GeoEye operates a
constellation of three Earth imaging satellites -- OrbView-2, OrbView-3 and
IKONOS -- and possesses an international network of more than a dozen regional
ground stations, a robust image archive, and advanced geospatial imagery
processing capabilities that are unmatched in the satellite imagery industry.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO )
MSN also announced that the Virtual Earth(TM) team will join MSN Search,
bringing over 10 years of mapping and geo-location experience , allowing MSN to
provide an immersive experience that enables consumers to search, navigate,
explore and discover local information through the next wave of local search
technology.
"We remain committed to continuously improving our search service, and today's
MSN Local Search beta release is just the beginning.com .ashx .
ebrary offers server-based, enterprise software solutions, to
easily and cost-effectively create remote collections and virtual
content portals, from any PDF documents stored within a hard drive,
database, or content management system.
Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in
Palo Alto, CA.

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com),
a leading information services and technology provider, today
announced that it is offering American Library Association (ALA)
members free access to a unique collection of more than 55 library
science titles for a one-year term.

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GeoEye Receives Additional Awards Totaling $13 Million From the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

, GeoEye is the world's largest commercial
satellite imagery company, delivering the highest-quality, most accurate
imagery and products to better map, measure, monitor and manage the world.sec. Those
interested in trying the beta of the new offering should visit
http://www."
"We are proud to partner with ALA and American Libraries to show
our support for National Library Week," said David Bass, ebrary 's SVP
of Sales + Marketing.

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gov, or by contacting: William L.com. Additional
technologies and innovations will be introduced later this year. MSN worldwide sites are located at
http://www.

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A copy of all SEC filings may be obtained from the SEC's EDGAR
web site, http: //www.

MSN Continues Investments in Search With the Launch of Local Search

"By selecting any word or phrase in
an American Libraries digital edition, our members can instantly
search across ebrary 's titles from leading publishers using the
'Search Library Science Collection' item on the InfoTools menu.
By selecting words within a current document, end users can instantly
link to relevant information from other EDF or PDF documents, digital
databases, and resources on the Web.

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The company is the premier provider of geospatial data,
information and value-added products for the national security community,
strategic partners, resellers and commercial customers. Warren, Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary, at 703-480-5672.ebrary."

About ALA

American Libraries is the magazine of the American Library
Association, the oldest and largest library association in the world,
with more than 64,000 members.

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"High-resolution, map-accurate commercial imagery plays a major role in
developing up-to-date maps and geospatial information supporting disaster
relief, military planning and operations," said Matthew M."
GeoEye is currently building its next-generation commercial satellite
imaging system, GeoEye-1, which will have a ground resolution of .
Launch is slated for early 2007. For
more information, visit http://www.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060112/DCTH008LOGO )
The NGA's ClearView contracts require GeoEye to complete a variety of
specific imagery collections supporting many NGA requirements.msn.ebrary.

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(Logo: http://www. Louis, Missouri; and Thornton , Colorado for delivery to NGA. The TerraServer-USA Web site is one of the world's largest online
databases , providing access to a vast data store of maps and aerial
photographs of the United States. ebrary 's DCP combines authoritative content with
sophisticated research technology including the ebrary Reader(TM),
which optimizes page-by-page viewing of PDF documents, and
InfoTools(TM), which seamlessly links search queries to multiple
online databases and information on the Web.

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With
localized versions available globally in 41 markets and 20 languages, MSN is a
world leader in delivering Web services to consumers and online advertising
opportunities to businesses worldwide.

ebrary Supports National Library Week Provides ALA Members with Free Access to Library Science Collection; The American Libraries Archive Now Seamlessly Integ

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president and chief executive officer of GeoEye.

With the addition of MSN
Virtual Earth, we are poised to take local search to the next level.
All of ebrary's products feature the ebrary Reader(TM), which
optimizes online viewing through the "real-time" conversion of PDF
documents into ebrary's Exchange Data Format(TM) (EDF).

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, GeoEye, the world's
largest satellite remote-sensing imaging company (OTC: ORBM), announced today
its ClearView contracts for map-accurate imagery and services with the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have increased in value by an
additional $13 million. When consumers search for
local information, they will receive results from city- and region-specific
White Pages and Yellow Pages directory information. Slated to debut later this year , MSN Virtual Earth is designed to
enable consumers to answer the question "What's it like there? " The integrated
expertise of the MSN Search and MSN Virtual Earth teams will allow for
enhanced development efforts and provide greater synergies, because mapping
technologies are a strategic cornerstone to the MSN Search vision.

