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                        CO-BRANDING AND LICENSE AGREEMENT

     This Agreement, dated as of September 7, 1999 is between ZDNet, a
division of ZD Inc., a Delaware corporation, with a business address at 650
Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94103 ("ZDNet"), and techies.com
inc., a Minnesota corporation, with a principal place of business at 7101
Metro Boulevard, Edina, Minnesota 55439 ("Company").

     WHEREAS Company is the owner of the Web site at URL www.techies.com (the
"Techies Site") which is designed to assist technology professionals with
career management and to assist companies in recruiting technology
professionals by matching corporate needs with available technology
professional personnel;

     WHEREAS ZDNet operates an Internet site that provides information and
services related to computers and technology (the "ZDNet Site"). The "ZDNet
Site" shall mean the web site owned and operated by ZDNet aimed at users
within the U.S. which is currently located at www.zdnet.com, excluding the
following areas of the site: ZDTV, Gamespot, Videogames.com, the Mac Channel,
all foreign editions of the ZDNet Site, and ZDU; and

     WHEREAS Company and ZDNet each desire to create, develop and
operate a co-branded area on the ZDNet Site (the "Co-branded Site") and to
establish links from the ZDNet Site to the Co-branded Site for promotional
purposes.

     NOW, THEREFORE, ZDNet and Company hereby agree as follows:

     1.    CO-BRANDED SITE.

           (a)   LAUNCH. The parties shall use best efforts to create,
develop and launch the Co-Branded Site on or before October 15, 1999. The
parties shall cooperate in good faith during a mutually agreed testing and
beta period prior to launch to ensure the viability of the Co-branded Site.

           (b)   CONTENT. The Co-branded Site will include a tech career
development center with the following functions and features: job listing
search (company not identified), career management resource content,
registration and Company authored related articles reasonably approved by
ZDNet (the "Techies Content"), and such content and services relating to
career development that are available on the ZDNet Site and other ZDNet
authored content (the "ZDNet Content") as the parties shall mutually agree.
ZDNet shall deliver the ZDNet Content to the Co-branded Site via FTP feed or
other mutually acceptable method. Other than the Techies Content and ZDNet
Content, no other content shall be included in the Co-branded Site unless
both parties mutually agree to include such content.

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           (c)   URL. The Co-branded Site will have two URLs: (i)
techies.zdnet.com and (ii) zdnet.techies.com. A user will be able to navigate
back and forth between the two URLs as necessary. Exhibit A more fully sets
forth the features and functions by URL.

           (d)   ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. If during the Term of this
Agreement, Company offers or links to new services and products on the
Techies Site, other than the Techies Content described in Section 1(c),
Company may make such products and services available to the Co-branded Site;
provided, that such new products and services shall not be included in the
Co-branded Site without the consent of ZDNet and the inclusion of such
products and services on the Co-branded Site shall be upon financial terms to
be negotiated in good faith and agreed by the parties hereto. If Company does
not make such products and services available on the Co-branded Site, such
products and services shall not be promoted on the Co-branded Site, nor shall
the Co-branded Site provide a link to any pages of the Techies Site that
contain such products and services. Any such products and services included
on the Co-branded Site in accordance with this Section 1(d) shall be
considered to be included in the definition of Techies Content.

           (e)   BRANDING. The Co-branded Site will feature both the ZDNet
Marks and Company Marks (as such terms are hereinafter defined); provided,
however that the pages within the URL zdnet.techies.com will not include the
ZDNet Marks except for the pages that provide for the registration to ZDNet.
The ZDNet Marks and Company Marks shall appear in substantially equal size
and placed in appropriate positions of substantially similar prominence on
the Co-branded Site, as mutually agreed by the parties. All use of the ZDNet
Marks and Company Marks on the Co-branded Site shall be in accordance with
Section 10 herein. ZDNet shall create front-end specifications and design the
user interface (including content such as graphics and text) for the
Co-branded Site in consultation with Company and consistent with user
interface designs based on back-end specifications of the Techies Site. ZDNet
will also develop all graphics for the interface. The Co-branded Site shall
have a "look and feel" substantially similar to the ZDNet Site so that it
looks and feels like an integrated part of the ZDNet Site. The design, text
and graphics of the Co-branded Site created by ZDNet shall be subject to the
Company's approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and
in any event, Company shall provide approval or rejection of the design, text
and graphics within five (5) business days of Company's receipt of such
materials from ZDNet. If Company does not deliver consent or rejection to
such materials within such five (5) day period, Company shall be deemed to
have approved such design, text and graphics. The design layout of the
Co-branded Site shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B
which if not attached at execution of the Agreement shall be provided by
ZDNet within ten (10) business days of the effective date of the Agreement.
Each party will designate a contact to whom questions about the production of
the Co-branded Site shall be directed.

     2.    PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. ZDNet will provide promotional
opportunities within certain areas of the ZDNet Site linking to the
Co-branded Site in accordance with the Promotion Plan attached hereto as
Exhibit C. ZDNet shall be responsible for developing in consultation with the
Company, all promotions and links from the ZDNet Site to the Co-branded Site,
including design and development of creative elements and software
implementation of links. Company and ZDNet shall jointly review the Promotion
Plan and ZDNet's performance

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thereunder, at least quarterly during the Term of this Agreement. If it shall
appear that the Co-branded Site is not likely to meet the Company's
membership target goals (as set forth in Exhibit H) for the first twelve
month period of the Term of this Agreement, ZDNet agrees to increase its
email promotional activities by 1,000,000 messages each of four times during
the second twelve months of the Term, at no further charge to Company, and to
discuss generally the promotional activities performed pursuant to this
Agreement. In addition to those opportunities provided in Exhibit C, Company
may purchase additional advertising and promotion for the Co-branded Site to
be provided on the ZDNet Site at a ten percent (10%) discount off the then
prevailing lowest rate card prices for such advertising and promotion on the
ZDNet Site. ZDNet shall perform a custom survey of the ZDNet Site users
meeting Company's requirements set out in Exhibit D two (2) times per year.
Survey results will be provided to Company in tabulated and raw data form.
All advertisements and promotions provided pursuant to this Agreement, shall
also be subject to ZDNet's General Terms and Conditions as set forth on
ZDNet's then current rate card which may be amended from time to time at
ZDNet's discretion; provided, that to the extent there is any inconsistency
in the terms of such rate card and this Agreement, the terms of this
Agreement shall control. ZDNet's current Terms and Conditions are attached as
Exhibit E and the current rate card can be reviewed at
http://www.zdnet.com/adverts/adinfo/advertzd/ratecard.htm. ZDNet reserves the
right to redesign or modify the organization, structure, "look and feel,"
navigation and other elements of the ZDNet Site, including without
limitation, by adding or deleting channels, subchannels and/or screens. If
ZDNet eliminates or modifies an area of the ZDNet Site in a manner that
modifies the nature of the promotions required under this Section 2 and
Exhibit C in a material adverse fashion, ZDNet will provide the Co-Branded
Site with comparable promotions reasonably satisfactory to Company and, if
requested by Company, shall meet with Company to discuss such modifications,
and such modifications to the promotions shall be made within a commercially
reasonable time frame. No such change shall be made without prior notice to
Company. Additionally, the parties will work together to conform the
Co-branded Site to the new "look and feel" of the ZDNet Site within a
commercially reasonable time frame.

     3.    EXCLUSIVITY; NONCOMPETITION; THIRD PARTY CONTENT ON THE TECHIES SITE.

           (a)   EXCLUSIVITY.

