31.   Mountain View, Calif.-based Netscape pioneered browser software, which lets Internet users view Web sites.

32.   Most Internet service-providers and telcos throw in free browser software.

33.   Microsoft says that an operating system enhanced with browser software is still an operating system.

34.   Mountain View, California-based Netscape is fighting a heated battle against much larger Microsoft, which has been gaining market share for its Internet Explorer browser software.

35.   Netscape announced in January that it would give away its browser software.

36.   Netscape makes browser software, called Navigator, that helps people navigate the World Wide Web using pictures and graphics instead of typing in code.

37.   Netscape browser software helps people navigate the World Wide Web, the portion of the Internet made of pictures and graphics.

38.   Netscape makes the most-popular browser software, which is used to navigate the Internet.

39.   Netscape updated browser software, code-named Mercury, lets employees filter and track online information, E-mail and voice mail, and receive automatic news and software updates.

40.   Netscape, meanwhile, said it has lined up a handful of regional telephone companies who will make Netscape Navigator their primary browser software for the Net.