Alternatives to Pointcast?

[Jason L. Ng]

As a matter of fact, PointCast is  HTTP- (or Web-) based. So, you can 
actually use any web browser to connect and receive news. All the
ads are transmitted via HTTP. And of course when you click on a link
or an ad, it also uses the Web, indirectly through a web browser. 

jason

Jason Ng,
PCN Server Enginering.

At 01:19 PM 12/6/96 -0800, Rich Harrington wrote:
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>
>I'm probably not going to the the only one pointing out that Pointcast isn't
>really Web-based, though it does integrate Netscape into its workings (i.e.,
>if you click on an advertisement, it uses the WWW [and Netscape if you've
>got it] to go to the company's Web site).  It's really more of a hypnotizing
>screen saver and customizable news source.
>

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