AccuWeather.com and Triangle Software LLC Announce Partnership to Provide Traffic Information Online

Up-to-the-Minute Real-Time Traffic Maps Now Available for 20 U.S. Cities

(State College, PA - February 8, 2006) - AccuWeather.com, the world's leading commercial weather service, and Triangle Software LLC have announced a partnership to offer traffic information for AccuWeather.com's no-cost subscription and commercial web products.

Triangle Software's BeatTheTraffic.com real-time traffic maps are now available from AccuWeather.com, providing consumers, business and government with up-to-the-minute content from 11 sources of traffic information. Users will know what to expect not only in driving conditions due to weather, but also in delays, construction, incidents and traffic patterns so that they are better prepared to choose alternative routes or allow more travel time as needed.

BeatTheTraffic.com real-time maps are constantly refreshed with current information from police reports, road work, loop detectors and other sources. These zoomable, interactive maps include details on the latest incidents and real-time highway speeds, and are now available for 19 U.S. cities: Anaheim, Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago, Fresno, Gary, Los Angeles, Macon, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St Paul, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle and Tacoma.

"We are excited to partner with The World's Weather Authority® and together we will bring up-to-the-minute local traffic information to millions of online users through stunning maps that are fully zoomable and interactive," says Andre Gueziec, President and CEO of Triangle Software LLC, which operates BeatTheTraffic.com.

"We've determined that BeatTheTraffic.com has the best-working traffic maps in the industry," adds Jim Candor, AccuWeather.com Senior Vice President of New Media. "As more cities are added to the BeatTheTraffic network, our users, from consumer to commercial interests, will greatly benefit from the addition of BeatTheTraffic.com maps and information coupled with AccuWeather.com's superior weather forecast data."

About AccuWeather.com

AccuWeather.com, The World's Weather Authority®, provides a portfolio of products and services through the airwaves, via the Internet, in print, and behind the scenes that benefit hundreds of millions of people worldwide. AccuWeather.com services more than 250,000 paying customers in media, business, government and institutions, and millions more through its free website. AccuWeather.com also provides content onto more than 10,000 Internet sites including CNN Interactive, ABC's owned and operated stations, The Washington Post and The New York Times. About BeatTheTraffic.com

Beat The Traffic is a service operated by Triangle Software LLC, based in Sunnyvale, California. Triangle's mission is to provide the Right Traffic Information at the Right Time. Triangle processes and integrates real-time road traffic information from numerous public and private sources, predicts traffic patterns and alerts users so they can arrive at their destinations rested and ready, and save gasoline and aggravation. Triangle services individual consumers, companies/employers and the broadcast media with an up-to-the-minute traffic feed, and automated, information-rich graphics.

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