BATTLE OF THE TITANS--Rich Karlgaard, left, editor, FORBES ASAP, gestures as he leads a roundtable discussion with Steve Alley, center, of Microsoft Corporation, and Mike McCue, of Netscape Communications, during the final session of the Cyberstate Symposium, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1997.

SURFING FOR FUN AND PROFIT--Members attending the Cyberstate Symposium utilize Internet connections to surf the World Wide Web, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1997. The Cyberstate Symposium was sponsored by the Ohio Dept. of Development, and Ameritech, in conjunction with Forbes magazine.