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Business & News Editors/City Desks

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000

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REVEALING 'THE MAGIC OF MATH' TO KIDS

Against the backdrop of U.S. national survey entitled "Kids on Math," yielding surprising results from young people, Akamai Technologies unveils the Akamai Foundation and The Magic of Math program designed to strengthen math education for children. The foundation will award college scholarships to top math students as well as sponsor students in international competitions.

Get more information about survey results here and video including footage of World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee.

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CAPITALONE.COM CELEBRATES ONE MILLIONTH ONLINE CUSTOMER; ADDRESSES

ONLINE SHOPPING CONCERNS

Online shoppers often look, but don't touch. Research finds 73 percent of consumers simply don't feel comfortable using their credit card online, the most convenient method of payment on the Internet. See how leading credit card issuer Capital One, which has more than a million customers enrolled for online servicing of their credit card account, found the right fit for its customers with its first major Internet initiative.

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CUBIC INTRODUCES TWO MORE NEXTFARE(TM) SMART CARD TECHNOLOGIES

The company which gave the world its first transit-based smart card system, Cubic Transportation Systems (AMEX:CUB), now introduces two new additions -- a fully operational contactless smart card payment system, allowing cardholders to add value to their smart card from a p.c. or laptop and a "touchless" gate entry.

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PMC-SIERRA TO ACQUIRE SWITCHON NETWORKS

Acquisition adds high-speed classification and packet processing expertise for Internet Protocol (IP) routing and addresses new market segments including Web switches and security systems.

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HEATHER SMALL LIVE TO THE WORLD VIA VISA INTERNATIONAL WEBCAST

Marking its one billion card milestone, in an Olympic first, Visa International will use its sponsorship of the Olympic Games and an alliance with BMG Entertainment to combine the worlds of entertainment, marketing and Olympic sports in a special concert from Sydney by Heather Small, the voice of M People.

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PHARMACISTS ACROSS AMERICA URGE CONSUMERS TO 'REVIEW, REMOVE, AND

RESTOCK'

In preparation for the first cold and flu season of the new millennium, pharmacists across the country are participating in the Medicine Cabinet Safety campaign, an educational program designed to inform consumers about the three "R's" of maintaining a well-stocked medicine cabinet.

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BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY -- TURNING 'WIRED' INTO 'WIRELESS'

With so many electronic gadgets like cell phones, personal organizers, computers and printers, you can easily be adrift in a sea of connecting wires and cables. Well, be adrift no more. A new wireless technology offers hope, as this report from Motorola shows.

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CONSUMERS WATCH HARVESTS AT TOP WINERIES VIA THE WEB

Live visits to Bordeaux, Tuscany and Napa Valley are just a click away through a new Website launched by WineToday.com. HarvestWatch 2000(TM) allows consumers to log on and travel along with experts to the top international wine estates for inside look into the harvests, and personalities, of each.

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