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The following stories appeared on the Potomac KnowledgeWay's "What's New" page during 1996. View an individual story by clicking on the title below or view prior "What's New" stories by year or month using the left margin navigation.

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February

Award Winning Legal Resources in the KnowledgeWay

KnowledgeWay Businesses Help Non-Profits Move Onto the Web

Potomac KnowledgeWay Presented to Montgomery County
Businesses

The Town Hall Series Kicks Off

2/15 - CollegeTown -- Free College Search Service -- Hits the
World Wide Web

2/23 - Goodwill Industries International Presents Internet Strategy To
KnowledgeWay Action Team

2/28 - NEH Targets Emerging Technology Grant For Elementary
and Secondary Schools

March

MicroStrategy Announces DSS Web; First Relational OLAP
Interface for Accessing Data Warehouses Via the
World Wide Web

March 28 Conference - "Thriving In The Electronic Village"

"Internet Commerce Still an Open Field" Concludes O'Reilly Study

Net Day

2nd Annual NII Awards Champions of Cyberspace Call for Entries

600 American Communities Joining World Wide Web
Tourism Spawns Rapid Growth

Use the Potomac KnowledgeWay Connected Logo

White House Announces Internet Services Internship Program

Survey Finds Half of All Internet Users Plan to Switch Providers

April

4/1 - Virginia Telecommunications Summit Report Available
On-Line

4/1 - Old Macintosh Computers To Aide in Adult Literacy Programs

4/10 - KnowledgeWay Company Provides Travel Services Through
Online Web Site

4/11 - Northern Virginia Firm Digital Focus

4/16 - Kirwan and Tydings to Join Potomac KnowledgeWay Board

4/16 - Potomac KnowledgeWay Sponsors Special html Class

4/16 - American Express Launches "Travel Express"

4/16 - Bell Atlantic Is Latest Telecom Internet Provider

4/16 - Netscape Teams Up With GE Information Services

4/22 - Nominations for NII Awards Deadline May 1

4/23 - Finalists Selected for Fairfax County

4/23 - Bell & Howell Announces First Shareholders' Meeting

4/23 - AT&T's Internet Toll-free Directory Offers Hyperlinks

4/23 - Impact Online Offers Free Web Presence

4/24 - Volunteers Needed For Computer Refurbishing At
Tech Day 96

4/25 - Volunteers Needed to Install Refurbished Computers
on Saturday

4/29 - The Arc of Northern Virginia Introduces Online System

4/29 - Electric Press Announces Turn-Key Intranet Sites

4/9 - 25 Companies Represented at KnowledgeWay

4/9 - Recycling: New Life for Old Computers

May

5/3 - InfoBITS Event A Success

5/3 - Benton Foundation Summarizes FCC Filed Comments
on Universal Service

5/6 - Regional Effort Results in Over 120 Computers Donated

5/6 - 100 Attend GBCC Internet Seminar

5/6 - First Clio Gold Award in Cyber-Advertising

5/6 - Gaithersburg Library, Microframe Technologies
and Hewlett-Packard Team-Up To Sponsor Internet Classes

5/14 - Tri-State Assistive Technology Programs Form Partnership

5/14 - Cliff Kendall of Computer Data Systems Named Board of Trade

5/17 - Surf the Wave to Free Summer Classes

5/17 - Greater Washington Entrepreneurs Honored at 10th Annual
High Tech Awards Dinner

5/17 - The Used Computer Mall

5/17 - A New Mailing List: Blindsport

5/20 - Mario Morino Gives Keynote at High Tech Awards Dinner

5/20 - FreBon Announces Worldwide Bridging Services - Facility
Based in Greater Washington

5/24 - A Good Lawyer on the Internet

5/31 - Technology Summer '96

5/31 - Retail Marketing Opportunities on the Internet

5/31 - Internet Network in Russia

5/31 - Getting Online: Communities on the Internet Conference

June

6/4 - Entrepreneurship Continues to Grow in Greater Washington

6/4 - MindQ Releases CD-ROM Designed to Teach Java
Programming

6/4 - Regional Effort Provides Access to Disabled, Discarded
Modems Find a Home

6/4 - O'Reilly Releases New Study

6/7 - Sibling Programs Available Online

6/7 - Greater Washington Area Organization Teaches Public
Housing Residents Important Skills

