Computers Get Cheaper and Buying Gets Easier as ClickTheButton.com Brings CNET's Product and Price Database to Its Comparative Shopping Service.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21,1999-- ClickTheButton.com Launches Computer Shopping Category So Shoppers Can "ClickTheButton" to Make Sure They Have a Great Deal! ClickTheButton.com, a price comparison service that allows users to browse and compare prices across the Web with a single click, announced today that they have added CNET's (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. ) powerful database of computer and technology products and prices to their already wide-range of shopping categories. This union extends ClickTheButton's comparative search capabilities to include over one hundred additional merchants and thousands of computer and technology products. CNET (www.cnet.com) is the premier source for news, reviews, products and prices on computers and digital technologies. The CNET database of computer products and prices will be integrated into ClickTheButton's already extensive online shopping service. ClickTheButton compares prices across the web, links to trusted merchants and introduces shoppers to new and little-known shopping outlets across the web. Together, the two will offer a co-branded service to bring powerful search capabilities for computer and computer-related products, great prices and new website discoveries to consumers. ClickTheButton's free downloadable software (found at http://www.clickthebutton.com) installs on the customers' desktop. Shoppers browse the web, find a product they would like to buy, and then ClickTheButton to locate online stores selling that product. The list includes URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. links and prices, including shipping, handling and tax. "CNET adds a huge amount of data on products, plus a recognizable and trusted name to our existing databases," said Cheyenne Ehrlich, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Clickthebutton.com. "As well, this new relationship with CNET reflects our commitment to bringing ClickTheButton shoppers the best and most up-to-date pricing information. We see this as the first of many planned rollouts of consumer categories and price comparison services we will be bringing to our customers." "CNET is dedicated to being the premier source for bringing buyers and sellers of computer and technology products together," said James Nicholson, Business Director of CNET's Commerce Group. "In partnering with ClickTheButton, CNET will bring its award-winning resources, information and marketplace of merchants to ClickTheButton's growing audience of computer and technology consumers, and help them find what to buy and where to buy it." ClickTheButton has consistently added product categories and merchants to its service offerings since its launch in March 1999. Currently, consumers can ClickTheButton to obtain price information for books, movies, music and toys, with more product lines planned for the near future. ClickTheButton's price comparison service is available while browsing for more than one million online products. About ClickTheButton.com, Inc. ClickTheButton.com, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY and Seattle, WA. The Company provides free software to people who want to quickly compare prices while shopping at leading online stores. ClickTheButton's free software is currently available for use with Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. , Netscape 3.x and 4.x browsers on Windows 95, 98 and NT operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and Macintosh. To download ClickTheButton to your Windows desktop go to http://www.ClickTheButton.com/setup.exe. This process takes approximately 90 seconds on a 28.8 dial-up connection. About CNET CNET, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNET) is at the leading edge of media companies, producing a branded Internet network and television programming for both targeted and general audiences. Online and on television, CNET is the leading authority on computers, the Internet and digital technologies. CNET's network serves millions of users each day. CNET television programming airs on USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel and in national syndication, as well 59 foreign countries. CNET effectively owns 40 percent of Snap.com, a search and navigation service for all Internet users, co-owned by NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . CNET also owns stakes in Vignette Vignette A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible. Corporation, a manufacturer of premier Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. software, and Beyond.com, the world's leading online software reseller. |
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