Lycos and Puma to Launch Wireless Tracking; Automatic Notification of Key Online Searches Sent to Mobile Devices

Business Wire, March 15, 2000

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000

Puma Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:PUMA) today announced it will provide Lycos, Inc., (NASDAQ:LCOS) one of the most visited Web destinations in the world, with round-the-clock wireless-enabled alert technology and other user-driven personalization solutions for use on the Lycos Network. When Lycos users activate the new tool on the search results page, they will receive automatic notification of any updates to the search results. Users have the flexibility to designate phones, pagers, handheld devices or their computer's email addresses as the destinations for their notification message, to notify users of any content changes.

Lycos will integrate Puma's persistent search technology with the popular Lycos search engine. Registered My Lycos users will be able to perform a search using any keyword or phrase, then receive notification of changes through any email, Web-enabled device or at their My Lycos page when content changes. In the coming months, new features will allow users to immediately identify changes in the search results by using Puma's highlighting technology, which shows in yellow highlights specifically what has changed. For example, if users are tracking whitewater rafting trips in Colorado and register for this service, when a new rafting Web page is added, users would be sent an email with a link taking them back to Lycos where the new search results on rafting would be highlighted.

"This new service combines the My Lycos start page with wireless technology to make Lycos' industry-leading personalization features available to anybody wherever they can be reached by cell phone or email," said Ron Sege, executive vice president for Lycos. "We strive to provide our users with the tools that can improve the overall efficiency of their daily lives. These applications are inherently sticky, and therefore have the strong potential to increase both the duration and frequency of visits to Lycos sites by our users."

"People rely on Lycos to provide up-to-date searches and relevant information. Now Lycos will lead all other portals with its new ability to bring people back to their site with alerts once a search gets updated," said Stephen A. Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Puma Technology.

ABOUT PUMA TECHNOLOGY

Puma Technology is the leading provider of the essential software infrastructure for the ubiquitous mobile Internet. The Company owns market-leading technology in synchronization, personalization, notification and Web-rendering services - all essential building blocks to making wireless devices useful tools in the world of e-business. Puma's recently acquired NetMind(TM) technology delivers highly personalized, relevant Internet content to more than six million active users. In addition, the Company's Intellisync(R) platform is the de facto global standard for synchronization and control of the critical connection between handheld devices and mobile phones and the vast stores of information found in corporate databases, the Internet and individual PC's. The Intellisync platform enables mobile access to accurate, "anytime, anywhere" information and has been adopted worldwide by individuals, corporations, mobile device manufacturers, telecommunication carriers, and on-line contact, calendar and event services. The Company, headquartered in San Jose, CA, maintains a website at www.pumatech.com

About Lycos, Inc

Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. is a leading Web media company and owner of the Lycos Network, one of the most visited hubs on the Internet reaching nearly one out of every two U.S. Web users. The Lycos Network is a unified set of Web sites, attracting a diverse audience by offering a variety of services, including leading Web search and navigation resources; Web community and communications services including free homepage building, free Web-based e-mail, clubs, chat, instant messaging; a personalized My Lycos start page; a comprehensive shopping center featuring more than 2,400 merchants; and an assortment of compelling content such as games, music, news, fun and educational information and activities for kids as well as information about investing, technology, entertainment, sports, small business, travel and more. The Lycos Network is composed of Lycos.com, Tripod, WhoWhere, Angelfire, MailCity, HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey, Suck.com, Sonique, Quote, Gamesville and Lycos Zone. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos, Inc. is a global Internet leader with a major presence throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events relating to Puma and Lycos. Both companies wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. We refer you to the documents each company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically, each company's most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking statements found in this press release, including, among others, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, dependence on new product development, rapid technological and market change, risks associated with the Internet, volatility of stock price, financial risk management, and future growth subject to risks. Neither Puma nor Lycos undertakes any obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to any such forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date such forward-looking statements were first placed in this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.