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To: windage_ky who wrote (86973)	11/10/2000 3:12:35 PM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

There is a NYTimes article addressing the possibility of FL not delivering its 25 electorate votes, either through litigation unsolved by Nov 18, or some other technicalities. If that should happen - that FL would not join the rest of the union in voting officially on Nov 18 - the existing electorate counts (in which Gore leading) would prevail. The legal opinion behind this article suggests that it's not an absolute necessity that the FL electorate votes be included in electing the next president. I am just quoting someone's writing, so please don't shoot the messenger. Ibexx

To: windage_ky who wrote (86973)	11/10/2000 3:14:28 PM
From: Cooters	Respond to of 152472

AOL, Gateway launch Web device with AOL service <<Gateway plans to offer a wireless pad that will include access to music and video next year for $899, executives said.. >> --From AOL. The current device sounds like Bluetooth, or something similar, but the cut above sounds CDMA to me.-- Cooters NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - America Online Inc. <AOL.N>, the world's biggest Internet access provider, and computer maker Gateway Inc. <GTW.N> unveiled on Friday an always-on Web device that provides Internet access from anywhere in a home. The household appliance with the new "Instant AOL" service is designed to give users access to electronic mail, messaging, and content like news, weather and recipes from a touch screen device. Gateway President and Chief Executive Jeff Weitzen said the new Gateway Connected Touch Pad was aimed at people who were uncomfortable using a personal computer or who wanted a second way to access the Internet. "This is going to be much more 'plug and play' than anything the consumer has seen before," he told a news conference. AOL shares were off $1.56 at $51.12 in early afternoon trading as technology stocks slipped overall. Gateway's stock fell $5.65 to $40.55. Weitzen said the Touch Pad cost $599 and could be ordered starting Dec 1. The AOL service will cost $21.95 a month, he said. The gadget is the first byproduct of a pact struck in April between AOL and Gateway, the No. 2 direct reseller of personal computers. A second device, the Gateway Connected Music Player, provides access to music files stored in a personal computer and costs $299. Web appliances are easy-to-use compact devices designed to provide quick access to Internet content such as recipes and coupons or to e-mail from any room in a house. Several companies, including AOL rival Microsoft Corp. <MSFT.O>, are working on them. The Gateway touch pad uses a low-energy Crusoe processor from Transmeta Corp. <TMTA.O>, a semiconductor designer, and modems from Broadcom Corp. <BRCM.O>, which makes high-capacity communications chips. Broadcom was flat at $162-7/16. Transmeta, which went public on Tuesday, eased $3-3/8 to $40-15/16. AOL is awaiting U.S. regulatory clearance for its $127 billion purchase of media giant Time Warner Inc. <TWX.N>. The deal would make it the world's largest Internet media company. Gateway plans to offer a wireless pad that will include access to music and video next year for $899, executives said.. 14:49 11-10-00