Net News
Whenever something newsworthy pops up on the Internet you can be sure it'll make an appearance here eventually. The HTML Source news desk gets continually swamped with information but we calmly sift through it to deliver you only the most incredibly interesting items each and every day. And hey, if you've got a lead on a story interesting to those of the web-designer's persuasion which we haven't got around to reporting on yet, 
send it in.
This page was last updated on 2025-11-16
Windows XP hits the scene
Microsoft's new operating system has been released onto the waiting public and it is, finally, a large step in the right direction. Having had the chance to peruse it personally last night, I must report that the aesthetic improvements are superb. The interface is colourful and extremely slick, and all the improvements beneath the hood that I couldn't test out are undoubtedly some good work. Good news for us all.
» www.microsoft.com
New domain extensions available
Before not so long ago you were confined to the suffixes .com, .net and .org to end your domain name. Since then, the market has been opened up considerably by the addition of more than a dozen new address endings that may better suit the nature of your site. Choose from things like .info, .family and .biz. Ace.
» www.netsol.com
Amazon announce first ever profit
Incredibly, the Internet's most famous online store has only this month made its first profit. Amazon launched a few years ago and was the first big site to ride the crest of the e-commerce boom, and continues to lead today, selling all sorts of stuff. Nice to see them doing well.
» www.amazon.com
The Internet Archive and WayBack Machine
The Internet Archive is a site that is creating a digital library by archiving as much of the web as it can, and making special collections of pages to highlight certain world events. These digital artefacts are available to anyone who wants to read through them. They also have a quite marvellous system they call the WayBack Machine. With this, you can see how sites looked when they were archived years ago. From such » small beginnings... *sniff*
» www.archive.org
AOL adopts Netscape, drops IE
AOL, one of the most popular Internet service providers in the world, announced that henceforth their service will be powered by » Netscape Navigator 6, and they have stopped delivering Internet Explorer to their customers. This is a huge breakthrough for Netscape, who are having a hard time getting their market share back from Microsoft with their latest, standards-compliant browser. Try it out yourself.
» www.aol.com