           (i)   During the Term of this Agreement, Company will be the
exclusive integrated, co-branded provider of technology job listings on the
ZDNet Site. ZDNet shall not provide any promotional opportunities or
advertising on the Co-branded Site or within careers-oriented newsletter
described in Exhibit C for any third parties who provide job listings.
Advertising or promotional opportunities for other parts of the ZDNet Site
for job listing providers will be limited to standard advertising units such
as banner ads, sponsored text links and standard rotating buttons.
Advertisements on the ZDNet Site for any single job listing service, other
than Company's service, shall not account for more than [****] in revenue to
ZDNet during any twelve (12) month period during the Term of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 3(a)(i), ZDNet shall not
place a link to a Web site providing technology job listings within the home
page channel navigation of the ZDNet Site.

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           (ii)  For the period commencing upon execution of the Agreement
until December 31, 1999, Company shall not enter into any agreement with
either IDG, CMP Media or Cnet that provides for a promotional arrangement
involving the integration of the Techies Site, or any similar site with any
such entity.

           (b)   NONCOMPETITION. During the term of this Agreement, ZDNet
will not directly compete with the Company, by itself or through any
subsidiary or affiliate entity, in the on-line recruitment space for
technology professionals on the ZDNet Site.

           (c)   THIRD PARTY CONTENT ON THE TECHIES SITE. If Company includes
any Content (as hereinafter defined) on the Techies Site, ZDNet shall have
the right to include substantially similar content upon the same terms and
conditions. Such ZDNet Content shall be featured as prominently or more
prominently than any other Content. For purposes of this Section 3(c),
"Content" shall mean editorial content and reviews, relating to information
technology, including but not limited to computer hardware and software, the
Internet and related technology provided by [****].

           (d)   ZDNET SPONSORSHIP ON THE TECHIES SITE. ZDNet shall receive a
sponsorship promotion box (the "Sponsorship MacroButton")_on all pages of the
Techies Site (excepting registration and the first page of the Internet Job
Fair section) from October 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999. The design
parameters are outlined in Exhibit I: Sponsorship MacroButton. In exchange
for this promotion ZDNet will provide a [****] placement fee to the Company
payable on or before December 31, 1999.

     4.    OPERATIONS.

           (a)   OPERATING AND SERVING. Company shall host and serve the
Co-branded Site, including the features described in Section 1. Company shall
deliver the following features to be used on the Co-branded Site: (a) the
same registration tool used for the Techies Site; provided, that the
registration form shall include such additional information, if any, as is
required to register on the ZDNet Site and users of the Co-branded Site will
be automatically registered as ZDNet members unless they choose to opt out,
and the parties shall mutually agree to the form and content of the
registration interface, so that each party is able to obtain their respective
registration information therefrom; (b) advertising delivery features and (c)
additional features as mutually agreed by the parties. Company shall operate
and serve the Co-branded Site in a manner consistent with the present quality
standards maintained on the Techies Site and which meets response performance
standards for Co-branded Site users set out in Exhibit F. Company shall be
responsible for all system operation software costs, hardware costs and
network costs incurred in connection with hosting the Co-branded Site.
Company shall be responsible for quality assurance of the Co-branded Site and
its performance; provided that Company shall not be responsible for
performance relating to the undertakings or obligations of ZDNet. ZDNet shall
be responsible for all system operation software costs, hardware costs, and
network costs incurred in connection with delivering the ZDNet Content and
advertising to the Co-branded Site.

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           (b)   MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. Company and ZDNet shall
each maintain the portions of the design, content, and software developed for
the Co-branded Site for which each party is responsible. Company shall
incorporate all bug fixes and upgrades into the production version of the
Co-branded Site and will consider all product changes and enhancements
reasonably requested by ZDNet on an ongoing basis during the Term of this
Agreement, and shall make any product changes or enhancements that are
reasonably necessary to maintain the Co-branded Site at the standards set
forth in Section 4(a). All product upgrades shall be implemented by Company,
and Company shall maintain the hardware and bandwidth upgrades reasonably
needed to maintain services and products with performance and reliability
standards comparable to the Techies Site and the ZDNet Site. Each party
agrees to consult with the other party regarding technical issues and each
party shall designate a technical person as the contact person for such
consultation. Such technical person shall be contacted at least three (3)
working days prior to scheduled outages and immediately in case of
unscheduled outages

           (c)   CUSTOMER SUPPORT. Company shall provide all customer support
requested by the registered members and the companies who provide job
listings. Such support shall include making representatives of Company
available by email during regular business hours in each city in which the
Company maintains operations.

     5.    ADVERTISING ON THE CO-BRANDED SITE. ZDNet will sell all
advertising to be placed on the Co-branded Site and will remotely deliver
such advertising. ZDNet may serve such advertisements to pages contained
within the URL techies.zdnet.com and will not serve advertisements to pages
contained with in the URL zdnet.techies.com. Company will cooperate with the
integration of ZDNet's ad serving software with the Co-branded Site in order
that ZDNet may deliver and track such advertising efficiently and accurately.
ZDNet shall not sell or display advertising on the Co-branded Site for
persons or firms engaged in on-line recruitment (provided, that such
prohibition shall not preclude the advertisements of entities that recruit
their own employees through on-line activities except those entities engaged
in the business of on-line recruitment), nor any advertising which is
illegal, or features sexually explicit material or promotes alcohol, firearms
or on-line gambling. ZDNet shall pay Company a fee equal to [****] of the
Co-branded Site Net Revenue (as hereinafter defined) from all such
advertising sales or a comparable fixed payment to be agreed upon by the
parties (the "Advertising Fee"). "Co-branded Site Net Revenue" shall mean
gross revenue from the sale of advertising by ZDNet on the Co-branded Site
less sales commissions, agency fees, bad debts, refunds, rebates and
"makegoods". For purposes of determining amounts due to Company, Co-branded
Site Net Revenue shall not be less than [****] of the gross revenue from the
sale of advertising by ZDNet on the Co-branded Site. Within thirty (30) days
after the close of each month (beginning October 1, 1999), ZDNet will provide
Company with monthly reports of revenues from advertising sold during the
preceding month. ZDNet will deliver the Advertising Fee to Company on a
quarterly basis within thirty (30) days of the end of each three month period
during the Term of this Agreement, commencing with the first three month
period beginning October 1, 1999 and ending December 31, 1999. Each payment
shall include a report summarizing advertising sold during the applicable
period and the revenues received with respect to such advertising. Company
shall have the right to examine or appoint an independent certified public
accountant to examine and audit, at Company's expense, and not more than once
a year during normal business hours, the relevant records of ZDNet relating
to the advertising

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revenues for the Co-branded Site and calculation of the Company's fee under
this Section 5. If such audit uncovers a deficiency in payment, ZDNet shall
promptly reimburse Company in the amount of such underpayment and if the
underpayment is ten percent (10%) or greater, ZDNet shall also promptly
reimburse Company for the reasonable costs of such audit. Company shall not
sell advertising for placement on the Co-branded Site without the prior
written consent of ZDNet; provided, however, Company may display company
profiles and job listings which are not intended to be advertisements and are
customarily included in the content on the Techies Site.

     6.    TRAFFIC REPORTS. Company shall generate daily traffic reports and
shall provide copies to ZDNet on a reasonable basis.

