Comet Systems Selects GuruNet as Reference Partner

Comet Systems Selects GuruNet as Reference Partner

Toolbar Provides Users With Easy Access to GuruNet Reference

WESLEY HILLS, N.Y., Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GuruNet Corporation (AMEX:GRU) and Comet Systems, Inc. announced today that GuruNet reference content is now being offered with selected Comet toolbars, including the beta version of Comet's newest Search Rover(TM) toolbar. The Search Rover(TM) toolbar, with reference powered by GuruNet, enhances the browser with fun and useful online tools, and is omnipresent regardless of the site a user is visiting.

"The partnership with Comet Systems, Inc. is a perfect alignment," said GuruNet founder and CEO Robert Rosenschein. "GuruNet was created to simplify the search process by delivering concise, reliable information, and delivers the accurate, up-to-date reference information users prefer."

"Comet Systems provides consumers with innovative products for connected desktop software, and GuruNet Reference fits our model perfectly," said Dan Smith, general manager of Comet's software division. "Our partnership with GuruNet adds another valuable asset to our Search Rover(TM) toolbar by delivering one-click access to the best source of reference content on the web."

GuruNet, a leading provider of instant answers, has been integrated into the "Reference" button on the toolbar, delivering clear and direct answers to a "Who is ... " or "What is ... " query. GuruNet's answers are drawn from premium content publishers. GuruNet's sources include dictionaries, biographies, encyclopedias, company information, health topics, thesauruses and more than 100 other reference resources, providing the quick facts users seek while surfing the Internet.

About GuruNet

GuruNet is a leading reference search engine. Founded in 1999 by Robert Rosenschein, GuruNet Corporation (www.gurunet.com), provides patented technology and software tools to access authoritative definitions and facts from over 100 reference sources and over a million topics over the Internet. The company is also actively developing its newest property, Answers.com, a Web-based, ad-supported site, with no subscription fee required. Previous institutional investors include Dawntreader Ventures, Israel Seed Partners, Flatiron Partners, JP Morgan Partners, Time Warner Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Highland Capital and individual investors Mort Meyerson, Bob Lessin, John Sculley, and Yossi Vardi.

About Comet Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1997, Comet provides consumers with innovative desktop software and publishers with tools to enhance their sites' capabilities. With Comet software, users can personalize their web experience and receive specific information when it is most relevant. Comet is based in New York City and Boston. More information is available at http://www.cometsystems.com/.


Source: GuruNet Corporation

CONTACT: press, Jay Bailey of GuruNet Corporation, 866-576-0352, or
media@gurunet.com; or investors, John Baldissera of BPC Financial Marketing,
800-368-1217, for GuruNet; or Martha Collins of Comet Systems,
+1-617-768-5220, ext. 234, or media@cometsystems.com

Web site: http://www.cometsystems.com/

Web site: http://www.gurunet.com/


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