idealab! Venture Helps 120,000 Organizations "Get on the Same Page"

Boston, Mass. (February 22, 2000) - Intranets.com (www.intranets.com), developer of the world's first free intranet portals, today announced the addition of three new communication tools to its suite of free business applications: instant messaging, threaded discussions and free hosted e-mail.

"We are committed to delivering a service that meets the needs of our users, and that means we listen to them," said Steve Crummey, CEO of Intranets.com. "More than 120,000 small businesses and groups have registered for their free intranet since we launched in August. Now that's validation. This week we're also launching our national TV advertising campaign and we're excited to see its effect on our growth."

Instant messaging and threaded discussions are available immediately, while hosted email will be available to users shortly. Intranets.com's Web-based service model allows the company to provide regular and frequent product updates, providing users the latest in technology innovation. In addition to the new communication features, Intranets.com has also enriched the functionality of other applications in its hosted service, which offers business tools such as document sharing, calendar scheduling, custom news delivery and personal vendor services.

Kid Cardona, the official caricature artist of Texas and owner of the Infamous Cartoon Posse, uses Intranets.com to automate his core business functions and to simplify managing a stable of artists scattered around Texas.

"Every time Intranets.com upgrades its free service, my job gets that much easier," Cardona said. "The free e-mail will give me direct access to customers and employees and the instant messaging and threaded discussions bring my business to new levels of communication."

Other enhancements include support for international time zones; the ability to manage private appointments with personal calendar views; more powerful and flexible document management with folders; and automated reminders and notifications that alert members to appointments even when they're not logged into their intranet site.

"One of our greatest value propositions is that our service keeps geographically disperse groups on the same page -- so time zone support is a critical enhancement," said Karen Leavitt, director of product marketing at Intranets.com. "We are also responding to users' requests for greater personalization and privacy controls."

About Intranets.com
Intranets.com is the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services for small businesses or departments and groups inside large organizations. The company serves more than 350,000 users across 10,000 companies worldwide and offers a secure, web-based collaboration suite to share critical business information quickly and easily at any time from anywhere. Privately held and profitable, Intranets.com is led by an experienced team of software industry professionals who are committed to providing a secure, customizable, easy-to-deploy intranet solution supported by world-class customer service. Intranets.com is a PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" winner and is rated one of the world's "Top 25" leading service providers by ASPNews. The company has also been ranked by the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts for two consecutive years. For more information or to take a FREE 30-day test drive, visit http://www.intranets.com/pr, e-mail corpsales@intranets.com or call 888-932-2600 or 781-565-6000.

About idealab!
idealab! (www.idealab.com ) identifies, creates and operates Internet businesses. Founded in March 1996 by Bill Gross, idealab! currently has approximately 50 businesses in various stages of development. idealab! generates ideas for new Internet businesses and creates, capitalizes and operates a separate company to conduct each new business. Actively participating in the on-going operations of its network companies through board representation, information sharing and facilitating collaboration among the companies, idealab! also recruits management to oversee the day-to-day operations allowing senior management to concentrate on executing the business plan. Additionally, idealab! provides each operating company with a full range of operational support services including office space and the accompanying network infrastructure, technology, graphic design, marketing, competitive research, legal, accounting and business development services. idealab! public companies include eToys (Nasdaq: ETYS), GoTo.com (Nasdaq: GOTO), CitySearch (TMCS), NetZero (Nasdaq: NZRO) and Tickets.com (Nasdaq: TIXX).

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