NPR's John McChesney reports that the competitive struggle between upstart Netscape Communications and software colossus Microsoft escalated this week. It's become known as the battle of the browsers. Browsers are the software that provide access to the World Wide Web. At a gala bash in San Francisco on Monday, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates released the latest version of his Internet Explorer, and this coming Monday, Netscape will release version 3 of its Navigator.

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