6/7 - Transportation Department Awards Information Systems
Engineering Contract to Virginia-based Team

6/7 - Banking Is Made Easy On-line

6/7 - College Recruiting Site Offers Free Ads on the Internet

6/10 - Virginia Corporation Releases Financial Modeling Tool

6/10 - Virtual Museum of Virginia Provides Summer Education
Through Stories

6/11 - Fairfax County Foundation Donates Funds for Programs
Supporting Innovation Through Technology

6/17 - Intuit Purchases Greater Washington Start-Up Company

6/19 - CyberEd Truck Visits Baltimore's Empowerment Zone

6/23 - Regional Technology Database Goes Online

6/24 - Wood River Technologies Introduces New Active Federal
Contract Database

6/25 - CB Commercial's Window on the Market

6/27 - Maryland Architect/Engineer Uses Internet to Conduct
Business

6/28 - Mexican Commentary Offers Expanded Web Site Coverage

July

7/1 - Opportunities to Form Partnerships with Research Centers

7/1 - Information and Communications Conference to be Held at
Gallaudet University

7/3 - AT&T and Industry.Net Announce Merger

7/3 - Virginia-based BTG Puts U.S. Conference of Mayors on
the Web

7/3 - Greater Baltimore Committee Technology Council
and Potomac KnowledgeWay Project Join Forces

7/8 - HoTMaiL Provides Web-based Free Email

7/10 - Expert on the "Digital Economy" Sends a Message to Get
Connected

7/11 - Civic Networking Grants: Community Enhancement Through
Technology

7/12 - The Potomac KnowledgeWay Project Welcomes New
Members To Board of Directors

7/15 - DynCorp Announces Joint Agreement With Diamond Head
Software

7/16 - The Potomac KnowledgeWay Project Kicks Off Net-Worker
Forums

7/16 - Call For Virginia Businesses For COMDEX/Fall '96

7/17 - Free Olympic Coverage Via Email

7/19 - Electronic News Bureau for Montgomery County Youth

7/23 - Alexandria-based Internet Consultant to Address Conference

7/24 - Fauquier County Goes Online

7/25 - Beta Testers Needed for Net Entrepreneurs Program

7/26 - Microsoft Announces New Beta of its Internet Explorer

7/28 - Virginia-based Company Announces Contract with
Expressway Authority

7/29 - EXPOTECH '96 To Highlight Technologies on the Virginia
Peninsula

7/31 - Virginia-based Company Calls for Survey Participants

August

8/2 - Briefing for Virginia-based Companies Interested in Expanding
Globally

8/5 - New Linkages Available Through ACE

8/6 - Success of ALEX is Success of ACE

8/6 - Holography Lessons Available Online

8/7 - MCI and the Potomac KnowledgeWay Project Join Forces

8/8 - U.S. Department of Education Posts Papers

8/9 - CollegeTown Expands Web Services

8/9 - Connect 96: An International Summit on Regional and Global
Networks

8/12 - CommerceNet to Hold SIG Forum in Washington, D.C.

8/12 - BTG Launches Community Networks Unit

8/14 - DynCorp is Awarded Subcontract with AT&T

8/15 - NetDay East: A Coaltion of Communities to Wire Schools to
the Internet

8/16 - Higher Education Community Needed for Virtual University
Pilot Study

8/19 - Northern Virginia Internet Advertising Agency Links Visitors
to Local Services

8/20 - George Washington University Makes Electronic Commerce
Easy for Small Businesses

8/21 - Net-Worker Session: Doorways to the Internet and Their
Effect on Business Applications

