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First Ever Yahoo!-Wrapped and Wired Pedicabs WheelThrough the Streets of Sydney, Australia.

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Human-Powered Vehicles Offer Free Public Transportation,

Internet Access and Online Digital Photos

...and Raise Funds, Awareness for The Red Cross!

Taking it to the streets of Sydney, Australia for the first time, Yahoo!, Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today rolled out 10 purple and yellow Yahoo!-wrapped and wired pedicabs. The uniquely designed, Internet-connected and human-powered vehicles offer visitors and Sydney residents environmentally-safe free rides, and a chance to surf the Web free of charge through WAP-enabled mobile phones from Cable & Wireless Optus. Passengers can also get a free digital online picture of their visit to Sydney presented by Yahoo!(R) Photos (http://photos.yahoo.com), Yahoo!'s free photo sharing and storage site, and Epson (www.epson.com).

The Yahoo! pedicabs will run daily from Sept. 13 through Oct. 1, 2000 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on various bike paths and public routes through Sydney. A special preview of the pedicabs took place at Luna Park, right by the Harbour Bridge at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000, in Sydney.

"Yahoo! appeals to and brings together a global audience, enabling people worldwide to connect and communicate easily with one another," said Luanne Calvert, brand marketer, Yahoo! Inc. "We continue to look for fun and familiar ways to help people experience the Web whether traveling, on business, or at home. Through the Yahoo! pedicabs, we offer vehicles for people to conveniently use Yahoo! services including photos, news, mail and more while on the road in Sydney."

"Since 1992, Main Street Pedicabs has lead the way in streamlining the design of human-powered vehicles in the United States. We continue to look for ways to introduce the pedicab to new markets, such as Sydney, and to validate pedicabs as a legitimate form of transportation worldwide," said Steve Meyer, owner, Main Street Pedicabs, Inc. and designer of the Yahoo!-branded pedicabs. "Together with Yahoo!, we offer a comfortable, enjoyable, entertaining, and economic alternative form of transportion to visitors and residents of Sydney."

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