     7.    DATA OWNERSHIP AND USE.

           (a)   OWNERSHIP. Company shall own all user registration data
("Data") generated through the Co-branded Site. All new members on the
Co-branded Site shall also register for the ZDNet Site unless they opt out of
such registration under the registration interface to be agreed upon by the
parties. The data collected in connection with the registration with ZDNet
consisting of the registrant's first and last name, address, city, zip code,
country and email address (the "ZDNet Registration Data") shall be co-owned
by ZDNet and Company. Identical data collected by Company from persons opting
out of ZDNet registration ("Permitted Use Registration Data") will remain
owned solely by Company but made available to ZDNet under the remaining terms
of this Section 7.

           (b)   Delivery of Information to ZDNet. Company shall provide the
ZDNet Registration Data and Permitted Use Registration Data in summary and in
detailed form to ZDNet for use as permitted in Section 7(d). Such data shall
be shared in real time if commercially and technologically feasible so that,
for example ZDNet could customize its site content and advertising for such
user. If real time data sharing is not available, Company shall provide such
data to ZDNet at least bi-weekly in an alternative format to be mutually
agreed. Company shall provide to ZDNet any other information (excluding Data)
which it collects on the Co-branded Site such as page views and unique users.
Company shall not be required to share Data (except for the ZDNet
Registration Data, as such Data will be co-owned by ZDNet and Company) or
share Permitted Use Registration Data or other information if such disclosure
would violate any law or its privacy policy.

           (c)   DELIVERY OF INFORMATION TO COMPANY. ZDNet shall provide
Company with any information it collects on the Co-branded Site, including,
without limitation, page views, unique users, click-throughs to the
registration tool, and standard reporting on all promotions the Company runs
on the ZDNet network (including on-line, radio and television). ZDNet shall
not be required to provide any information to Company if such disclosure
would violate any law or its privacy policy.

           (d)   PERMITTED USE. The parties acknowledge and agree that all
use of the Permitted Use Registration Data and other information provided by
either party to the other party pursuant to this Section 7 shall be used only
as allowed by Company's and ZDNet's privacy policies in effect from time to
time. Subject to ZDNet's right to use the ZDNet

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Registration Data for any purpose in accordance with its privacy policy,
ZDNet shall be entitled to use the Permitted Use Registration Data for
internal purposes only, and shall not disclose, sell or otherwise convey the
Permitted Use Registration Data to any third party. Notwithstanding anything
else set forth in this Section 7, ZDNet may use any Permitted Use
Registration Data to formulate statistics for its sales and marketing
purposes, but not for any direct revenue generation purpose. Company shall
not disclose, sell or convey the ZDNet Registration Data to any third party
as a ZDNet audience list, and shall not disclose information provided by
ZDNet under Section 7(c) to any third party, but may use such information for
sales and marketing purposes.

     8.    TERM; TERMINATION.

           (a)   TERM. Subject to the earlier termination of this Agreement
at set forth below, this Agreement shall commence the date hereof and shall
expire on October 15, 2001 (the "Term").

           (b)   TERMINATION. Either party may terminate this Agreement prior
to the end of the Term if (i) the other party has materially breached its
obligations under this Agreement and such breach is not cured within thirty
(30) days after notice from the non-breaching party (failure to make payments
hereunder shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement), (ii) the
other party makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization under the
bankruptcy laws or if a petition is filed against it, or if a receiver or
trustee is appointed for such other party, or (iii) pursuant to Section 20.

           (c)   EFFECT OF TERMINATION; SURVIVAL. Upon termination or
expiration of this Agreement for any reason, (i) Company shall immediately
cease all use and distribution of the ZDNet Marks (as such term is
hereinafter defined) and the ZDNet Content, and shall promptly delete the
ZDNet Marks and ZDNet Content from its computer systems, (ii) ZDNet shall
immediately cease all use and distribution of the Company Marks except in
connection with advertising or promotions of the Techies Site purchased by
Company prior to termination or expiration to be posted on the ZDNet Site
after the termination or expiration of this Agreement, it being understood
that ZDNet shall not be obligated to otherwise promote the Techies Site after
termination of this Agreement, and (iii) both parties shall immediately cease
use of the Co-branded Site. Neither party shall thereafter adopt and use any
new trademark, trade name, logo or trade dress which is the same or similar
to any of the Marks owned by the other party, or a URL that incorporates any
of the Marks owned by the other party. The provisions of this Section and
Sections 7, 10(d), 11, 13 and any payment obligation that has accrued and is
owed by one party to the other party but has not been paid prior to the
termination or expiration, shall survive the termination or expiration of
this Agreement. It is expressly agreed that if this Agreement is duly
terminated prior to expiration of the Term in accordance with Section 8(b),
Company shall be obligated to deliver within thirty (30) days of the
effective date of such termination all amounts accrued and owing under
Section 9(a) prior to such termination.

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     9.    CONSIDERATION; PAYMENT.

           (a)   BASE FEE. Company shall pay ZDNet the amount of Eight
Million Dollars ($8,000,000) (the "Base Fee") in accordance with the payment
schedule set forth in Exhibit G.

           (b)   ZDNET INVESTMENT. ZDNet and Company agree that within five
(5) business days after the date hereof, ZDNet and Company will consummate
the purchase by ZDNet of capital stock of Company. In the event that the
purchase by ZDNet of the Company's capital stock does not close within such
five (5) business day period for any reason, either party shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement within five (5) business days thereafter
upon notice to the other party. Such termination shall be without any
liability or continuing obligation of ZDNet or Company.

           (c)   BOUNTIES. In addition to the Base Fee, once Company has
obtained [****] member registrants from the Co-Branded Site, Company shall
pay ZDNet bounty payments ("Bounties") of [****] for each new member
registration made on the Co-branded Site in excess of such four hundred
thousand new member registrations during the Term. For purposes of this
Section 9(c), member registration shall mean those individuals originating
from the ZDNet Site who complete the Co-branded Site member registration
form. The Company shall pay the Bounties, if any, to ZDNet within thirty (30)
days after the close of each calendar quarter commencing with the calendar
quarter beginning October 1, 1999 and ending December 31, 1999 (each such
period, a "Quarter"). Each payment shall include a report summarizing
registrations filed during the applicable Quarter and all prior Quarters and
calculation of Bounties. Company shall deliver such quarterly report whether
a payment is due and owing or not. ZDNet shall have the right to examine or
appoint an independent certified public accountant to examine and audit, at
ZDNet's own expense, and not more than once a year, during normal business
hours, the relevant records of Company relating to calculation of Bounties.
If such audit uncovers a deficiency in payment, Company shall promptly
reimburse ZDNet in the amount of such underpayment and if the underpayment is
ten percent (10%) or greater, Company shall also promptly reimburse ZDNet for
the reasonable costs of such audit.

           (d)   CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION. ZDNet shall have the option of
purchasing from the Company a corporate subscription to the Techies Site
multi-site service for each year during the Term at a twenty percent (20%)
discount from the suggested pricing offered to retail customers.

     10.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

           (a)   ZDNET LICENSE. ZDNet hereby grants Company, during the Term,
a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free (except as provided herein),
worldwide license to use, publicly display, transmit, distribute and
reproduce (a) the ZDNet Content, and (b) ZDNet's logos, trademarks, trade
names and trade dress contained in the ZDNet Content and the "ZDNET"
trademark and logo (the "ZDNet Marks") in accordance with ZDNet's established
trademark usage policies and procedures, solely for the purposes of
operating, hosting, and serving the Co-branded Site and promoting the
Co-branded Site and advertising the ZDNet Site in accordance with Exhibit I.
Company shall not alter, modify or amend the ZDNet Content without the prior
written consent of ZDNet.

