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Some 20 years after creation of the World Wide Web and more than 10 years after Microsoft crushed Netscape, the browser market has become increasingly dynamic. Not only are a range of competitors vying for the turf that Microsoft's Internet Explorer once had almost to itself, but they also are spurring an increasingly rapid cycle of innovation. (link)

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