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To: Stock Watcher who wrote (5081)	3/28/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: SteelerStu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

SW is IRTG on the index -- should be IMO -- took a look at the thinkbid.com and thinkfind.com sites -- really nice -- is merger goes through as expected, could be big return --- only 390K in IRTG float if I read my info right. what is your take on this

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (5081)	3/28/1999 3:53:00 PM
From: hoffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

Monday could be a good day for internets. Alan Braverman is on CNBC just prior to the market opening. He is the analyst who recently rated 9 internet companies all buys. He is a bull on internet companies, including SFE and VRIO.

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (5081)	3/28/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: hoffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

IATV- More food for thought. This is an excerpt from an interview with Thomas Jermoluk, CEO of ATHM. <<<<The television I look at differently. I [don't] believe in Web surfing on TVs. I don't think people are interested in typing on keyboards and leaning forward and trying to interact with their televisions. I believe in one-button, one-click interactivity on the television set: See an ad, one click, buy the product, or [with] one click, go to another. Or, say you're watching CNN election news, and they start [announcing the results from] Georgia. You can say, "I want to see [the results from] California." You click a button and bring [them] up. It's interactive TV. I almost hate to say that because five to 10 years ago, people had a bad taste in their mouths [about interactive TV]. People have been talking about interactive TV for decades. But it's here now. We're going to be able to do this. One-click interactivity. People channel-surf today; it's nothing more than that. [Now] you'll have a choice, and that's going to be killer, and [the whole thing will] be funded by advertising. Our best estimates are [that] in the year 2000, $288 billion will be spent on television advertising. Today, the advertising [money] spent on the Web [is about] $2 billion. During the next two years, how much of that $288 billion do you think could shift into supporting interactive TV? [That could be] a dramatic shift.

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (5081)	3/28/1999 9:23:00 PM
From: Retaylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

GBDI will be launching the demo of their website tomorrow! Global Business Information Directory, GBID.com, is positioning itself in the internet market as the first global geographical search engine, with services including web site hosting, web site design and on-line advertising. GBID.com provides businesses an opportunity to have their site hosted, as well as marketed globally on their behalf. Currently, new businesses entering the internet environment are left to independently market their own site. GBID.com allows companies to market their web sites with a corporate listing, easily located with the GBID-QUEST; an in-house developed geographical search engine. Current search engines are "word search" based, which is time consuming and provides limited results for the average business user. The Company has sourced international data bases that will allow global business access and marketing that is not currently available. Most directory pages are on line but do not offer the global access enhanced services of GBID.com. The Company has several Associated Partners internationally, ready to market their site and their services. Shares Issued & Outstanding: 9,099,250 Restricted Shares: 5,397,050 Free Trading Shares: 3,702,200 Public Float: 300,000 Friday March 26, 11:49 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Global Business Information Directory, Inc. Global Business Information Directory, Inc. Launches Demo Website SEATTLE, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Business Information Directory, Inc. (the ''Company'') (OTC Bulletin Board: GBDI - news) is pleased to announce the launch of its demonstration site at www.gbid.com on March 29, 1999. The Company has developed a global geographic search engine that will provide website hosting, website design and on-line advertising. The Company differentiates itself from current search engines that are word search based, with the GBID QUEST geographical search engine. The Company will introduce its operational site in April 1999. Global Business Information Directory, Inc. was founded to provide a vehicle for businesses to market themselves and establish business contacts internationally by utilizing its services via the Internet and the World Wide Web. Search engines search databases of information, providing varying and different results based on the sophistication of the search engine and the database developed. The Company has sourced global databases including North America, Europe and Asia that will provide users with more comprehensive business categories and better results. ''Our customers stake their reputations on the services we provide so it is absolutely essential that their information be delivered as quickly and reliably as possible,'' said Stephen Carmichael, President of Global Business Information Directory, Inc. ''Our goal is to create a search vehicle that is both easy and more importantly, category accurate while allowing a geographic search that starts with Continent, Country, State or Province and City.'' The Company has developed an international marketing team of Associate Partners to launch the services internationally. The North American roll out is ready to commence in April with the launch of the operating site. Global Business Information Directory, Inc. is positioning itself as the first global geographic search engine on the Internet, with full services including website hosting. For more information about the Company (www.gbid.com), please contact Investor Relations at 1-888-889-9214 or by email at www.investor@gbid.com.

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (5081)	3/29/1999 8:45:00 AM
From: Fuza	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 52051

ABYT news! Monday March 29, 8:20 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Alpha Bytes, Inc. Alpha Bytes Announces First Live Installations of H-NET(R) Following Successful Launch in New York NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Bytes, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ABYT - news), North America's leading provider of software for the vision care industry, announced today that live testing at client sites of H-NET®, the company's new Internet-based transaction network, will begin during the second quarter of 1999. The tests represent the real-time launch of H-NET® in providing transactional services to the vision care industry. The comprehensive new service will electronically link vision care providers including retail opticians, retail optical chain home offices, optometrists, ophthalmologists and optical laboratories together with insurance companies and credit/debit card networks. The network will enable participants to significantly reduce costs while speeding up processing of health care claims and payments and simplifying the accompanying paperwork. The network has potential applications for other healthcare segments and industries. Anton M. Stephens, chairman and chief executive officer of Alpha Bytes, Inc., said, ''We have moved ahead of our initial rollout schedule for H-NET®. Tests of the system to date have exceeded our expectations meaning that we will be ready to launch real-time operations earlier than we originally planned. We received extremely positive feedback from attendees at Vision Expo/East in New York last week and a number of firms are eager to become initial users of H-NET®.'' Stephens also announced that in order to meet ultimately broader needs for the transaction network, the H-NET® development team is testing the next generation of E-commerce applications. Areas of developmental testing include a new generation commerce server with mechanisms for payment, networking, cataloging and workflow. This will provide H-NET® with even greater flexibility and power than planned for in the original specifications. Alpha Bytes, Inc., North America's leading provider of enterprise software for the vision care industry, is transforming itself into an Internet-based electronic transaction service provider. With an existing international customer base of approximately 6,000 vision care outlets, Alpha Bytes is making significant R&D investments to facilitate a rapid deployment of H-NET® to as many users as quickly as possible. The relationship with the alliance partners Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT - news) and Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ - news) is designed to assure the company of the most powerful solution for an Internet-based transaction network that will set the standard of excellence in the healthcare industry. For more information about Alpha Bytes, Inc. please visit their website www.alphabytesusa.com or contact Christine Stephens at (905) 475-3249. Email: info@h-net.net. For copies of press releases, SEC filings, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information, visit Hawk Associates website www.hawkassociates.com or contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, Inc. at (305) 852-2383. Email: info@hawkassociates.com. ''Safe Harbor'' statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding the expansion of the Company's operations are forward-looking statements. Words such as ''expects,'' ''intends,'' ''believes,'' ''anticipates'' and ''likely'' also identify forward- looking statements. Actual results may differ from such forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including but not limited to, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition for the Company, new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights and other risks detailed in periodic reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE: Alpha Bytes, Inc.

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (5081)	3/29/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: RCJIII	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

To all, VXCH and CWSS, both gapping up big! RCJIII