$10,000 Prize to Commercial-Free, Collaborative Site

CAMBRIDGE, MA - February 28, 2000 -- The next generation of website developers are finding inspiration, encouragements well as some financing from the folks at the ArsDigita Foundation http://www.arsdigita.org, which sponsors an annual competition for teenage programmers. The only hitch is the sites have to be useful to a community of people, have no advertisements, and must distribute their source code on their sites so that other programmers can build on their work.

The winner receives a $10,000 cash award, use of a web server with a professionally maintained relational database management system, and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"I consider it as my most important achievement, for which I will be always proud," says Yiannis Volos of Cyprus, a 1999 Prize finalist who flew to Cambridge, Massachusetts, last June along with seven other programmers for a weekend of networking and training.

The ArsDigita Foundation was created by Philip Greenspun, who teaches at MIT and runs ArsDigita Corporation, a successful open-source enterprise software company.

Applications for this year's ArsDigita Prize are being accepted now through May 15, 2000; the award will be presented in June 2000. Applicants must be no more than 18 years old as of March 1, 2000, and the web service entry must be non-commercial, contain no banner ads or subscription fees; it must be comprehensible to someone who understands only English; it must be tasteful (the sponsors provide some pretty basic, non-restrictive guidelines here); and it must be used by others.

PRINCETON, March 1 -- Dow Jones & Co. today announced the launch of college.wsj.com (http://college.wsj.com) a new site for career-minded college students. College.wsj.com provides students with credible information on every aspect of making the transition from collegian to professional, including advice, trends, interactive tools, calculators, extensive job listings and more. Updated daily with content from the powerful editorial resources of The Wall Street Journal and the editorial team at college.wsj.com, as well as other key resources, the site is the authoritative resource for students seeking expert help with career issues.

Key Features of College.wsj.com Include:

Job Seek Database, which allows students to search thousands of job openings and internships from the nation's top companies and hot high-tech firms.

Salary Data and hiring profiles are provided in-depth by industry.

Job-Search Advice will help students craft better cover letters and resumes, and offer help with interviewing skills, networking opportunities and more.

Graduate Schools, including top MBA and law schools are available in a searchable database that helps students find the right program to meet their needs.

Relocation Tools offer cost-of-living, crime and school comparisons for most major cities to help recent grads plan their relocations.

"We're very excited to offer one of the Internet's most comprehensive tools for students who really care about their first career step and future career management," said Tony Lee, editor-in-chief and general manager of college.wsj.com. "There simply isn't any other online resource that combines a full package of relevant quality resources for college students."

College.wsj.com features content and tools from such partners as CareerCast, Peterson's, Kaplan and others. PriceWaterhouseCoopers has signed on as the site's primary sponsor.