internet.com Adds Wireless Internet and ASP Resources Channels, and Seven Internally Developed Web Sites.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2000 internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM INTM Interrupt Mode , www.internet.com), The Internet Industry Portal, today announced the launch of two new vertical content channels along with a number of new internally developed Web sites to serve various segments of the Internet industry. The new vertical channels are Wireless Internet Resources, which covers all devices and technologies necessary to deliver content without a hard-wired connection, and ASP Resources, which serves the Application Service Provider industry. The new sites that have been added include: BSDToday.com, ApacheToday.com, InternetIPOLinx.com, InternetLawLinx.com, GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. .com, SQLCourse2.com and The List of WebHosts. Channel Launches: The Wireless Internet Resources Channel (www.wirelessinternetresources.com) provides comprehensive information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. for mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings professionals. The channel is anchored by recent acquisitions including: Thinkmobile.com (www.thinkmobile.com), the Mobile Computing Portal, and the PDAStreet.com (www.pdastreet.com) network of Web sites which offers Windows CEcity (www.wincecity.com), Palm Boulevard (www.palmblvd.com), Psion Place (www.psionplace.com) and Visor Village (www.visorvillage.com). The channel also includes two sites and related e-mail newsletters for wireless device developers, CE Wire (www.cewire.com) and AllNet Devices (http://www.allnetdevices.com). The ASP Resources Channel (www.aspresourceschannel.com) includes ASPnews.com (www.aspnews.com), ThinPlanet.com (http://www.thinplanet.com) and ASPIsland.com (www.aspisland.com). The introduction of the ASP Resources Channel is sponsored by Interliant (www.interliant.com). "In order to serve the informational needs of our growing audience of Internet professionals, we constantly monitor shifts and developments in the Internet industry and have responded by making a number of acquisitions in the important Wireless and ASP content areas," said internet.com chairman 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. Alan M. Meckler. Site Launches: BSDToday.com (www.bsdtoday.com) serves the BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. user community and is the Daily Source for BSD News and Information, while ApacheToday.com (www.apachetoday.com) was developed to serve the community of Apache open source software users. Both are part of the Linux/Open Source Channel. The ApacheToday.com site launch is sponsored by TurboLinux Inc. (www.turbolinux.com). Stalker Software (www.stalker.com) and Polyserve (www.polyserve.com) are the sponsors for BSDToday.com. InternetIPOLinx.com (www.internetipolinx.com) provides the latest Internet-related IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. news culled from sources like InternetStockReport.com, the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , Reuters, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the and others. This site is part of the Internet Stocks/VC Channel. InternetLawLinx.com (www.internetlawlinx.com) provides the latest Internet-related legal news and development culled from sources like InternetNews.com, Reuters, Bloomberg, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. MarketWatch, Hoovers and others. This site is found in the Internet News Channel. GIF.com (www.gif.com) provides tools, tips, and techniques for creative professionals and is their one stop shop for gif and jpeg graphics. GIF.com is part of the Web Developer Channel. SQLCourse2.com (www.sqlcourse2.com), a unique SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. Tutorial, is the "sequel" to the highly successful SQLCourse.com site and will provide users with more advanced easy-to-follow SQL instruction and the ability to practice what they learn online with immediate feedback. This site is part of the Internet Technology Channel. The List Of WebHosts (www.webhosts.thelist.com), The Definitive Web Host Buyer's Guide, helps users find Web hosts, personal Web hosts, and co-location facilities by services offered. This site, which is part of the Internet Lists Channel, has Verio Corporation (www.verio.com) as its launch sponsor. "While we have generally exhibited a `buy vs. build' strategy in growing our vertical Internet industry content channels, we will continue to fill our users' demand for new content with internally developed sites if the specific area is not being well served. These site launches are excellent examples of this approach," added Meckler. internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq: INTM), based 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, is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 123 Web sites, 171 e-mail newsletters, 117 online discussion forums and 78 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2.4 million unique visitors that generate more than 130 million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 185 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Espanol, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. internet.com, with its related internet.com Venture Funds I, II and III, is an investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties. Interested advertisers should contact Susan Leiterstein, Vice President and Publisher of internet.com, at adsales@internet.com or (203) 662-2962. For e-commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at darganbright@internet.com or (203) 662-2858. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding internet.com Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see internet.com's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date of this press release, and internet.com assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements after the date hereof. |
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