About MSN
MSN attracts more than 400 million unique users worldwide per month. The most useful and innovative online
service today, MSN brings consumers everything they need from the Web to make
the most of their time online. Both the
American Libraries digital archive and ebrary's Library Science
collection are delivered using ebrary's Dynamic Content Platform
(DCP)(TM).
"ebrary's Library Science collection will greatly enhance the
American Libraries digital archive, and the project is a great way to
help endorse National Library Week," said Leonard Kniffel, editor and
publisher of American Libraries. ebrary's DCP provides
simultaneous, multi -user access to customizable databases of full-text
books, reports, maps, and other authoritative content in multiple
subject areas.

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Additional information regarding
these risk factors and uncertainties is described more fully in the Company's
SEC filings., MSN today released a
beta version of a new Local Search service, enabling consumers to quickly
retrieve local results from business, residential or local Web sites, often
accompanied by informative maps and aerial images.msn.
Additionally , they may take advantage of many other InfoTools
functions including full-text searching across the American Libraries
archive, linking to resources on the Web such as dictionaries,
encyclopedias , and maps, and highlighting text that is stored on a
personal bookshelf for future reference.

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DULLES, Va.
"We are deeply investing in developing world-leading local search services
that precisely deliver the local information consumers care about," said
Christopher Payne, corporate vice president for MSN Search at Microsoft Corp.

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The new MSN Local Search functionality is an evolution of the Near Me
search feature that debuted on MSN Search in February of this year and allowed
consumers to receive search results tailored to a geographic location. in the United States and/or other
countries.

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Its products are the cornerstone of the remote-sensing industry enabling a
wide array of applications for national security and defense, mapping, local
government planning, and natural resources and environmental monitoring.
Each local search result is shown as a numbered pin on a corresponding map
provided through Microsoft(R) MapPoint(R) Web Service, and digital aerial
images are supplied by TerraServer-USA when available for a given search
result .

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These most recent
increases represent additional imagery to be collected by the company 's IKONOS
and OrbView-3 high-resolution earth-imaging satellites.

About GeoEye
Headquartered in Dulles, Va.com. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties ."

MSN Local Search Beta Available Today
Starting today, consumers in the United States will see a new Local
category added to the MSN Search options on MSN.com .
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
We hope that by offering access to our collection of digital books
relevant to librarianship and library science, we can help with the
greater cause.

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MSN is located on the Web at
http://www.msn. EDF serves any
PDF file, regardless of size, through any connected Internet browser,
one page at a time, making the delivery fast and efficient for the
viewer.

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The latest increases are in addition to the
$36 million awarded to the company in January 2006, bringing the value for
GeoEye's ClearView contracts to $49 million in 2006.geoeye. MSN Formally Welcomes Virtual Earth to the MSN Search Team

REDMOND, Wash. For example, a local
search on "auto mechanics" could bring up listings of nearby mechanics, repair
shops and towing companies. Originating at the Microsoft Bay Area
Research Center, TerraServer is operated by Microsoft as a research project
for developing advanced database technology.

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NOTE: Microsoft, MSN, Virtual Earth and MapPoint are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. The collection is seamlessly
integrated with the American Libraries digital archive, enabling ALA
members to extend their knowledge and research. The American Libraries
digital archive is available today at http://site. "Librarians and their staff make enormous
contributions to our schools, colleges, and the community in general.

About ebrary

ebrary (R) provides technology solutions and information services
that students, employees, patrons, and staff need to be more
productive, competitive, and knowledgeable.

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"The NGA has been an
excellent customer and we are committed to meeting all of their expectations.----In honor of
National Library Week, April 10-16, 2005, ebrary(R) (www.

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MSN Virtual Earth Joins MSN Search
MSN Virtual Earth, developed by the MapPoint team, will soon offer
consumers a deeply immersive local search experience, including the ability to
layer multiple search results onto a single map, weather and traffic data, and
even aerial photographs of some locations taken at a 45-degree angle from
airplanes .

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential .com/lib/ala
Published by ALA, American Libraries is one of the industry's
leading trade magazines available to all 64,000 ALA members.

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The imagery is
processed at GeoEye's image processing centers located in Dulles, Virginia;
St.41-meter. This initial beta release
is the first step by MSN(R ) Search toward delivering a broad local search
vision, which encompasses geo-local search, mapping technologies, mobile
search, local business and residential databases, and local Instant Answers
related to news, events, movie times, weather and more.
The company has pioneered the Dynamic Content Platform (DCP)(TM),
a hosted information delivery service that features a growing
selection of more than 60,000 titles from more than 200 leading
academic, STM, and professional publishers .

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GeoEye was formed as a result of ORBIMAGE's acquisition of Space Imaging in
January 2006. ORBIMAGE 's actual financial and operational results could
differ materially from those anticipated.
(Logo: http://www.com/worldwide.
InfoTools(TM) is an advanced set of software features within the
ebrary Reader that provides much more powerful and efficient research
capabilities than editorial -based linking or multiple search queries.

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Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended .