AccuWeather^® Selects TriggerNews PL For Private Branded Weather Alerting System

Relationship Will Include Building Desktop Weather Alert System
and Resale of TriggerNews PL

Portland, Oregon, March 17, 2004 -- News Technologies LLC announced today that AccuWeather, the World’s Weather Authority™, selected TriggerNews PL (Private Label) as the base system for their new desktop weather alerting system.

Additionally, AccuWeather will become a licensed reseller of TriggerNews PL, configured either as a weather-only or combination weather and news alerting system, allowing AccuWeather to offer this service to media outlets.

TriggerNews PL affords precise and accurate control of news, weather, and other important information. Utilizing patented technology, TriggerNews PL offers a wide range of configuration and broadcast capability, in addition to allowing end-users to finally control the breadth and volume of information they receive, through easy-to-use filtering by interest category selection or personal key word entry.

"AccuWeather is the most recognized name in the weather content provider marketplace, servicing 65,000 customers. We are extremely pleased such a large and well-known organization chose to standardize on our products and our company. This further validates our technology is in the sweet spot for new and revolutionary ways in which to deliver content beyond simple email or web page viewing," said Steve Burrows, President of News Technologies. "We developed the technology with the end-user in mind, keeping it simple and easy-to-use, yet at the same time making it a robust paradigm shifter in personalized content and delivery control".

"Partnering with innovative companies such as TriggerNews reinforces our position as the world's leading weather content provider," says Jim Candor, Senior Vice President of New Media, "Utilizing state-of-the-art technology to keep subscribers up-to-date on forecasts and severe weather warnings is important to our mission as well."

About News Technologies LLC

Founded in 2002, News Technologies LLC specializes in providing instant real-time business and world news desktop alerts through Triggernews.com, its own subscription news service or through its privately branded and licensed news alerting software platform called TriggerNews PL. The company is privately held and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. TriggerNews^®, TriggerEngine^®, Instant News For Instant Decisions^® and InfoButton^®; are trademarks or servicemarks of News Technologies LLC.

For more information on TriggerNews, please visit our web site at www.triggernews.com or send inquiries to info@triggernews.com.