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Reports on the introduction of traffic management tools at Networld+Interop show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inclusion of Packeteer Inc., Allot Communications Ltd and Radware Ltd. in the companies rolling out softwares; Addition of new compression technology to the latest PacketShaper 1550 and PacketShaper 2550 appliances of Packeteer; Announcement of greater horsepoweer for NetReality by Allot.

Warbling Wayne Newton's "Danke Schoen," Spencer wandered the Las Vegas, Nevada, Convention Center as union workers and marketing types frantically constructed booths for Comdex. Inconspicuously squished into a skintight tuxedo and sporting a bouffant-style toupee, the Rat Packin' Katt heard a lead Microsoft officer warned his troops to "bear in mind that anyone you talk to at the booth may be with the press."

Highlights the 2000 Comdex Computer Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Microsoft executive Bill Gates' promotion of tablet computing; Feud between Gates and Larry Ellison; Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Carly Fiorina's advocacy of electronic business.

Focuses on sidelights at the 2000 Comdex Computer Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Keynote address by Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Carly Fiorina; Errors in Microsoft executive Bill Gates' speech; Downside to overdressing for parties.

Comments on developments at the 2000 Comdex Computer Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Webcast interview with Bill Gates; Potential of Microsoft Corp.'s tablet personal computer; Thrill of seeing and touching the products.

Reports on the 1999 Comdex computer trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Types of Comdex attendees; Browsers; Shopping agents; Lurkers; Open-sourcers.

Reports on the 1999 Comdex computer trade show held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Event's highlights; Computer companies' efforts to attract visitors to their booths.

Presents news from the computer industry for January 11, 1998. The fine levied on the two people from Belgium who threw cream pies at Bill Gates in 1998; Brad Silverberg's return to Microsoft Corp.; Problems with the clocks on the safes at the Mirage casino in Las Vegas, Nevada; The incorrect listing of Memorial Day, 1999 in Microsoft Outlook 98; Efforts at Gateway Inc. to maintain its share of the personal computer market; The merger of Hyperion and Arbor; Other news. INSET: This Cartoon Is Y2K-Compliant.

Offers computer industry-related humor regarding the upcoming 1997 Comdex event in Las Vegas, Nevada.