PointCast

[Rowan Brownlee]

Is anyone using or intending to use PointCast?  If you're using it,
have you evaluated the quality and range of content provided?

Pointcast is a free personally configurable fulltext online news
service.   

The focus is predominantly on the United States, though there is an
international news category.  Areas include news, stock quotes, 
companies, industry data, weather, sport and lifestyle.

The info feeds are via Reuters, PR Newswire, AccuWeather and 
SportsTickerr.  

The client software is installed on the workstation and it periodically
automatically contacts the server to update the stories.

It can be set to operate as an informative screensaver.

It can be incorporated into an intranet to broadcast corporate or
institution specific news.


PointCast 
http://www.pointcast.com/


Two recent articles

PC Magazine, April 8, 1996
Browser Central - The PointCast Network 
http://www.pcmag.com/IU/bcentral/reviews/rv-point.htm

PCWeek April 9, 1996 
PointCast helps mold corporate intranets
http://www.pcweek.com/news/0408/09epoint.html


Rowan Brownlee
CD-ROM Librarian
General Reference Library
State Library of New South Wales
Macquarie St. Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
rowanb at ilanet.slnsw.gov.au