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Company shall not alter or impair any acknowledgment of copyright or other
intellectual property rights of ZDNet that may appear in the ZDNet Content.
If ZDNet requests that any portion of the ZDNet Content on the Co-branded
Site be deleted, corrected or made inaccessible because such ZDNet Content
contains any errors, or is, or could be subject to a claim that is
defamatory, obscene, invades the right of privacy or infringes any right of
any person or entity, or for any other reason, Company shall delete or
correct the affected ZDNet Content within twenty-four (24) hours after
receipt of Company's request.

           (b)   COMPANY LICENSE. Company hereby grants ZDNet, during the
Term, the right to reproduce and display the Company's logos, trademarks,
trade names and other similar identifying material (the "Company Marks") in
accordance with Company's established trademark usage policies and
procedures, solely for the purposes of promoting the Co-branded Site in
accordance with this Agreement.

           (c)   USE OF MARKS. In connection with the licenses granted
hereunder, each party shall have the unilateral right to establish such
quality standards and additional terms and conditions concerning the use of
its Marks as such party deems reasonably necessary to protect its Marks. Use
of a party's Marks, and the goodwill associated therewith, shall inure solely
to the respective owner of the Marks. Upon request of either party, the other
party shall provide appropriate attribution of the use of the requesting
party's Marks. Except as expressly permitted herein, neither party shall make
any other use of the other party's Marks. Each party's rights in their
respective Marks, other then those expressly licensed in this Agreement, are
reserved for such party for its own use and benefit.

           (d)  OWNERSHIP OF MARKS. ZDNet acknowledges and agrees that (i)
as between Company and ZDNet, Company owns all right, title and interest in
and to the Techies Site, Techies Content and the Company Marks, (ii) nothing
in this Agreement shall confer in ZDNet or any ZDNet affiliate any right of
ownership in the Techies Site, Techies Content or and the Company Marks, and
(iii) ZDNet shall not now or in the future contest the validity of the
Company Marks. Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) as between Company
and ZDNet, ZDNet owns all right, title and interest in and to the ZDNet
Content and the ZDNet Marks, (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall confer in
Company or any Company affiliate any right of ownership in the ZDNet Site,
the ZDNet Content and the ZDNet Marks, and (iii) Company shall not now or in
the future contest the validity of the ZDNet Marks. ZDNet and Company shall
jointly own any intellectual property (including any content or graphics that
do not incorporate the Marks) created solely for the Co-Branded Site. Each of
the Company and ZDNet agree that it shall at all times conduct all aspects of
its business which relates to the Co-branded Site in a professional manner
and shall not do or permit to be done any act that could reasonably be
anticipated to harm, prejudice or otherwise damage the reputation and
goodwill associated with the Marks.

     11.   INDEMNIFICATION.

           (a)  COMPANY INDEMNITY. Company agrees to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless, ZDNet and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees,
agents and affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, from and against
any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable
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third party claim alleging (i) any breach of any covenant, agreement or
warranty made by Company in this Agreement, (ii) that the Techies Content
when used on the Co-Branded Site or the Company Marks when used as permitted
herein infringe any copyright, US trademark, US patent, trade secret or other
intellectual property right of any third party, or (iii) unauthorized or
illegal use by the Company of the Data or other information obtained from the
Co-branded Site or from ZDNet.

           (b)  ZDNET INDEMNITY. ZDNet agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless, Company and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees,
agents and affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, from and against
any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable
legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to any third party claim
alleging (i) any breach of any covenant, agreement or warranty made by ZDNet
in this Agreement, (ii) that the ZDNet Content or ZDNet Marks when used as
permitted herein infringe any copyright, US trademark, US patent, trade
secret or other intellectual property right of any third party, or (iii)
unauthorized or illegal use by ZDNet of the Data or other information
obtained by ZDNet directly from the Co-branded Site or from Company, and that
any advertising on the Co-branded Site is false or misleading.

           (c)  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Each party's indemnification
obligations hereunder shall be conditioned upon (i) prompt written notice by
the indemnified party to the indemnifying party of any claim, action or
demand for which indemnity is claimed; (ii) complete control of the defense
and settlement thereof by the indemnifying party; and (iii) such reasonable
cooperation by the indemnified party in the defense as the indemnifying party
may request.

           (d)  INFRINGEMENT CLAIM. If either party's (the "Infringing
Party") intellectual property rights are alleged or held to infringe the
intellectual property rights of a third party, the Infringing Party shall, at
its own expense, and in its sole discretion, (i) procure for the
non-Infringing Party the right to continue to use the allegedly infringing
intellectual property or (ii) replace or modify the intellectual property to
make it non-infringing If neither option is available the Infringing Party
shall be deemed to be in material breach of this Agreement.

     12.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

           (a)  BY COMPANY.  Company represents and warrants to ZDNet:

           (i)   Company is duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the State of Minnesota and has full corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and perform as contemplated herein; and

           (ii)  Company has received no notice that the Company Marks,
Techies Content or any other intellectual property of Company to be used in
the performance of its services and obligations under this Agreement,
violates the rights or interests of any third party.

           (b)  BY ZDNET.  ZDNet represents and warrants to Company:

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           (i)   ZDNet is a division of ZD Inc., a corporation duly organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform as
contemplated herein;

           (ii)  ZDNet has received no notice that the ZDNet Marks, ZDNet
Content or any other intellectual property of ZDNet to be used in the
performance of its services and obligations under this Agreement, violates
the rights or interests of any third party.

     13.   PRESS RELEASES. The parties may jointly prepare press releases
announcing the existence of this Agreement, but shall not otherwise make any
public statements or disclosures concerning the terms of this Agreement to any
medium except with the prior approval of both parties or as required by law or
the rules of any applicable stock exchange or any governmental agency.

     14.   CONFIDENTIALITY. During the Term of this Agreement and thereafter,
each party will use and reproduce the other party's Confidential Information
only for purposes of this Agreement and only to the extent necessary for such
purpose and will restrict disclosure of the other party's Confidential
Information to its employees, consultants or independent contractors with a
need to know and will not disclose the other party's Confidential Information
to any third party without the prior written approval of the other party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it will not be a breach of this Agreement for
either party to disclose Confidential Information of the other party if
required to do so under law or in a judicial or other governmental
investigation or proceeding, provided the other party has been given prior
notice and the disclosing party has sought all available safeguards against
widespread dissemination prior to such disclosure. As used in this Agreement,
the term "Confidential Information" refers to: (i) the terms and conditions
of this Agreement; (ii) each party's trade secrets, business plans,
strategies, methods and/or practices; and (iii) any other information
relating to either party or its business that is not generally known to the
public, including but not limited to information about either party's
personnel, products, customers, marketing strategies, services or future
business plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information
specifically excludes (A) information that is now generally available to the
public or subsequently becomes available to the public through no action or
fault of the other party; (B) information that is known to either party
without restriction, prior to receipt from the other party under this
Agreement, from its own independent sources as evidenced by such party's
written records, and which was not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the
other party; (C) information that either party receives from any third party
reasonably known by such receiving party to have a legal right to transmit
such information, and not under any obligation to keep such information
confidential; and (D) information independently developed by either party's
employees or agents provided that either party can show that those same
employees or agents had no access to the Confidential Information received
hereunder. Notwithstanding anything else set forth in this Section 14, each
party shall be entitled to use the Data in accordance with Section 7 herein.

     15.   RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES. Company and ZDNet are independent
contractors under this Agreement, and nothing herein will be construed to
create a partnership, joint venture or agency relationship between them.
Neither party has authority to enter into agreements of any kind on behalf of
the other.

