The Internet can help businesses reduce their costs and become more competitive, so it might actually grow and flourish from investment from businesses facing a global recession. It attributes the differences to gender bias in educational software and gender stereotyping in computer games.
Opponents claim it's a toothless tiger.
The news is not all bad for Netscape. Security HotMail security fix raises legal questions HotMail, the free e-mail service, tries to protect naive users by displaying large banners whenever they leave the HotMail site. But some argue this could cause legal problems, with the potential for users to believe HotMail is associated with other sites. IE users are advised to turn off active scripting as a workaround.