Internet Digest for 29-July-96


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Internet News

AT&T WorldNet to use Internet Explorer
Microsoft has now agreed to bundle AT&T WorldNet Internet access service in Windows 95 software to be pre-loaded on PCs shipped later this year. For its part, AT&T will distribute Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0 browser with WorldNet. However, WorldNet customers can still opt to use Navigator; AT&T signed a non-exclusive deal with Netscape in February, when WorldNet debuted.
New Entry-Level IBM PC
The PC 340 will ship with IBM PC Networking Tools, to allow it to plug into existing networks and to be managed more easily once installed. Its management features include Tivoli's TME NetFinity tools, which let LAN administrators track systems and make changes. It ships with either a 100-MHz or 133-MHz Pentium processor and a 850 Mbyte to 1.2 Gbyte hard disk, and will run Windows 95 and Windows 3.1.
Internet service providers Suffer Losses
Netcom On-Line Communications Services reported its second- quarter results yesterday and came up $11.4 million in the red even after a 260% climb in sales. That was only a day after its rival PSINet said it had racked up a $10.9 million loss for the same quarter. It posted sales of $28 million, compared with $10.5 million for the same quarter last year and $24.1 million the first quarter this year. A total of $4.6 million of the loss came from the company's international start-up operations.

Intel's Connected PC
Intel "connected PC" which not only runs local productivity and entertainment software, but takes full advantage of the Internet via standard 28.8 Kbps modem communications to run so-called hybrid applications which rely on local PC storage and memory to provide a multimedia rich, more interactive user experience. "Even a Web browser makes use of local storage, so that's a hybrid application," said Intel president and CEO Andy Grove. Grove said Intel is working on designs for an "Advanced Connected PC" which would include: an unnamed next- generation processor (probably Klamath, code-name for the next version of Intel's Pentium Pro), with MMX, 3D graphics via an accelerated graphics port developed by Intel, 3D audio, "cyberphotography," and networked multimedia.

AltaVista Search new beta posted
Digital Equipment posted a beta version of a new AltaVista Search technology that lets users quickly find information stored in PC files, E-mail messages, file servers and more.

The AltaVista Search My Computer Private eXtension, or PX, is based on the same technology that is used in Digital's popular AltaVista World Wide Web search engine, which handles about 15 million inquiries each day. In May, the company outlined a broad strategy to extend the search technology to the corporate environment (IW, May 13)..

Lotus, PointCast Work on Intranet
Lotus Development and PointCast are to develop a new Internet-based information delivery system based on Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, and PointCast's I-Server. Designed for corporate intranets, the system will combine internal Notes data with external news. The companies will use Domino, Lotus' integrated Notes and Web server, to provide interactive information to a user's desktop via PointCast's I-Server, a forthcoming new component of the PointCast Network that lets companies distribute information internally. Because it will sit inside a company's firewall, I-Server will reduce the squeeze on corporate network bandwidth by as much as 75%, according to the company. Data can be sent from the Internet to the I-Server and then distributed internally, instead of having all employees accessing the PointCast Network directly.

Netscape Navigator Gold pricing plan
Netscape announced a pricing plan for its Navigator Gold client, From July 18 through Sept. 30, corporate customers can purchase Navigator Gold and a software subscription for $69, which is 28% less than the current $96 price of the navigation software bundled with a subscription plan. The $69 promotional price includes a subscription that gives users the rights to upgrades to Navigator Gold through Sept. 30, 1997

Articles

Cnet Reviews: Html Editors
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/11htmleds/?dd
Get published. Go live. Build the site of your dreams. Justin Gunn, host of CNET's "The Web," can build his own Web page, and so can you. Forget all that irksome HTML coding--check out an HTML editor. CNET reviews the top contenders, including HoTMetaL Pro 3.0, FrontPage, SiteMill, and Navigator Gold 3.0b4:
Government In The Information Age Bill Gates
http://nytsyn.com/live/Gates/202_072096_184007_28431.htm

Best Sites of the Week

The Pharmacy World
http://www.cpb.uokhsc.edu/pharmacy/pharmint.html
Contains links to numerous pharmacy relatedInternet resources.
DisasterNet
http://www.disaster.net
Emmy nominations
http://www.emmys.org
SI Online
http://pathfinder.com/si/news/olympics/ticker.html
Coverage of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games with enough up-to-the-minute content to suit sports fans of all types.
Aesop's Fables
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~cushing3/aesop/
Free Phone - Intel
http://www.intel.com/iaweb/cpc/
Get the latest Internet phone from Intel. The company promises you'll get an easier interface (in a little nook on the bottom of your browser) and better audio quality. Free download, but you need Windows 95.
Olympic Insider
http://www.gatech.edu/adam/view
Get a peek into what it's like to work in the Olympic village. A little satire and some insider-type photos translates into some Web-based fun.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
http://WWW.PINOCCHIO.COM/

HTML CGI and Programming Help

Intranut
http://www.intranut.com//index.htm
A weekly web publication and discussion forum for those who are "nuts" about Intranets.
Ask Dr. Web
http://www.zeldman.com/faq.html
Original artwork, writing, desktop patterns and background textures, music & commentary.
WWWBoard
http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/wwwboard.shtml
This free PERL/CGI bulletin board system; features include a threaded message system and many add-ons.
Textures Out the Wazoo
http://www.cei.net/~cthomaso/html.htm
Macintosh:Shareware Archie Man
http://www.maclink.com/Archieman/
A simple program designed to help with the enormous task of finding download sites of programs on the Internet.
CGI-Guestbook - A freeware guestbook
http://bonzium.wohnheim.uni-ulm.de/Tools/index_english.html
Jelane's Free Web Graphics
http://www.erinet.com/jelane/families/
Finding Data on the Internet
http://www.probe.net/~niles/
A journalist's guide to finding online facts.
Dzine - an online guide to good design.
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/gallery/dzine/
MicroMovie MiniMultiplex
http://www.teleport.com/~cooler/MMMM/index2.html
Collection of links to server "push-pull" movies on the WWW.

Marketing Articles and Sites

Visa Teams With VeriSign For Secure Electronic Commerce
VeriSign will operate the digital certificate service for Visa, which will then make the technology available for Visa member financial institutions looking to create their own secure electronic commerce services.
Net Firms Post Mixed Earnings
http://techweb.cmp.com/techweb/ia/iad_web_/newsnow/july22-26/july26/july26-2.htm
Easing Web Site Overload
http://techweb.cmp.com/techweb/ia/iad_web_/newsnow/july22-26/july26/july26-3.htm
The Web In Perspective
http://www.ipro.com/web_trends1.html
A Comprehensive Analysis of Ad-Supported Web Sites

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