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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (6575)	6/28/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: Gary Ku	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10081

AOL subsidiary MovieFone interested in buying General Magic From Yahoo Board: Sunday June 27, 1:32 pm Eastern Time By Larry Tate Virginia, June 27 (Reuters) - Internet giant America Online Inc's subsidiary MovieFone interested in purchasing General Magic Inc. AOL MovieFone (formerly MovieFone), which provides interactive telephone advertising, information, and teleticketing services to the motion picture industry and moviegoers through its interactive telephone and Internet movie guides. In a press release today MovieFone has said that it is interested in expanding its services by allowing users to test a new voice recognition system developed by General Magic. Susan Lucci spokeswoman for MovieFone said "Currently users of our MovieFone system have to punch in the responses to the MovieFone Guide. This can be quite difficult if they have a handset with the touchtone keypad built into it. Now with General Magic's fantastic voice recognition system (MagicTalk), users could just talk directly back to our guide without having the telephone leave their ear. This improvement of our system will make it more convient to millions of users and hopefully expand our business." The company, known by its trademark telephone numbers (777-FILM), provides moviegoers with movie listings for about 18,500 movie screens, and for many of them, the ability to purchase tickets in advance. It operates in about 50 markets, serving some of the nation's largest cities, including New York and Los Angeles. AOL MovieFone garners revenues through advertising sold to movie studios and through teleticketing service charges. AOL officials were not immediately available for comment. PaineWebber analyst George Jefferson said a deal ''could make sense for AOL.'' He said other parts of America Online (Nasdaq:AOL - news) could benefit from a combination with General Magic (Nasdaq:GMGC - news).

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (6575)	6/28/1999 9:57:00 PM
From: Straight Up	Respond to of 10081

Hi Mark, Now its my turn. lol Could this be the reason for the domain name Pornico.com? biz.yahoo.com Straight Up

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (6575)	6/29/1999 8:16:00 AM
From: Kurthend	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

Mark, Press release from WK biz.yahoo.com Company Press Release Wireless Knowledge Launches Integrators Alliance Program Inacom is the First National Alliance Program Partner SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1999--Wireless Knowledge LLC, a joint venture company between Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) and QUALCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM - news), today announced the Integrators Alliance Program for leading systems integrators and Value Added Resellers (VARs) interested in expanding their product and service offerings into solutions for the newly emerging wireless data market. The program, introduced at Wireless Knowledge's inaugural Industry Advisory Council summit held last week in San Diego, was created to ensure seamless integration and deployment of Wireless Knowledge's Revolv(SM) service into Microsoft® Exchange-based enterprises worldwide. The Revolv service enables mobile professionals to securely access key corporate Microsoft Exchange information, such as critical e-mail, contacts, calendar and news, with any mobile, Internet-ready device and from any location. ''Providing our carrier partners with a source of trained systems integrators ensures that their subscribers will have a simple and sound implementation of the Revolv service,'' said Dave Whalen, vice president of sales and marketing for Wireless Knowledge. ''The program is designed to educate, assist and support integrators and our carrier partners to provide corporate customers with the most comprehensive and meaningful end-to-end wireless data solutions on the market.'' Joining the Integrators Alliance Program enables systems integrators to differentiate themselves as wireless data leaders by offering corporate customers a new service that provides secure wireless access to Exchange-based e-mail, contacts and calendar from a multitude of mobile devices. Additional benefits to integrators include opportunities to increase revenue through the addition of new customers and increased business with existing customers, innovative integration and consulting services, association with key members of the computing and telecommunications industries and access to important information and training on cutting-edge wireless technologies. Inacom Announced as First Alliance Program Member The first announced program member, Inacom Corp. (NYSE:ICO - news), is a global Fortune 500 technology services company and a leading Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider. With more than one million Microsoft Exchange seats deployed worldwide, Inacom will be one of the first partners to implement and deploy Wireless Knowledge's premier service offering, the Revolv service. ''Inacom is very excited to be the first member of the Integrators Alliance Program and to join Wireless Knowledge and its carrier partners to promote, implement and deploy wireless data access services, starting with the Revolv service,'' said Greg Richardson, vice president of Enterprise Systems Practice, Inacom. ''Inacom has seen significant growth in our clients' mobile knowledge-worker population. Our experience in designing, deploying and managing Microsoft Exchange solutions for our clients, combined with the Revolv service, creates a great solution to address the productivity needs of those workers.'' Wireless Knowledge invites interested and qualified systems integrators to submit applications for membership to the Integrators Alliance Program. Detailed information, qualification guidelines and membership applications reside on the Company's Web site at wirelessknowledge.com. About Wireless Knowledge Wireless Knowledge LLC, is a joint venture between Microsoft and QUALCOMM. The Company has developed a wireless data service, the Revolv(SM) service, which extends the reach of collaborative computing into the wireless environment thus enabling pervasive computing on any Internet appliance. Based on existing and future standards, the Revolv service offers secure access to productivity and information services using any airlink with any Internet-ready device. For more information on Wireless Knowledge, please visit wirelessknowledge.com. About Inacom Inacom Corp. is a $6.9 billion global Fortune 500 technology services leader. The Company designs, implements and manages distributed technology infrastructure solutions that optimize clients' return on IT investments. Inacom's client portfolio includes more than 35 percent of Fortune 500 corporations. Inacom's infrastructure solutions utilize desktop, client/server and network technologies. Clients gain real value from these solutions with Inacom's Professional Services, Life Cycle Services, Procurement Services and Convergence Services. Inacom leverages more than 16 years' experience with distributed technology as well as its proven methodologies, size and independent perspective to benefit clients. Inacom employs approximately 12,000 people including more than 7,500 technical professionals, and is headquartered in Omaha, Neb. For more information on Inacom, visit inacom.com. Note to Editors: Microsoft, Windows, BackOffice and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.