AGTK 97174: CNET NEWS.COM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET NEWS.COM Dispatch * 416,155 Subscribers * Monday, August 18, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP NEWS.COM STORIES FOR TODAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVIGATOR GOES SOLO: NETSCAPE RELEASES BROWSER APART FROM COMMUNICATOR http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13461%2C00.html?nd Pssst...the whispers turned out to be right. Netscape has released a standalone Navigator under pressure from Lotus, which felt Communicator had too many competing features to bundle. Analysts have responded favorably--but will Communicator sales? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP-TIER SERVERS SEND PENTIUM PRO OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13433%2C00.html?nd The powerful Pentium Pro servers now being introduced by Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, and NEC are the last go-round for this Intel chip, which will be discontinued in 1998. A full megabyte of cache memory and 200 MHz are among these servers' highlights. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO ALL CYBERSTARS THINKING OF MOVING TO SF/SILICON VALLEY: READ ME NOW! http://www.news.com/Rumors/0%2C29%2C%2C00.html?nd You've read the SF Bay Area buzz--now get the Skinny from Mr. DuBaud: Excite and @Home building kiddie slides at work, ZD columnists dissing PR pros to their faces--oh, and VeriSign asking you for your "fictitious Business license." At least it's never dull. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ON CNET RADIO: NETSCAPE'S PLANS TO MOVE 100 MILLION COPIES OF NAVIGATOR http://www.news.com/Radio/Index/0%2C55%2C%2C00.html?nd Today on CNET Radio: We'll learn how the Navigator browser is enjoying the single life again, and Netscape will tell us how it plans to move another 100 million copies of the program in the next 12 months. Live today at 1:00 pm PT on CNET Radio. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elvis crypto has not left the building: Sun delays Russian software http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13483%2C00.html?nd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xerox wants to help you print, make copies, and scan--at home! http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13479%2C00.html?nd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clinton to Millennium bug: Go ahead--make my day http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13474%2C00.html?nd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calling all jocks: AOL and NetChannel announce big sports programming deals http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13480%2C00.html?nd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secrets of Internet commerce: The best tips from Gartner (and Clark) http://www.news.com/Perspectives/perspectives.html?nd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are you addicted to the Net? 40 hours a week is key metric http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13436%2C00.html?nd --------------------------------------------------------------------------- READERS'S CHOICE: YESTERDAY'S MOST POPULAR NEWS.COM STORIES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pentium II future revealed: Intel says 400-MHz is just around the corner http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13369%2C00.html?nd Ted Kennedy: Chillin' in his Gates-o-Lounger, surfing on his Mac clone http://www.news.com/Rumormill/Archives/rum8_14_97.html?nd Digital debtors: Credit report Web site shut down due to security glitch http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13441%2C00.html?nd Sexoffenders.net controversy: California parent posts names on Web http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13391%2C00.html?nd Exclusive news analysis: Will Windows NT take over the world? http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C13430%2C00.html?nd Make PC calls while on the Net--with one phone line? 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