offered as an alternative to HDS's own @workExplorer...
[December 10, 1996, 12:22]
A Year Ago: Friction Behind AOL-Netscape-Sun Deal
News Netscape was then working on low-end browsers for Network Computers in its Navio division. However, Navio chief Wei Yen was "resolute in not licensing things from Netscape to Sun to Microsoft," according to the document.
[May 10, 2000, 7:01]
Friction Behind AOL-Netscape-Sun Deal
News Netscape was then working on low-end browsers for Network Computers in its Navio division. However, Navio chief Wei Yen was "resolute in not licensing things from Netscape to Sun to Microsoft," according to the document.
[May 10, 1999, 8:48]
Spyglass (2) - Sees Mosaic In Name-brand Devices
News Microsoft is not in the customisable space and [Netscape spin-off] Navio has only recently begun. The Navigator code Navio is based on is very large so its first impression is likely to be in devices with processing power like NCs.
[January 14, 1997, 14:40]
Convergence To Dominate CES
News Navio is among the smaller companies at CES touting their entertainment-related technology. So far, Navio has landed deals with music producers, but plans to announce pacts with movie studios in the near future.
[January 4, 2006, 11:05]
A Year Ago Today: Q&A With Netscape's Barksdale
News We would like to supply software for this, which is why we set up Navio. Navio also had a consumer angle. PCDN: What are you doing here today? A worldwide press conference from here to New York and Mountain View [California] to talk about new...
[October 15, 1997, 9:06]
Five Years Ago: Jim Barksdale On Netscape Communicator 4.0
News We would like to supply software for this, which is why we set up Navio. Navio also had a consumer angle. ZDNet: What are you doing here today? A worldwide press conference from here to New York and Mountain View [California] to talk about new...
[October 15, 2001, 7:30]
MS Completes WebTV Buy
News Also, Oracle recently announced its purchase of Navio, a Netscape spin-off concentrating on making Web clients for such devices. The Internet TV service provider will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft, taking the firm into a pitch...
[August 4, 1997, 9:21]
Pocket Browser Wars Magnified By Spyglass Return
News Spyglass will rejoin the browser battle with a new slimline version of Mosaic that vies with Microsoft's Pocket Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navio software. Browser wars are coming to a pocket near you as makers port their Web viewing...
[December 3, 1996, 17:08]
IBM NC Due For November UK Release
News A custom version of Netscape Navigator, built by Netscape spin-off Navio, is built in. Yesterday, IBM announced the Network Station, a 2.5-pound unit without hard disk , floppy drive, CD- ROM drive or monitor, and measuring just 8 x 10 x 1.25 inches.
[September 6, 1996, 15:40]
Sun Buys Diba To Attack Set-top Box Market
News The industry is consolidating very quickly with Microsoft buying WebTV and buying into [Internet telephony firm] Navitel, and Oracle buying Navio [a maker of Web browsers for small-format devices]. Diba, is a two-year-old Silicon Valley pioneer in...
[July 31, 1997, 16:21]
Netscape Charts New Directions For Navigator
News Netscape also announced that it will spin off a division, called Navio, dedicated to creating versions of Navigator for non-PC devices such as handheld organisers, game systems and Network Computers. Netscape has delineated its cross-platform...
[August 28, 1996, 9:32]
MS To Bring WebTV To UK In October
News Microsoft's purchase of WebTV takes it into a pitched battle with Sun which recently acquired Diba, a startup designer of set-top boxes and other 'information appliances', and Oracle, which recently purchased Navio Communications, a Netscape spin...
[August 22, 1997, 14:16]
Spyglass Merger Speeds Net Devices
News Spyglass's nearest rival is Liberate Technologies, founded by Netscape and Oracle as Navio. Interactive television software pioneer OpenTV will buy 10-year-old Spyglass, which helped develop the Web when it began distributing the Mosaic browser in...
[March 29, 2000, 13:41]
