At Last, CNBC.com Returns to the Web

Iria · Dec 4, 2006, 08:56 PM

Source: BetaNews
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After a five-year absence, during which financial cable network CNBC provided occasional insights for a partner site generally judged to be less than competitive, the network has come back swinging this morning.

Along with it, CNBC.com brings back to the Web its trademark silver-and-blue stock ticker - although this time it actually works. In a prior incarnation, CNBC.com had been picked to help Microsoft premiere the concept of ActiveX controls, with a ticker geared for use only with Internet Explorer. At that time, Netscape Navigator was still a major force on the Internet. It was to have been one of the key selling features of Microsoft's original Active Desktop concept, but the stock ticker -- probably through no fault of its own -- ended up downgrading investors' opinions of ActiveX altogether, especially following numerous crashes.

Dec 4, 2006, 08:56 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	At Last, CNBC.com Returns to the Web Source: BetaNews __________ After a five-year absence, during which financial cable network CNBC provided occasional insights for a partner site generally judged to be less than competitive, the network has come back swinging this morning. Along with it, CNBC.com brings back to the Web its trademark silver-and-blue stock ticker - although this time it actually works. In a prior incarnation, CNBC.com had been picked to help Microsoft premiere the concept of ActiveX controls, with a ticker geared for use only with Internet Explorer. At that time, Netscape Navigator was still a major force on the Internet. It was to have been one of the key selling features of Microsoft's original Active Desktop concept, but the stock ticker -- probably through no fault of its own -- ended up downgrading investors' opinions of ActiveX altogether, especially following numerous crashes.