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quityAlert.com. Yahoo! Launches Yahoo! Essentials - Giving Users the Po=
wer to ``Yahoo!-ize'' Their Desktop Environments=1DYahoo! Essentials provid=
es consumers with the best of Yahoo! in one easy to download application; C=
ompaq delivers Yahoo! Essentials directly to consumers SUNNYVALE, Calif.,=
Oct 23, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading globa=
l Internet communications, commerce and media company, today announced the =
launch of Yahoo! Essentials (http://essentials.yahoo.com/), an easy-to-down=
load application that customizes consumers' desktop environments by install=
ing Yahoo!'s most popular products and services on their Windows operating =
system. Yahoo! Essentials puts the best of Yahoo! at consumers' fingertips =
by giving them the option to integrate popular services such as Yahoo!(R)Me=
ssenger, Mail, Briefcase, Photos, Games, My Yahoo!, Search and Companion in=
to their desktop environment. Available with one easy download from http:=
//essentials.yahoo.com/, Yahoo! Essentials installs multiple Yahoo! service=
s in a single registration and installation process. Yahoo! Essentials make=
s it easy for consumers to customize their Internet Explorer browsers and d=
esktop operating systems, providing convenient access to the powerful Yahoo=
! network that has earned the loyalty of more than 210 million unique users=
and 80 million active registered users. "Yahoo! Essentials expands upon =
Yahoo!'s tradition of offering products and services that are an integral p=
art of consumers' lives," said Henry Sohn, vice president and general manag=
er network services, Yahoo! Inc. "In response to user demand, we are offeri=
ng consumers the opportunity to download Yahoo! Essentials to make it even =
easier for them to access personalized Yahoo! content and services. Our all=
iance with Compaq Computer also provides Yahoo! with added distribution pow=
er and puts Yahoo! Essentials directly into the hands of thousands of new c=
omputer purchasers." Yahoo! Essentials on Compaq Computer Yahoo! has exp=
anded its existing alliance with leading computer manufacturer Compaq Compu=
ter, and distribution of Yahoo! Essentials is anticipated for early 2002. O=
nce distribution begins, new Presario Internet personal computers and noteb=
ooks purchased either online or at retail stores will have a preloaded Yaho=
o! Essentials desktop icon. "Compaq is committed to providing our custome=
rs with the ability to easily enhance their PC and Internet experiences," s=
aid Kevin Kyle, Director and General Manager of Internet Services and e-com=
merce at Compaq. "Yahoo! Essentials delivers upon this commitment by offeri=
ng popular Internet tools at the click of a button." How Yahoo! Essential=
s Works Yahoo! Essentials is a complete solution that integrates Yahoo! pr=
oducts and services throughout consumers' operating systems, giving new use=
rs an easy means to access the best of the Web and existing users a shortcu=
t to their personalized Yahoo! content and services. Yahoo! Essentials is=
a complementary tool to Microsoft Windows operating systems that takes up =
nominal space on the hard drive. It is compatible with Windows NT, 98, 98se=
, ME, 2000 and XP operating systems as well as all versions of Internet Exp=
lorer 4.0 and above(a). What Yahoo! Essentials Does(b) With Yahoo! Essen=
tials, both new and existing Yahoo! users have the ability to customize the=
ir desktop environments, including the power to: -- Install multiple Yah=
oo! applications in a single installation process, including: -- Y=
ahoo! Messenger, one of the most popular instant messaging (IM), in=
formation, communications, and notification services on the Interne=
t; -- Yahoo! Companion, a customizable toolbar that provides easy =
access to consumers' personalized information and favorite feat=
ures on Yahoo!, such as stock portfolios and bookmarks; -- Yahoo! Mess=
enger Explorer Bar, which integrates Yahoo! Messenger into the Inte=
rnet Explorer browser, allowing consumers to navigate the Web and s=
end instant messages from the same browser window; and, -- For=
new Yahoo! consumers, the registration process for a Yahoo! ID and=
password is included in the simple installation process. -- Cust=
omize the desktop environment -- Add a Yahoo! Accessories folder to th=
e Start Menu, which includes quick link access to My Yahoo!, Yahoo!=
Calendar, Yahoo! Briefcase and Yahoo! Address Book; -- Set Ya=
hoo! Mail as the default e-mail service in the operating system, an=
d for XP, place Yahoo! Mail into the default email placement on the=
XP Start Menu; -- Add a Yahoo! Games link to the Start Menu, which in=
cludes quick access to the most popular Yahoo! Games; -- Add Y=
ahoo! Photos service into the integrated Online Print Ordering Wiza=
rd (XP only); and, -- Add Yahoo! Briefcase file storage service to the=
integrated Web Publishing Wizard (XP only). -- Customize the Int=
ernet Explorer browser -- Set consumers' default start page to a perso=
nalized My Yahoo! page; -- Set Yahoo! as the default search en=
gine; -- Automatically install Yahoo! favorites to the Links and =
Favorites menus on the Internet Explorer browser; -- Add a Yahoo! L=
ogin button to the Internet Explorer toolbar, making it easier for =
multiple users to login to Yahoo!. For current Yahoo! consumers, the perso=
nalization that they have incorporated into their favorite Yahoo! services,=
including My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Companion and Yahoo! Messenger, will automatic=
ally be integrated into Yahoo! Essentials upon installation. (a) Some com=
ponents may require higher versions of Internet Explorer. (b) The features=
listed apply to the version of Yahoo! Essentials consumers can downloa=
d from http://essentials.yahoo.com. The versions pre-installed on Compa=
q computers may differ slightly. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading=
global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a c=
omprehensive branded network of services to more than 210 million individua=
ls each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web,=
www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, house=
hold and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally a=
nd reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online=
business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and =
Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, =
a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming;=
store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company=
's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Headquartered in Sunnyv=
ale, Calif., Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, =
Canada and the United States. Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo=
are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks =
and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: =
Yahoo! Inc. Diana Lee, 408/349-6501 d=
ianalee@yahoo-inc.com or Fleishman-Hill=
ard Nicole Waddell, 415/356-1037 waddel=
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