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     16.   DISPUTE RESOLUTION; CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM. This Agreement, its
interpretation, performance or any breach thereof, will be construed in
accordance with, and all questions with respect thereto will be determined
by, the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts entered into
and wholly to be performed within said state without regard to its conflict
of laws rules. Any disputes between Company and ZDNet not otherwise resolved
by the parties or for which injunctive relief is sought, shall be submitted
to the jurisdiction of the Federal or state courts located (i) in the City of
New York, State of New York in the case of a claim brought by Company against
ZDNet, and Company waives any objection it has or may have in the future with
respect to such venue or (ii) in County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota in
the case of a claim brought by ZDNet against Company, and ZDNet waives any
objection it has or may have in the future with respect to such venue.

     17.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire understanding
of the parties hereto with respect to the transactions and matters
contemplated hereby, supersedes all previous agreements between the parties
concerning the subject matter, and cannot be amended except by a writing
signed by both parties. No party hereto has relied on any statement,
representation or promise of any other party or with any other officer,
agent, employee or attorney for the other party in executing this Agreement
except as expressly stated herein.

     18.   COUNTERPARTS AND FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. This Agreement may be
executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Facsimile signatures will be considered original signatures.

     19.   LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT FOR ANY INDEMNIFICATION LIABILITY
ARISING UNDER SECTION 11 HEREIN, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL EITHER PARTY BE
LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING FROM ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING SUCH
DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD PARTIES), SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF
REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS.

     20.   FORCE MAJEURE. In the event that either party is prevented from
performing, or is unable to perform, any of its obligations under this
Agreement due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of the party
invoking this provision, the affected party's performance shall be excused
and the time for performance shall be extended for the period of delay or
inability to perform due to such occurrence. In the event that a party's
performance is prevented or delayed for more than sixty (60) days, then the
other party may terminate this Agreement upon delivery of written notice to
the non-performing party.

     21.   NOTICES. All notice required to be given under this Agreement must
be given in writing and delivered either in hand, by certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage pre-paid, or by Federal Express or other
recognized overnight delivery service, all delivery charges pre-paid, and
addressed:

           If to Company:         techies.com inc.

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                                  7101 Metro Boulevard
                                  Edina, Minnesota 55439
                                  Attention:
                                  Fax Number:

           If to ZDNet:           ZDNet
                                  650 Townsend Street
                                  San Francisco, CA 94103
                                  Attention: VP of Corporate Development
                                  Fax No.: (415) 551-4599

With a copy of all notices relating to breach, termination or interpretation
of this Agreement to:

                                  ZD Inc.
                                  28 East 28th Street
                                  New York, New York 10016
                                  Attn: Legal Department
                                  Fax No. (212) 503-3581

A notice shall be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon receipt of such notice
by the receiving party in the event such notice is delivered by hand, (ii) three
(3) business days following the deposit of such notice in the mail if such
notice is being delivered by mail, and (iii) one business day following the
deposit of such notice with an overnight delivery service.

     22.   SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this Agreement
for any reason shall be held illegal, unenforceable, or invalid, the
remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and the
affected provision shall be modified in a manner which comes closest to the
intention of the parties at the time the original provision was agreed upon.

     23.   WAIVERS. Any waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement
shall only be deemed to have been made if expressed in writing by the party
granting such waiver. The failure or neglect by either party to enforce, in
any one or more instances, any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
shall not be construed as a waiver of the future performance of any such term
or condition, or any other terms or conditions of this Agreement.

     24.   ASSIGNMENT. Neither party shall have the right to assign or
sublicense the rights or obligations set forth in this Agreement without the
other party's written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), provided that either party shall have the right to assign this
Agreement and all rights and obligations herein to any person or entity
acquiring substantially all of the assigning party's business.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Co-Branding and
License Agreement as of the date set forth above.

ZD INC.                                 TECHIES.COM INC.

By: /s/ THOMAS SANTOSUSSO               By: /s/ PETER BRASKET
   -------------------------------         -----------------------------------
      Name: Thomas Santosusso                 Name: Peter Brasket
      Title: Executive Director,              Title: VP - Business Development
             Business Development

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                                   EXHIBIT A

                                FEATURES BY URL

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   CO-BRANDED SITE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ZDNET.COM                  TECHIES.ZDNET.COM        ZDNET.TECHIES.COM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                              <C>                        <C>
1. Links to Co-branded Site      1. techies.com.articles    1. Registration as
and promotion of Co-branded                                 techies.com Member
Site in accordance with Exhibit                             (includes career agent
C to this Agreement.                                        setup)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 2.  zdnet.com articles
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 3. techies.com preview
                                 search & results
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 4.  Company Profiles
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 5.  Promotion of           2. There will be no
                                 techies.com registration   advertisements on this
                                                            URL.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

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                                   EXHIBIT B

                        CO-BRANDED SITE LAYOUT & DESIGN

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                                   EXHIBIT C

                               PROMOTION PROGRAM

1. REGISTRATION INTEGRATION

a. ZDNet will integrate an opt-in selection for users to pass a relevant
   portion of their registration data to the Co-Branded Service during the
   ZDNet registration process. This information transfer will provide a
   portion of the data required to complete registration and will trigger
   an email encouraging users to proceed with the entire registration
   process.

A graphical example is shown as Screenshot A following Exhibit C.

b. [****]

c. [****]

2. ENTERPRISE CHANNEL INTEGRATION

a. ZDNet will provide placement of a graphical macrobutton or equivalent
   unit with every page of the Enterprise Channel Career Content Zone,
   including but not limited to the Salary Zone tool and other technology
   career content offered within the Zone. The placement will drive users
   to register with the Co-Branded Service.

b. ZDNet will provide an editorial resource to update and refresh Career
   Zone Content on a regular basis, but no less than twice a month.

A graphical example is shown as Screenshot B following Exhibit C

3. COMPANY FINDER INTEGRATION

a. ZDNet will integrate links to the co-branded service within the ZDNet
   Company Finder. Links will refer users to the Co-Branded Service.

A graphical example is shown as Screenshot C following Exhibit C

[****] Confidential portion omitted and filed seperately with the Commission.

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4. INTEGRATION INTO ZDNET PERSISTENT NAVIGATION

a. ZDNet will integrate a "Tech Jobs" link on the ZDNet Persistent
   Navigational Element and such link will drive users to the Co-Branded
   Service. The link will exist in all displayed instances of the
   Navigational Element.

5. INTEGRATION / EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP - ZDNET CAREERS NEWSLETTER

ZDNet will produce a monthly Careers newsletter which will be offered with the
Enterprise Career Zone and within the ZDNet general newsletter sign-up screens.
The newsletter will be ZDNet editorially-driven content and the Co-Branded
Service will be prominently features as the exclusive Career / Jobs sponsor in
every mailing. Techies.com will also create editorial content for this
newsletter and a minimum of one content piece from Techies.com will be placed in
each newsletter, subject to final editorial approval by ZDNet. No advertising of
online recruitment firms will be sold in the Careers Newsletter.

6. ZDNET HOMEPAGE INTEGRATION

ZDNet will provide integration of the Co-Branded Service via a "Tech Jobs" or
similar link on the ZDNet Homepage within the Quicklinks, Channel Guide, ZDNet
Services and Persistent navigational elements.

