Zilog is an innovator in the development, design and manufacturing of application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for the data communication, peripherals and consumer product markets. The company utilizes its Superintegration™ design methodology to combine cores and cells from the company's extensive library of customer-familiar microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory and logic circuits to meet the design, cost and time- to-market requirements of its customers.
	To provide direct Internet access for AIM's future webPASSPORT™ network of consumers, AIM entered into a non-exclusive agreement with CompuServe/SpryNet. CompuServe/SpryNet has agreed to customize its direct Internet access service and Email capabilities to be compatible with the webPASSPORT™ device. In addition, CompuServe/SpryNet has indicated a desire to negotiate a broader relationship with AIM to include co-branding, co-operative advertising, sharing of content and assisting in the distribution of the webPASSPORT™ into retail.
	To provide direct Internet Access for The Brief Exchange's subscribers, EarthLink Network, one of North America's largest Direct Internet Service Providers, has agreed to "private label" their service for The Brief Exchange. EarthLink will provide local dial-up Internet access, Total Access software, which includes Netscape Navigator 2.0, Eudora Email, a high speed dialer and 800 number support for all Brief Exchange subscribers.
	WebFeat starts with the proposition that it's not the economy and it's certainly not the technology that can stall the next great communications revolution, but it's the "M" word...Intelligent marketing. The tsunami-sized hype over the Internet by the Media and it's Mavens had made the enabling technology the problem - "How do I get on the Internet?" - without really addressing the question, "Why do I wanna get on the Internet?" It was from this view of the world that WebFeat conceived building a "content core," which they will wholly own, create, or share with strategic and joint venture partners, including American Interactive Media.
	One Soft (formerly Global Exchange, Inc.) is a software products and systems integration company that supports the emerging business models of interactive communities. OneSoft provides Internet software and solutions for its clients allowing them to deploy product sales, dynamic advertising, one-to-one push, and subscription-based information services securely via the World Wide Web.
	AIM's licensing agreement with MSU (UK) Ltd., a chip and chipset design company, provides AIM with the technology required to launch the webPASSPORT™ - . MSU's background in technology stems primarily from the video gaming industry. As a result, the webPASSPORT is able to boast a bill of materials much lower than competing products, as well as a signifcant gain in graphical and textual (television quality) clarity over similar devices.