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                                   UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                                          
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   February 27, 1998
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                                   CONNECT, Inc.
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                 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
  
  
  
                                      Delaware
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                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
  
            000-20873                                       943036611
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    (Commission File Number)                     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
  
  515 Ellis Street, Mountain View, California                   94043
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)
  
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:        (650) 254-4000
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                                        N/A
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           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
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  Item 5.  Other Events.
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        Registrant is filing this Form 8-K solely for the purpose of disclosing
  the effect of adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No.
  128, "Earnings per Share" (FAS 128) and Securities and Exchange Commission
  Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (SAB 98) relating to "Earnings Per Share" on
  the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
  (the 1996 Form 10-K) and the related restatement of earnings per share
  thereon, so that such information may be incorporated by reference into a
  Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed after this Form 8-K is filed.
  
        Restatement of selected data as it relates to the adoption of FAS 128,
  "Earnings per Share" is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
        (c)  EXHIBITS
  
  
        99.1  Restatement of selected data as it relates to the adoption of FAS
              128, "Earnings per Share".
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                          CONNECT, Inc.
                                          (Registrant)
  
  
  Dated:  February 27, 1998               By:   /s/ JOSEPH G. GIRATA
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                                                Joseph G. Girata
                                                Vice President of Finance and
                                                Administration and Chief
                                                Financial Officer
  
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                                          
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   February 27, 1998
                                                      -----------------
  
                                   CONNECT, Inc.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
  
                                      Delaware
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
            000-20873                                       943036611
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    (Commission File Number)                     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  515 Ellis Street, Mountain View, California                   94043
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:        (650) 254-4000
                                                        --------------------------
  
                                        N/A
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
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  Item 5.  Other Events.
           ------------ 
  
        Registrant is filing this Form 8-K solely for the purpose of disclosing
  the effect of adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No.
  128, "Earnings per Share" (FAS 128) and Securities and Exchange Commission
  Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (SAB 98) relating to "Earnings Per Share" on
  the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
  (the 1996 Form 10-K) and the related restatement of earnings per share
  thereon, so that such information may be incorporated by reference into a
  Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed after this Form 8-K is filed.
  
        Restatement of selected data as it relates to the adoption of FAS 128,
  "Earnings per Share" is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
        (c)  EXHIBITS
  
        99.1  Restatement of selected data as it relates to the adoption of FAS
              128, "Earnings per Share".
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                          CONNECT, Inc.
                                          (Registrant)
  
  Dated:  February 27, 1998               By:   /s/ JOSEPH G. GIRATA
                                               ----------------------------------
                                                Joseph G. Girata
                                                Vice President of Finance and
                                                Administration and Chief
                                                Financial Officer
  
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