A graphical sample is shown as Screenshot D following Exhibit C

7. ADDITIONAL PROMOTIONAL ELEMENTS

         [****]

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 [****] Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

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         [****]

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 [****] Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

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SCREENSHOT A - REGISTRATION INTEGRATION

Internet screen shot of ZDNet.com Registration Page

This Web page allows the technology professional to register for multiple
technology-related products and services. Prominently displayed in the center
of this Registration Page is the heading "Enhance Your Career--Find your
dream job today with ZDtechies.com" which provides a direct click-through to
the co-branded ZDNet/techies.com Web site.

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SCREENSHOT B - CAREER ZONE CONTENT INTEGRATION

Internet screen shot of ZDNet.com Career Zone Page

This Web page provides a targeted Salary Database providing comparative
salary information for multiple technology professional occupations.
Prominently displayed on the lower right portion of this Web page is a
click-through button advertisement overlayed with the techies.com logo and
the text "ZDtechies.com--Your Local Career Source" which provides a direct
click-through to the co-branded ZDNet/techies.com Web site.

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SCREENSHOT C - COMPANY FINDER INTEGRATION

Internet screen shot of ZDNet.com Company Finder Page

This Web page provides instant profiles of over 4,700 high-tech companies.
Displayed in the center of the page is a heading entitled "Tech Jobs" and a
corresponding click-through button labeled "ZDtechies.com." In addition, in
the lower right portion of the screen is a click-through button labeled "Tech
Jobs." Both of these buttons provide a direct click-through to the co-branded
ZDNet/techies.com Web site.

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SCREENSHOT D - HOMEPAGE INTEGRATION

Internet screen shot of ZDNet.com Homepage

This Web page is divided into multiple categories and subcategories
including, but not limited to, "Breaking News", "Today on ZDNet", "ZDNet
Services" and "ZDMagazines". Displayed in the top third of the page is a
click-through button labeled "Find High Tech Jobs". Under the subcategory
"Careers" is a click-through button labeled "Technology Jobs". Under the
category "ZDNet Services" is a click-through button labeled "Find High Tech
Jobs Here". All of the above-mentioned click-through buttons provide a direct
click-through to the co-branded ZDNet/techies.com Web site.

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                                   EXHIBIT D

                         CUSTOMER SURVEY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum survey frequency: twice per year

Minimum sample size: 1,000

Minimum number of questions and survey design: to be mutually agreed upon by
the parties

Survey content generation: techies.com.

Survey content approval: joint (ZDNet and techies.com.)

Question format: multiple choice.

Ownership of data: joint

Reporting format: Microsoft Excel, all recorded data (not just summaries)

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                                   EXHIBIT E

                      ZDNET CURRENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

A. Acceptance of advertising programs subject to space availability upon
receipt of signed contract or insertion order by ZDNet.

B. Online advertisements are accepted upon the representation that advertiser
and its agency have the right to publish and display the contents thereof. In
consideration of such online publication and display, advertiser and its
agency agree to indemnify and hold online publisher harmless against any
expense or loss by reason of any claims arising out of online publication and
display.

C. Positioning of advertisements is at the discretion of the publisher except
where a request for a specific preferred position is acknowledged by
publisher in writing. Material must be received by material closing date,
otherwise position may be lost, or requested impression level may be reduced.

D. Publisher may use prior ad material if new material is not received on
time.

E. Cancellation Policy: Any campaign can be cancelled with no penalty up to
two weeks before the scheduled start date of the campaign. Campaigns
cancelled less than two weeks before the scheduled start date of the campaign
are subject to a 15% cancellation fee. After a campaign has started,
cancellation notices are accepted with two weeks' notice. Advertisers will be
rebilled for all impressions delivered through effective end date; if
appropriate, shortrates will apply.

F. Postponement Policy: In cases where ad material has not arrived by the
fifth working day after the agreed-upon campaign start date, ZDNet's
postponement policy goes into effect. ZDNet will reduce the number of total
impressions for every day the campaign is late, based on even distribution,
and the advertiser will be invoiced at the original contracted dollar amount.

G. All contents of advertisements are subject to online publisher's approval.
Online publisher reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertisement,
insertion order, space reservation or position commitment at any time.

H. All insertion orders are accepted subject to provisions of the current
rate card.

I. Online publisher shall not be liable for any costs or damages if for any
reason it fails to electronically publish and display an advertisement. In no
event shall online publisher be liable for any damages, consequential or
otherwise, in excess of the amount paid for the advertisement, as a result of
any mistake in the advertisement, omission from or error in any index, or for
any other reason.

J. Online publisher shall have the right to hold advertiser and/or its
advertising agency jointly and severally liable for such monies as are due
and payable to online publisher for

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advertising which advertiser or its agent ordered and which advertising was
published and displayed.

K. No conditions other than those set forth in the rate card shall be binding
on the online publisher unless specifically agreed to in writing by the
online publisher. Online publisher will not be bound by conditions printed or
appearing on order blanks or copy instructions which conflict with the
provisions of the rate card.

L. Online publisher is not liable for delays in delivery and/or non-delivery
in the event of an Act-of-God, action by any government or quasi-governmental
entity, fire, flood, insurrection, riot, explosion, embargo, strikes whether
legal or illegal, labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of
any kind, work slow-down or any condition beyond the control of the
electronic publisher affecting production or delivery in any manner.

M. As used in this section entitled "General Terms and Conditions" the term
online publisher shall refer to ZDNet and Ziff-Davis Inc.

N. Payment in full is due within 30 days of the "live" date of advertiser's
program.

O. All discounts are multiplicative and not additive.

P. Rates are subject to change upon notice from the publisher. Publisher will
not accept any catalogs as advertisements nor permit the use of the word
"catalog" in any advertisements except by special written agreement with
Publisher. Advertisers using the word "catalog" in their ads without
Publisher's written consent will be held liable for the payment of any
additional postage fees which may be imposed by the US Postal Service."

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contractual Information

    -  Banners and insertion orders must be delivered at least three (3)
       business days prior to the start of an insertion term.
    -  Banner changes during an insertion term must be delivered at least
       one (1) business day prior to change.
    -  ZDNet will run up to four (4) banners at one time, and will change
       creatives as frequently as once per week.
    -  All advertising requires a signed insertion order.
    -  Any correspondence should include a list of: advertiser's name,
       contracted banner positions, URL link, alternative text and run
       dates.
    -  All quarterly and monthly programs start on weekdays (no holidays
       or weekends).

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                                   EXHIBIT F

                             PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Uptime Performance: Company shall maintain uptime of at least ninety-seven
percent (97%) of the time within each one month period of this Agreement,
barring exceptions detailed under Measurement Stipulations below. Service uptime
means that a user on the Internet is able to access the Co-branded Site, and
that access to the Co-branded Site, including the registration tool, shall not
result in retrieval errors.

Measurement Stipulations: Performance shall be measured by multiple independent
third party companies agreed upon by both parties. Measurement periods shall
begin and end at 00:00 Sunday morning. Any scheduled maintenance performed by
Company or its agents shall be excluded from uptime calculations. Company shall
not be responsible for access problems to the Co-branded Site caused by failure
of a user or third party measurement company's ISP, intervening ISP between the
user or third party measurement company's ISP, or peering points (public or
private) between any of the aforementioned parties. Such failures shall not be
included in performance measurement calculations. Problems accessing content
caused by user action or lack thereof (i.e., forgot password, proxies or browser
is not standards compliant, etc.) shall not count toward performance measurement
calculations. However, Company shall take commercially reasonable steps to solve
such problems as they arise.

Non-conformance: Company shall be considered to not be in compliance with
performance measurement guidelines if it fails to meet the conditions outlined
above for two consecutive measurement periods or for three measurement periods
in any six week period.

