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To: Jeffrey L. Henken who wrote (1166)	3/29/1999 7:38:00 AM
From: Francois Goelo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2662

Jeffrey, suggest you add ZSUN real fast to Index before it catches fire! ZIASUN PLANS FREE E-MAIL FOR ALL WEBSITES SAN DIEGO, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- ZiaSun Technologies Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ZSUN) (http://www.ziasun.com) today announced plans to provide an e-mail service free to every website on the Internet. The new system will be based on ZiaSun's existing web-based e-mail program, PINmail (http://www.pinmail.com), which is similar to Hotmail (bought by Microsoft, MSFT, for a reported $400 million), but charges an annual fee for added features and to restrict usage to serious business people only. The new PINmail service will give all websites the ability to offer web-based e-mail from their pages, as do major sites like Netscape and Yahoo! It will be completely free to webmasters and users. Mr. Anthony L. Tobin, President and CEO of ZiaSun said, "With the new free service any website owner or administrator in the world will be able to go to the PINmail website and register. "They will be able to add a free e-mail service to their website simply by downloading some HTML code and pasting it onto their pages, he said. "Webmasters would then be able to set up and administer e-mail accounts under their own customized PINmail domain (eg: me@mysite.pinmail.com), as well as accepting applications for new accounts from their users automatically." Programmers working from ZiaSun's Asian facilities in Hong Kong and Manila are in the final stages of testing the new service. In return for the free service each website will carry banner ads on the e-mail pages, which will be hosted and controlled from ZiaSun's servers in California. "We are aiming to register 100,000 websites in the first few months. This should give us anything from one million to 10 million impressions for our banner ads per day," said Mr. Tobin. He added that the new service from PINmail would fit neatly with the group's other Internet products and services, like Swiftrade (www.swiftrade.com), M Finance (www.mfinance.com), MediaHits (www.mediahits.com), Search Dragon (www.searchdragon.com), and the soon to be launched Asia4Sale (www.asia4sale.com). Note: Any statements released by ZiaSun Technologies Inc. that are forward-looking are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Editors and investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements invoke risk and uncertainties that may affect the company's business prospects and performance. These include economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors discussed in the statements. SOURCE ZiaSun Technologies Inc.

To: Jeffrey L. Henken who wrote (1166)	3/29/1999 8:11:00 AM
From: REW	Respond to of 2662

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999-- TeleServices International Group, Inc. (OTC BB:TSIG - news), known as TSIG.com, announced today the launch of myMusicCard.com, a totally new concept in purchasing music online. myMusicCard.com (www.mymusiccard.com), which goes live today, enables consumers to purchase music CDs and cassettes over the Internet at prices lower than all major retail or existing online sources. Consumers receive discounts by purchasing membership cards from the site, through affinity programs with corporations and retail stores, or as part of fund-raising drives from non-profit organizations. The site offers more than 250,000 music selections from a complete range of artists, and focuses on serving the music needs of consumers. The site has the most robust searching ability of any music-only site, enabling consumers to search by any combination of artist, title, release date, song name and several other criteria. TSIG.com will personalize the appearance of myMusicCards to meet the specific needs of corporations, retailers and non-profit organizations. "myMusicCard.com creates win-win situations for all involved and we will expand the concept beyond offering music in the future," said Robert Gordon, Chairman of TSIG.com. "Consumers today can purchase music at our site for the lowest price available, corporations benefit by providing an extra service to their customers, retailers and non-profit organizations gain a powerful fund-raising tool." TSIG.com has established myMusicCard relationships with Babe Ruth League Baseball, a 900,000 member organization; the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ice Palace, a National Hockey League franchise; Lifetime Learning Systems, the premier provider of corporate-sponsored educational programs in more than 100,000 schools throughout the United States; the National Music Foundation and The Entertainment Marketing Promotion Organization (TEMPO), which serves as the exclusive marketing agency for AFIM (the Association For Independent Music) and represents the corporate premium and incentive services of PolyGram Records and Philips Electronics (the company that invented the CD). The myMusicCard.com site has a three-tier architecture employing the latest Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) technology, including Site Server as the content management system to support the presentation layer, IIS 4.0 and customized Active Server Pages to provide the application layer, and SQL Server 7 to support the data layer. The site is supported by an array of Microsoft NT servers. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, TSIG.com is a pioneer in providing comprehensive outsourced e-business solutions. These services enable companies to develop, build and maintain e-commerce web sites, create revenue-generating programs with corporations and non-profit organizations that attract consumers to customers' sites and complements these offerings with Web-based call center and related services that provide customer service and support. This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Actual results could differ materially, as the result of such factors as (1) competition in the markets for online services, for the products and services sold by the company, and for outsourced teleservices, (2) the ability of the company to execute its plans, (3) the availability of financing at favorable terms, and (4) other factors detailed in the Company's public filings with the SEC. Note to Editors: Microsoft, Microsoft NT and SQL 7 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: TSIG.com Paul Henry, 727/897-4000 phenry@tsig.com or Golin/Harris International Sean Kauppinen, 415/808-9800

To: Jeffrey L. Henken who wrote (1166)	3/29/1999 8:47:00 AM
From: Fuza	Respond to of 2662

.....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.