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Year 2000 Issues December 3, 1999 Source: PR Newswire

ZDNet Posts Y2K Survival Kit, A One-Stop Preparation Guide for the Final 30 Days `ZDNet Millennium Watch` (http://www.zdnet.com/y2kwatch) Packed with Tips, <>

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- In the midst of the last-minute frenzy to tie up loose ends before Y2K strikes, ZDNet (NYSE: ZDZ) today launched the "ZDNet Millennium Watch" (www.zdnet.com/y2kwatch) the ultimate, one-stop Y2K preparation guide. Designed to ensure the final 30 days of 1999 are spent in productive anticipation of the new millennium, the ZDNet Millennium Watch is packed with tips, ideas, downloads, discussions, and more.

The ZDNet Millennium Watch is part of the ZDNet Help & How-To Channel (www.zdnet.com/help), the Web's most comprehensive portfolio of interactive help resources, providing solutions for every type of technology-related question or problem.

"All over the world, people are bracing for Y2K," said Pete Deemer, General Manager, Help/Downloads, & Services, ZDNet. "The ZDNet Millennium Watch harnesses the timeliest, best and most interesting Y2K content from across ZDNet. We want our visitors to be better prepared for Y2K so they can really celebrate the new year."

"The ZDNet Millennium Watch is an all-encompassing resource to prepare everyone for whatever is to come at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, " said Courtney Attwood, executive producer for ZDNet's Help & How-To. "From preventing problems with your PC to news from the countries that will experience Y2K first. The fun and information-packed Millennium Watch is the ideal site to visit each day as we count down to the year 2000."

ZDNet Millennium Watch includes:

-- Help from the Experts:

To make sure visitors' systems are Y2K compliant, the ZDNet Millennium Watch provides a comprehensive selection of Y2K-related how-to's, tips, and Y2K "patch" downloads. In addition, live, one-to-one expert help from Expertcity.com answers specific visitor questions and concerns.

-- Full Y2K Coverage:

The ZDNet Millennium Watch includes full coverage from across ZDNet's unparalleled editorial resources, including an "Around ZDNet" feature with links to Y2K coverage on ZDNet News, Consumer, Downloads and other channels as it is added throughout the month, a "web ring" connection to international coverage from ZDNet's multitude of wholly owned and licensed sites, and the "Notes From the Edge" column from renowned New Zealand contributors Bruce Stewart and Shawn Connally.

-- Participation from ZDNet Visitors:

The site invites ZDNet visitors to participate by providing feedback to weekly questions such as: "What is your prediction for when the clock strikes 12:00 a.m.?" and casting votes in the daily Y2K poll, which focuses on personal Y2K preparation.

-- Fun Stuff:

The ZDNet Millennium Watch is full of entertaining features, from games and screensavers to weekly sweepstakes for prizes, to a "Millennium Jukebox, " with suggested titles of music picks for New Year's Eve parties.

-- Added Pressure:

To prevent anyone from being too calm as we get closer to the millennium, the site features a "Countdown to the Millennium" ticker showing the number of hours remaining until the year 2000.

The ZDNet Millennium Watch is one of many special events held throughout the year on the ZDNet Help & How-To channel. Visitors to ZDNet Millennium Watch also have access to the channel's more than 20,000 pages of original content drawn from a collection of highly-respected sources including PC Magazine, PC Computing, PC Week, Family PC, and Yahoo! Internet Life magazines. The site also provides an unparalleled wealth of free content and support materials including help-related articles, virus alerts, how-to's, tips, FAQs, software updates, book excerpts, bug reports, online classes, downloads, forums, a tech glossary, and links to third party Web resources.

About ZDNet

Based in San Francisco, ZDNet operates the leading Web destination (www.zdnet.com) for people who want to buy, use and learn about technology. ZDNet offers an enormous depth and breadth of original, fresh content that it serves to a growing audience ranging from IT professionals, to families, to gamers. Winner of the Computer Press Awards' Best Overall Online Site, ZDNet Sites consistently ranks among the Top 20 Web properties according to Media Metrix's at home/at work study. ZDNet's content is available worldwide through 29 sites in 19 countries outside of the United States.

Contacts: Media Investors Elzy Sklar Robert Borchert ZDNet ZDNet (617) 225-3319 (212) 503-3505 elzy_sklar@zd.com robert_borchert@zd.com

SOURCE ZDNet

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-- Brooklyn (MSIS@cyberdude.com), December 03, 1999

Answers

ZDNet's expert reassurances is the reason my brother won't prep. But hey, he'll have fun stuff and games new years eve, so what the heck. Heh, funny thought... we go hang out with ZDnet tonight, and you whiz kids can run your tech talk by there um experts...(*grin, just kidding)

-- Hokie (nn@va.com), December 03, 1999.