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                                   EXHIBIT G

                               PAYMENT SCHEDULE

The Base Fee shall be allocated as follows:
a. $1,000,000 shall be allocated to the cost of implementing the Co-branded Site
during September and October, 1999. Such costs include integration, testing, and
launch of the Co-branded Site
b. $7,000,000 shall be allocated to the costs of
slotting/distribution / promotion of the Co-branded Site from Oct 1999 to
September 2001.

The fee shall be payable as follows:
a. $333,000 shall be due on the last day of each of October, November, December
of 1999
b. $1,000,000 shall be payable on the last day of March 2000
c. $333,000
shall be payable on the last day of each month from April to Sept 2000
d. $1,000,000 shall be payable quarterly in advance starting 10/1/2000 and the
last payment being due 7/1/2001

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                                   EXHIBIT H

                              MEMBER ACQUISITION
                                 EXPECTATIONS

Period                                           Goal

Months 1-6 after launch of                       [****] members
Co-Branded Site

Months 7-12 after launch of                      Additional [****] members
Co-Branded Site

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                                   EXHIBIT I

SPONSORSHIP MACROBUTTON

The Company shall provide an above the fold sponsorship MacroButton to ZDNet.
The MacroButton shall be designed substantially as follows:

Macrobutton Specifications

Dimensions:  88w x 120h (pixels).

Format:      GIF format (72dpi, 256 colors).

Link Information: The MacroButton will contain a linked ZDNet logo and 1-3
additional links to ZDNet which shall be editorial in nature and determined by
ZDNet.

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November 10, 1999

Mr. George Still, Jr.
Norwest Venture Partners
245 Lytton Avenue, Suite 250
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Mr. Michael J. Stark
Crosslink Omega Ventures
555 California Street, Suite 2600
San Francisco, CA 94104

Mr. Lee M. Feldman
ZDNet, a division of ZD Inc.
28 East 28th Street
New York, NY 10016

Re: Extension of Offering Period; [***]
    -----------------------------------

Dear Michael, George and Lee:

As a final step in closing the Series B financing of $25 million, I am asking
for your acknowledgement and consent to (i) extend the offering period under
the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated September
14, 1999, to allow for the sale of the balance of the shares offered under
the agreement, and (ii) [***]. In exchange, we agree to the items listed on
the attached schedule.

Please sign this letter and return it immediately to me via fax
(612-253-3560).

Sincerely,

/s/ Jeff Traynor
----------------------
Jeff Traynor
Chief Financial Officer

Acknowledged and Agreed:

Record Name of Shareholder: /s/ ZDNet, a division of ZD Inc.
                            -----------------------------------

 [****] Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

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Schedule to 10 November 1999 Letter
------------------------------------

[****]

 [****] Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

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                         CNET CO-BRANDED SITE AGREEMENT

CNET, Inc. ("CNET") operates Internet sites through which users will be able to
access technology job information and related tools provided by Techies.com
("Content Provider"). Content Provider operates a technology job web site at
http://www.techies.com (the "Content Provider Site"). Content Provider desires
to be listed on the CNET Sites, including the CNET Tech Jobs site at
http://jobs.cnet.com and any other site launched by CNET that is primarily
devoted to information technology (collectively, the "CNET Sites"), on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Accordingly, CNET and
Content Provider hereby agree as follows:

1.       CO-BRANDED SITE.

         1.1.     DEVELOPMENT. Within a reasonable time after the execution of
                  this Agreement, the parties will use commercially reasonable
                  efforts to create and develop a co-branded version of the
                  Content Provider Site (the "Co-Branded Site") with the
                  intention of making such site available to CNET's general user
                  base on January 1, 2000 (the "Launch Date"). The parties will
                  cooperate in good faith to determine a mutually agreed upon
                  beta and testing period that will occur prior to the Launch
                  Date. The Co-Branded Site will include a career development
                  center with the following functions and features: job listings
                  search, career management resource content authored by the
                  Content Provider, registration to the Content Provider's
                  services through the Co-Branded Site, and ability to browse
                  profiles of Content Provider's clients. The Co-Branded Site
                  will also include a "Post your Jobs" feature, a "Company of
                  the Day or Week" function, and a "Job of the Day or Week"
                  function, the latter two features which shall be reasonably
                  determined by Content Provider and selected from Content
                  Provider's client base. Without limiting the foregoing, unless
                  otherwise determined by CNET, the Co-Branded Site will provide
                  all of the information, content, features and functionality,
                  and will perform in a manner substantially similar to the
                  Content Provider Site, as the Content Provider Site may be
                  updated and enhanced from time to time. Unless otherwise
                  agreed by the parties, CNET will not include any reasonably
                  deemed competitive job or career-related functionality within
                  the Co-Branded Site. Each party will designate a contact to
                  whom questions about the production of the Co-Branded Site
                  shall be directed.

         1.2.     HOSTING. Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties, the
                  Content Provider will host the Co-Branded Site on its servers
                  (or on servers within its control) and will provide all
                  computer hardware, software and personnel necessary to operate
                  and maintain such Co-Branded Site as functional pages
                  accessible to users of the World Wide Web. Notwithstanding
                  that the Co-Branded Site is hosted by the Content Provider,
                  the Content Provider agrees to use commercially reasonable
                  efforts to ensure that that each page on the Co-Branded Site
                  will be IP masked so that the URL displayed in a Co-Branded
                  User's browser ends in CNET.com. The parties agree that CNET
                  will receive credit for all page views for Media Metrix

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                  and other reporting purposes. In the event that CNET
                  reasonably determines that Content Provider is technologically
                  unable to include a CNET.com URL on the registration page,
                  CNET agrees that such registration page only may appear under
                  the Techies.com URL, provided that (a) the look and feel of
                  such registration page is substantially similar to the look
                  and feel of the Co-Branded Site, and (b) no advertising or
                  other promotions appear on the registration page. The parties
                  will work together in good faith to determine the most
                  efficient and effective method to provide the Co-Branded Site
                  to users, and may move some Co-Branded pages to CNET's servers
                  as mutually agreed upon.

         1.3.     DESIGN; LOOK AND FEEL. CNET will design the user interface and
                  all aspects of the look and feel of the Co-Branded Site in
                  consultation with the Content Provider. The design, text and
                  graphics of the Co-Branded Site created by CNET will be
                  provided to Content Provider at least 30 days prior to the
                  Launch Date. Each page on the Co-Branded Site will include
                  primary branding for CNET and may include hyperlinks to CNET
                  or to third parties, as determined at CNET's discretion
                  subject to the terms of Section 2.7 below. Content Provider
                  will receive branding on the Co-Branded Site in the form of
                  (a) a logo of equal size to the CNET logo which appears above
                  the fold on the Co-Branded Site, and (b) a text statement
                  indicating that the Co-Branded Site is "Powered by
                  techies.com" directly adjacent to the CNET logo.

         1.4.     TECHNICAL STANDARDS. The Co-Branded Site will comply with the
                  functional, technical and editorial specifications and
                  standards set forth in Exhibit A.

         1.5.     ADVERTISING. CNET or its third party designee will be solely
                  responsible for creating and pricing advertising units, as
                  well as selling and serving all advertising on the Co-Branded
                  Site. Content Provider will use commercially reasonable
                  efforts to ensure that the hardware and software associated
                  with the Co-Branded Site are compatible with the ad serving
                  software of CNET or its third-party ad server existing as of
                  the Effective Date of this Agreement.

