December 2000 - Page 6 of 6

December 5, 2000

Microsoft and Pivotal Launch Global Business Development Initiative

Companies Target Demand Chain Management Market With Joint Investments In Sales, Marketing and Product Development

December 5, 2000

MSN eShop Becomes No. 1 Shopping Portal on the Web

Consumer Demand for One-Stop Online Shopping Tools Fuels 33 Percent Growth In Unique Users During October

December 5, 2000

Microsoft to Acquire Digital Anvil

Addition of Austin-Based Development Studio Continues Microsoft Games Division Growth

December 5, 2000

New MSN Carpoint Features Make It Even Easier to Buy, Own and Maintain a Car, Every Day

Up-to-the Minute Traffic Updates, Driving Directions, “Lemon Checks,” Repair Cost Estimates, Service Coupons, Consumer Reviews and Gift Guides Provide Consumers With Broad Range Of Automotive Features on the Web

December 4, 2000

Microsoft Helps Transform Boys & Girls Clubs from Rec Centers to Tech Centers

The company’s $100 million donation of cash and software will support the “Club Tech” initiative to provide technological access and learning opportunities for underprivileged kids.

December 4, 2000

Microsoft and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Announce Club Tech Initiative To “Technology Enable” Clubs Across the United States With $100 Million Donation

Microsoft Donation Spurs Boys & Girls Clubs Technology Transformation; Builds Program to Bridge the Digital Divide for More Than 3.3 Million Kids

December 4, 2000

Microsoft Releases New Windows Media Player 7 Bonus Pack With MP3 Converter for the Holidays

New Independent Study Shows That Windows Media Player Is Now Preferred By Three Out of Four Digital Media Users

December 2, 2000

David Cohen Ranks as America’s Best Researcher

Outlasting 50,972 Entrants, David Cohen from Monroe Township, N. J., Tops as the Encarta Bee Challenge Champion

December 1, 2000

Microsoft Collaborates With Portugal’s OCTAL on Development Of Products, Technology for Set-Top Boxes

Companies to Work on a Prototype Set-Top Box for European DVB And North American Cable Marketplaces

December 1, 2000

Shaping the Internet Age

An essay by Bill Gates on the evolution of Internet and the technologies that are helping connect people to information, resources and to each other.