8/22 - Webthreads Launches Web Site Customization Tool

8/28 - Proxima, Inc. Creates New Web Sites for Amtrak and Owens
Corning

8/29 - NASD Launches Web Site for the Protection of Investors

8/30 - Maryland Start-Up Organization Offers Electronic Service for
Computer Security

September

9/4 - Federal Market Information Company Releases
ContractSearch 2.0

9/5 - KnowledgeWay Unveils New Homepage Design

9/5 - Morino Institute Joins MCI in Supporting the Potomac
KnowledgeWay Project

9/6 - Technology Community Supports the Peter Fitzpatrick
Memorial Fund

9/9 - Online Seminar Aims To Maximize Impact of
Telecommunications Act on Education

9/10 - The Central Registry Offers Free Registration Services to
Internet Directories

9/11 - Social Justice Connections Goes Online

9/12 - Greater Washington Area PR Professionals Get Connected

9/13 - Universal Service Conference: Ramifications of the
Telecommunications Act

9/16 - CACI Launches Electronic Commerce Service

9/17 - Income Tax Course Online

9/18 - Vint Cerf Speaks About Internet

9/19 - Electric Press Ships First Turnkey Intranet

9/20 - AOL Tour Stops in Reston, Virginia

9/23 - NetDay East: Gearing Up to Wire Schools

9/25 - University Offers Classes Online

9/27 - Proxima Introduces Podium 2.1

9/27 - NY Times and NPR Team Online

9/30 - Visit Shaw Pittman Online

October

10/1 - Interpro Puts Services Online

10/2 - CollegeTown's Grad Chat

10/3 - SSPI's Scholarship Program

10/4 - Proxima Designs Winning Site

10/7 - Using the Web for Market Research: KnowledgeWay
Net-Worker Session

10/9 - Family Education Network Launched

10/11 - Securities Litigation Reform At Risk

10/11 - Stand for Children Online

10/14 - "Publisher's Depot" Wins Award

10/15 - Electronic Commerce Workshop

10/16 - Government Executive's New Forum

10/18 - The Internet and Fundraising

10/21 - Join Discovery Live!

10/22 - Online Food-Ordering Service

10/24 - Intranet-Based Training Available

10/24 - Web Business Innovations Contest

10/24 - "The Teaming Board"

10/25 - Long Distance Savings Info Online

10/28 - Open Studio for the Arts Online

10/29 - Teaching on the Web

10/30 - Help for VA Co.'s to CeBIT'97

10/31 - TheHistoryNet is Launched

November

11/1 - Educational Use of Podium 2.1

11/1 - User-Friendly HTML

11/4 - PR Practitioners Access the Press

11/5 - Web Links Area Residents

11/8 - Email on the Web

11/8 - Int'l Telecommunications Trade Show

11/11 - Internet via the Telephone

11/12 - IABD Calling for Papers

11/13 - SOHO Pilot Program

11/14 - Fundraising Online Forum

11/15 - Morino Institute Awards Grant

11/18 - NII Awards Announce Finalists

11/19 - Government Bid Reports Online

11/20 - Int'l Marketing on the Net

11/21 - Literacy Center Goes Online

11/22 - Order TV Tunes Online

11/26 - Network Security Mgm't System

11/26 - Classrooms Go Global

11/27 - The Electronic Embassy

11/27 - Innovations in Government

December

12/3 - Call for Netpreneur Beta Testers

12/3 - Interactive Underwater Search

12/4 - Nine Regional Organizations Recognized by NII Awards

12/5 - Bridal Registry on the Web

12/11 - Virtual Yellow Pages

12/11 - Sidewalk Santa Goes Online

12/12 - Futuristic ATMs

12/16 - Municipal Sites in Maryland

12/17 - Link to the Netpreneur Program

12/18 - Santa Takes on Cyberspace

12/19 - Online Network for Kids

12/20 - Customer Satisfaction Survey

12/23 - YouthNet Teaches Internet Skills

12/24 - High-Speed Access

12/26 - Beta Participants Needed

12/26 - Marketing Success on the Net

12/27 - Positive Messages

12/30 - Al Gore Honors Visionaries


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