CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH: Wednesday, October 14, 1998

CNET NEWS.COM DISPATCH
Wednesday, October 14, 1998
29 new stories as of 2:00 PM PT

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

-- Apple rides the iMac
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27529%2C00.html
-- Congress' full plate before recess
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27507%2C00.html
-- On the verge of convergence
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27542%2C00.html

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TOP STORIES

Apple's iMac madness

Apple posts $106 million in profits on $1.56 billion in revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter and boasts of selling 278,000 iMacs in the first six weeks.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27529%2C00.html

Budgets and regulations and impeachments, oh my!

Congress is under the gun to resolve the federal budget and tackle new Net regulations. And then there's that pesky Lewinsky matter. High-tech execs are on a crash course in last-minute political ranglings before elections.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27507%2C00.html

Verging on converging

EchoStar will offer interactive service to millions of customers by next summer. The service will act as direct competition to set-top boxes, and analysts say it has the advantage because of the ease in upgrading.
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27542%2C00.html

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TODAY'S FEATURED STORIES

Join News.com for ongoing coverage of the Y2K saga
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Gates thinks aloud
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27516%2C00.html

App makers flock to the Web
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27530%2C00.html

Markets' loss, e-brokerages' gain?
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27534%2C00.html

National sets sights on low end
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27525%2C00.html

Chips take center stage
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27497%2C00.html

Fed plans bug awareness week
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27527%2C00.html

Intel dips despite earnings news
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27517%2C00.html

SGI, Unisys machines to use Merced
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27546%2C00.html

Platinum aims for smaller sales
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C27522%2C00.html

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