Hello Mike: Re ASND and some general news
The other about the 15th I went in the ASND thread and predicted,
she would fall, and that it might not be far off..This guy , Chin
chang or whatever jumps my case..and says ASND "MAY go down"
then I come over here and see him banging away at her, but after
the fact..ASND took at hit Friday, I find that intresting in that
Fidelity pluged her virtues earlyer, and I noticed as soon as she
hit 50, the program selling started.."looked like some parking"
at any rate she droped on volume..and that is not the little guy
selling..I half expect to see her put in the dumpster in after
hour trading by the fumbdums..looks like to me they want out bad,
and just try to bait people in so to sell off..any way I'm looking
for her to get a big hit this month. Now for the other little
news titbits..
BATTLE OF THE BROWSERS ESCALATES
With the recent release of version 3.0 of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, the browser battle is heating up. Microsoft is sweetening its Internet Explorer deal with the addition of free access to some popular services that otherwise charge a fee, including the Wall Street Journal Web site, ESPN's sports site, and the InvestorsEdge.com financial advice site. In addition, the software giant has the advantage of bundling Internet Explorer with all new PCs shipped with Windows 95, a strategy that will net it 46 million potential users in 1996 alone. The next version of
Windows, scheduled for sometime next year, will have the browser built in. Meanwhile, for the time being, Netscape still retains 85% of the market share, and about 30,000 Web sites offer Netscape Navigator as a downloadable option. But Netscape's director of technology has his sights set on higher goals: "People assume that this is the highest hill, but we're not making that mistake," he says. (The Economist 17 Aug 96) Netscape is offering its own deal-sweetener with Navigator 3.0 -- its Netscape Inbox Direct feature allows users to receive daily downloads of news from 26 content providers, including the New York Times and c-Net. (Investor's Business Daily 19 Aug 96 A1)
JUSTICE'S WEB SITE IS INFILTRATED
The U.S. Justice Dept.'s Web site < usdoj.gov > took on a quite different look after crackers broke in this weekend and altered the page to include swastikas, obscene pictures and criticism of the Communications Decency Act. The site was shut down following the discovery Saturday morning; the department expects to reconstruct the page and have it running again by Monday, if not before. (St. Petersburg Times 18 Aug 96 A12)
PS
Now for thoes of you that missed seeing this, ( by the way no harm
was done ) but if you missed this, and I understand it was funny,
you might want to keep an eye on the FBIs' home page, them dogone hackers, just have no respect...or fear.
SOFTBANK TO ACQUIRE KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY
Japan-based Softbank Corp., which has built an empire based on software distribution, trade shows, publishing and Internet media ventures, has announced its intention to buy 80% of Kingston Technology Corp., the world's largest maker of plug-in PC memory boards. While some industry analysts admitted they were mystified as to why Softbank would expand into a business area that's currently flat in growth and notorious for cyclical price swings, Softbank president and founder Masayoshi Son defended the $1.5-billion deal as a good business strategy: "Through this investment, we are spreading our risk so when the basket gets tipped, not every egg falls
out and gets cracked." (Wall Street Journal 16 Aug 96 A3)
Thats about it, but for a small tip or trick, To any who might
have disconnect problems, via time out on your server .a lot of providers will drop you off if you do not show activity after a time period, to free up their modems.
There is a program called ponger that pings in evey so often..but the easy way is to bring up your mail reader and most will let you set how long between auto checking the mail..set it to 10 min..drop the mail reader down to the bottom of the screen..but don't exit it, then it will buz your provider ever 10 min..and also interupt you if any mail comes in <G> but it will stop that auto disconnet for lack of activity
pain in the rear reconnect problem. <G>
Well I know what I'm talking about even if you don't .:-)
jim
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