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To: Blue Snowshoe who wrote (73)	1/7/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: Joana Tides	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7442

Pals, I Read The News Today, Oboy, at Techstock '99 Backstage... 1st band on after a lazy start today, A Brief Day 2 OPENing Blast From A Big Act - GNET!..."(ya know ya make me wanna) SHOUT (cmon now) SHOUT (cmon now) SHOUT (a little bit softer now) SHOUT (a little bit softer now) AAAAAAAllrite (shout)... Second Act, a new kid as proper, mentored by GNET and using their state-of-the-art.com semiconductor mixers & amps, covers GNET's HOT Technometal "What'd I Say", got a neo-PhilSpector's WallofSound feel to it, so fitting for this time of year. The new kids are MCNS, and they entertained with another cover "I read the news today Oboy".... (brief excerpts) NEW YORK (BW Health Wire)- 1/6/99 - "Mediconsult.com (OTC: MCNS) announced today that on December 31, 1998 it acquired all of the rights to The Pharmaceutical Information Network. PharmInfoNet and its Web site from Pharmaceutical Information Associates, Ltd., and VirSci Corporation. VirSci consideration for the acquisition was the issuance of a nominal number of shares of Mediconsult.com (MCNS)." The president of MCNS said "This acquisition doubles our visitor page views to more than 5 million per month and our unique visitor traffic to more than 1 million per month. According to independent industry research, this ranks Mediconsult.com first in consumer traffic among all healthcare web sites." As part of the acquisition, the former president of VirSci has agreed to join Mediconsult in a senior management capacity. Mr. Mack will continue to direct the development of pharminfo.com & will work with Mediconsult.com team to develop innovative programs for online pharmaceutical DTC marketing and advertising campaigns. Etc." (full page article, more details are recommended reading)("What'd I Say?!!") The Mediconsult site is easily accessed on Go2net.com's opening page. Pals, gotta go, there's Mick! Joanie