Year: 2002

According to Web researcher OneStat.com, Internet Explorer was used by 95.3 percent of all Web surfers for the month ended June 21, notes c|net. This is down 1.3 percent from the previous month, due largely to new releases from Netscape and Mozilla. The new Netscape 7.0, currently in preview, captured 0.3 percent, while Netscape’s overall market share climbed 0.6 percent to 3.4 percent. Mozilla 1.0 and Opera rounded out the remaining top spots, with 0.4 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively.

The Omni Group has released the final version of OmniWeb 4.1, its popular Web browser built from the ground-up for Mac OS X. Servers are currently overloaded, however.

Sony today introduced the new X Series line of flat-panel displays at PCWorld, which consist of 15-, 17-, 18-, and 20-inch models. Unique to the X Series is an attractive, innovative design that includes stereo speakers and digital and analog connectivity. All models are available in black or two-toned grey, except for the 20-inch model, which is available in black or silver. The 15-inch X52 and 18-inch X82 will ship in June for about US$550 and $1,100, respectively. The 17-inch X72 will ship in August for about $900, while the 20-inch X202 will ship in September for about $2,000.

ATI has posted a June 2002 ATI Retail Update, which consists of Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS X drivers for its Rage 128 cards (Orion, Nexus, XClaim VR), Radeon Mac Edition, Radeon 7000 Mac Edition, and Radeon 8500 Mac Edition. Details of the update can be found here.

Gideon Softworks has released Snard 1.5, a menu bar and dock-based file and application launcher for Mac OS X. Version 1.5 adds a dockling and a workaround for a bug in Mac OS X. Snard costs US$10; a license covers the menu bar, dock, and dockling versions of the software.