Online News

last updated February 18, 1997


The PointCast Network
Version 1.5.608
Date 2/15/97
Size 2534 Kb
Location ftp://pointcast.InterNex.Net/pub/pcn15m.exe
Description An amazing app that delivers critical news right to your desktop for free
Status Freeware
Company PointCast, Inc.
Information The PointCast Network Page
Information PointCast Canada v1.3.307 (2515 Kb)
My Yahoo! News Ticker
Version 1.1 Build 12
Date 2/13/97
Size 269 Kb
Location http://www.netcontrols.com/ion/ynt.exe
Description A cool new 16-bit app for making the most out of the My Yahoo! service
Status Freeware -- formerly known as Instant Online News (ion)
Company Net Controls Corporation
Information The My Yahoo! News Ticker Page
Also Available 32-bit version
BackWeb for Windows 3.x sonline.html#backweb
Version Beta 0.9
Date 2/2/97
Size 2631 Kb
Location http://www.backweb.com/cgi-bin/download_center?bw311.exe
Description A channel-based "push" technology news alternative to PointCast
Status Freeware
Company BackWeb Technologies
Information Welcome to BackWeb
Also Available 95online.html#backweb Windows 95 and NT versions
infoMarket NewsTicker for '3.x
Version 2.1
Date 10/15/96
Size 825 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.infomkt.ibm.com/pub/ticker/setup16.exe
Description A cool news feed service that works like a stock ticker bar
Status Freeware
Company IBM Corporation
Information The IBM infoMarket NewsTicker Page