************************************* CNET NEWS DISPATCH/SPECIAL COMDEX ISSUE Friday, November 22, 1996 San Francisco, California, USA ************************************* Welcome to the sixth and last in a series of SPECIAL COMDEX ISSUES of the CNET NEWS DISPATCH, bringing you the latest on the people, products, and parties at this exciting event. Check out our Comdex page at: http://www.news.com/Categories/Index/0%2C3%2C38%2C00.html?nd ************************************* CNET NEWS DISPATCH is a daily newsletter that summarizes the up-to-the minute technology news presented by CNET's NEWS.COM. It tempts readers with coverage of today's hottest stories, news in the making, (in)credible rumors, and other indispensable information. For complete versions of the stories updated all day long, head over to: http://www.news.com/?nd ************************************* CONTENTS SCOOPS AND TOP STORIES AOL tries to play "The Price is Right" with customers Microsoft catches up to its own browser in Macland Gates & Grove prove great minds think and clink alike It puts the whole...world...in your lap Despite IPO mishaps, tech firms still getting VC $$$ ANNOUNCEMENTS An easy way for you to customize NEWS.COM Search the site for particular topics and articles Send us your questions, comments, flotsam, and jetsam How to subscribe and unsubscribe Late-breaking stories just a click away with Desk Top News ************************************* AOL TRIES TO PLAY "THE PRICE IS RIGHT" WITH CUSTOMERS As if he didn't have enough to worry about--blackouts, churn, the growth of the Web--Steve Case and friends are also wrangling with attorneys generals in 17 states. The problem is AOL's new pricing policy, which can be summed up as: "Unless you say 'no,' your rate goes from $9.95 to $19.95." At pixel time (previously "press time"), the skirmishes were just beginning. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C5674%2C00.html?nd MICROSOFT CATCHES UP TO ITS OWN BROWSER IN MACLAND Explorer for Mac users rejoice! Your hybrid platform/browser choice has just been significantly enhanced by the arrival of Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine. Some of the Web's most bleeding-edge firms are now rushing to embrace this new entrant into the market. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C5675%2C00.html?nd GATES & GROVE PROVE GREAT MINDS THINK AND CLINK ALIKE First his friend and business buddy Bill Gates misses, then frantically swerves to catch, the opportunities of the exploding Internet market. Now Intel chief Andy Grove seems to have jumped into an exploding market late enough to possibly fall off. Ironically, the product at the center of this battle is Windows CE, made by none other than Microsoft itself. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C5676%2C00.html?nd IT PUTS THE WHOLE...WORLD...IN YOUR LAP People will buy 190,000 of them this year and 4.1 million by 2000. They come in 20 varieties and move four times faster than analog modem speeds. It fits in your pocket, but can take you thousands of miles in seconds. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C5669%2C00.html DESPITE IPO MISHAPS, TECH FIRMS STILL GETTING VC $$$ You've heard about Wired canceling its IPO. Twice. You've heard that the VC-money-for-neat-Net-ideas bubble has burst. You've heard about apocalyptic traffic jams that could choke the Web. 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