FW: CNET starts up NEWS.COM

Dan Kohn (dan@teledesic.com)
Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:17:33 -0700


Looks solid. I've been looking for a good tech news service.

- dan

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>From: Wendell Craig Baker[SMTP:wbaker@splat.Baker.COM]
>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 1996 6:45 PM
>To: grand-unification-theory@splat.Baker.COM
>Subject: CNET starts up NEWS.COM
>
>
>From: The CNET newsletter <dispatch@CNET.com>
>Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 10:37:43 -0700
>Subject: Special Digital Dispatch
>
>This is a *special edition* of Digital Dispatch to announce the launch
>of
>CNET's latest service, NEWS.COM.
>
> http//www.news.com/
>
>Contents
>1. CNET launches NEWS.COM
>2. Take a tour of NEWS.COM
>3. Subscribe to News Dispatch, NEWS.COM's exclusive newsletter
>
>***********************************************************
>
>CNET LAUNCHES NEWS.COM!
>
>On Wednesday, September 4, CNET: The Computer Network launches
>NEWS.COM--the
>first online service devoted entirely to technology news. With
>round-the-clock news coverage created exclusively for the Web, NEWS.COM
>lets
>you see, hear, and read breaking computer industry news right from your
>browser. NEWS.COM is accessible by clicking the headlines on CNET's
>home
>page, or you can go to NEWS.COM directly at:
>
> http://www.news.com/
>
>***********************************************************
>
>TAKE A TOUR OF NEWS.COM
>
>NEWS.COM is divided into several sections, each enhanced with audio and
>video of the news as it happens. The front page highlights all the
>latest
>news as it breaks:
>
> http://www.news.com/
>
>Check "The Net" to find the freshest news about products and services
>being
>developed for the Internet:
>
> http://www.news.com/Categories/Index/0,3,1,00.html
>
>NEWS.COM's "Computing" section features exclusive scoops and stories on
>hardware and systems, from chips to servers, and the companies creating
>them:
>
> http://www.news.com/Categories/Index/0,3,2,00.html
>
>Serious corporate technologists should check out "Intranets" for the
>latest
>news and products that make companies work better:
>
> http://www.news.com/Categories/Index/0,3,3,00.html
>
>On the financial front, "Business" gives up-to-the-minute reports on
>the
>winners and losers in the technology sector. If there's money being won
>(or
>lost), you'll find out about it here:
>
> http://www.news.com/Categories/Index/0,3,4,00.html
>
>Brian Cooley's award-winning Net-only newscast, CNET Radio, moves to
>NEWS.COM. This is where you can hear the newsmakers in their own words:
>
> http://www.news.com/Radio/
>
>For an alternate view, scope out "Perspectives," where you'll find
>lively
>columns about today's headlines from the in-house pundits at NEWS.COM.
>We'll
>also bring you the views of other industry experts. The first column is
>by
>our own Margie Wylie, who asks "Who the hell does the IANA think it
>is?"
>
> http://www.news.com/Perspectives/perspectives.html
>
>In "Newsmakers," we'll grill the prime movers behind the news. Our
>first
>featured Newsmaker is Oracle's chairman, Larry Ellison--watch him
>writhe
>under NEWS.COM's careful scrutiny:
>
> http://www.news.com/Newsmakers/Ellison/ellison.html
>
>Finally, "Rumor Mill" is home to our omniscient reporter, Skinny
>DuBaud. If
>there's something you're not supposed to know, Skinny will uncover it.
>He
>even accepts news tips by email (skinny@cnet.com).
>
> http://www.news.com/Rumors/Entry/0,26,,00.html
>
>***********************************************************
>
>SUBSCRIBE TO NEWS DISPATCH
>
>Next week we'll mail the first edition of News Dispatch, which is
>NEWS.COM's
>free electronic newsletter. Each week News Dispatch will highlight the
>latest breaking news stories and alert you to the tech news about to
>happen.
>Think of News Dispatch as your technology wake-up call.
>
>The quickest way to subscribe to News Dispatch is to send a message to
>subscribe to listserve@dispatch.cnet.com with the following in the
>body:
>
> subscribe news-dispatch (your name)
>
>Be sure to include the words "subscribe news-dispatch" somewhere in the
>body
>of your message.
>