         1.6.     DATA COLLECTION.

                  1.6.1.   CO-BRANDED USERS. Members of the Content Provider's
                           service registering from the Co-Branded Site will be
                           directed back to the Co-Branded Site for services and
                           information offered by the Content Provider,
                           including to browse company profiles in response to a
                           JobNote (as defined in Section 2.6).

                  1.6.2.   DELIVERY BY CONTENT PROVIDER TO CNET. Content
                           Provider will own all user registration data
                           generated through the Co-branded Site. Content
                           Provider will supply CNET with the Co-Branded Site
                           user registration data in both summary and detailed
                           form, for usage as defined in Section 1.6.3 below.
                           This data will be shared in real time if commercially
                           and technologically feasible, so that, for example,
                           CNET could customize its site content and advertising
                           for that user. If real time data sharing is not

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                           available, the data shall be provided to CNET no less
                           frequently than bi-weekly. Content Provider shall
                           provide CNET with all information it collects on the
                           Co-Branded Site including, without limitation, data
                           regarding visits, number of searches, page views and
                           unique users.

                  1.6.3.   PERMITTED USE. During the Term and after termination
                           of this Agreement, CNET will not use the registration
                           data to target advertising or promotions to
                           registered users for a service that is competitive
                           with the products or services provided by the Content
                           Provider at the date of the execution of this
                           Agreement (e.g., career and recruiting services).
                           During the Term and after termination of this
                           Agreement, Content Provider may use the registration
                           data to deliver a reasonable amount of information
                           regarding Content Provider's services, provided that
                           (a) such information will not be specifically
                           targeted at users that registered through the
                           Co-Branded Site, (b) such information will not refer
                           to CNET or any CNET property without CNET's prior
                           written consent, and (c) such registration data may
                           be provided to third parties only if (i) the user has
                           affirmatively "opted-in" to allow such data to be
                           disclosed, and (ii) such third party is not a CNET
                           competitor, defined as a company whose primary
                           business involves Internet-based news, information,
                           reviews, e-commerce solutions, auctions, price
                           comparisons or software downloads. All use of Content
                           Provider's proprietary data will be consistent with
                           Content Provider's and CNET's reasonable privacy
                           policies. This clause will survive the termination of
                           the Agreement. Except for the restrictions placed on
                           use of the registration data provided above, nothing
                           herein shall restrict a party from offering products
                           or services in competition with the other.

                  1.6.4.   DELIVERY BY CNET TO CONTENT PROVIDER. CNET shall
                           provide Content Provider with any information it
                           collects on the Co-Branded Site, such as page views,
                           unique users, and clickthroughs to the registration
                           tool. Such data may be shared in the aggregate by
                           Content Provider solely for marketing purposes,
                           provided that the accuracy and representation of such
                           data in marketing materials is approved in advance by
                           CNET and that such data is not provided to any CNET
                           competitor.

         1.7.     MESSAGES. All hyperlinks and URLs included within any messages
                  sent to users of the Co-Branded Site, including but not
                  limited to JobNotes, shall link to the appropriate page on the
                  Co-Branded Site; provided, however, that if pursuant to
                  Section 1.1 CNET has elected to not include certain content of
                  the Content Provider Site and such content is referenced in
                  the message, then any hyperlinks directly related to that
                  content may link to the appropriate page of the Content
                  Provider Site.

2.       PROMOTIONS ON THE CNET SITES.

         2.1.     PROMOTIONS. Content Provider agrees to purchase standard
                  rate-card advertising promotions on the CNET Sites and CNET TV
                  ("Promotions") totaling at least

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                  $3,000,000 (net of all discounts) during the Term ("Minimum
                  Media Buy Amount"). Unless otherwise mutually agreed,
                  Content Provider will pay for the Promotions at the rate of
                  $83,333 per month during the first year following the
                  Launch Date, and $166,667 per month during the second year
                  following the Launch Date. Pricing of such Promotions will
                  be based on a [****] discount off CNET's standard Net
                  Advertising Card Rates (as defined below) in effect at the
                  time of execution of this Agreement. For the purposes of
                  this Paragraph, "Net Advertising Card Rates" means full,
                  standard advertising card rates minus a 15% advertising
                  agency commission. Such Promotions will be designed to
                  promote the CNET Tech Jobs channel and will include the
                  phrase "Powered by Techies.com" wherever appropriate or
                  mutually agreed.

         2.2.     DELIVERY AND DESIGN. The Promotions will be delivered
                  substantially in accordance with the Media Plan set forth on
                  EXHIBIT B, as may be changed from time to time by mutual
                  agreement of the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                  within 30 days following the execution of this Agreement, CNET
                  and Content Provider will work together in good faith to
                  determine what changes, if any, should be made to EXHIBIT B
                  with respect to the Promotions, and shall amend EXHIBIT B to
                  reflect all mutually agreed upon changes. For any changes to
                  the EXHIBIT B, CNET and Content Provider will work together in
                  good faith to determine the timing, type, content, number and
                  placement of such changed Promotions on the CNET Sites. CNET
                  will design any graphics and other materials required for the
                  Promotions, in reasonable consultation with the Content
                  Provider. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, all
                  Promotions will be linked to the Co-Branded Site.

         2.3.     CNET PROMOTION REPORT. Within thirty (30) days following the
                  end of each month during the Term, CNET will provide a report
                  to Content Provider describing the number of Promotions
                  delivered during the previous month ("CNET Promotion Report")
                  and in addition will provide access to tracking and reporting
                  information in the manner generally available to other
                  advertisers on the CNET Sites.

         2.4.     LINKS AND SITE INTEGRATION. CNET will place links to the
                  Co-Branded Site in relevant areas within the CNET Sites, as
                  defined in Exhibit C. Additional links may be placed within
                  the CNET Sites at CNET's sole discretion. Without limiting the
                  foregoing, CNET will place a link to the Co-Branded Site off
                  the front door of CNET.com and in the navigation bar appearing
                  at the top of each page on the CNET Sites; provided that CNET
                  may change the look and feel, design, functionality and
                  features of the CNET Sites at CNET's sole discretion. If any
                  change to the CNET Sites requires that CNET remove links to
                  the Co-Branded Site, CNET will use good faith efforts to
                  provide such links in a substitute location; provided that
                  CNET will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that a
                  link to the Co-Branded Site remain on the front door of
                  CNET.com, and will provide a link of substantially similar
                  prominence if such front door link is removed.

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         2.5.     DISPATCH AND CNET REGISTRATION. During the Term, CNET will use
                  commercially reasonable efforts to include an announcement
                  regarding the availability of the CNET Tech Jobs site in one
                  CNET Dispatch at no charge to Content Provider. CNET will
                  draft such announcement, subject to the reasonable approval of
                  Content Provider, which will not be unreasonably withheld or
                  delayed. In addition, CNET will include a link to the
                  Co-Branded Site within each career-oriented newsletter, if
                  any, that may be created by CNET after the Effective Date.
                  Further, if CNET develops a universal CNET registration page
                  on which a user can register for all services on the CNET
                  Sites, CNET may include the Co-Branded Site within such
                  registration page, at CNET's option; provided that CNET will
                  use commercially reasonable efforts to include an "opt-in" box
                  on such registration page though which users may request
                  registration information related to the Co-Branded Site.

         2.6.     JOBNOTES. For the purposes of this Agreement, "JobNote" means
                  an email dispatch from Content Provider, known as a JobNote
                  (or its successor), that describes a job listed on the Content
                  Provider Site. At CNET's discretion, CNET may include a link
                  to a JobNotes sign-up page on the CNET Dispatch registration
                  page. The JobNotes sign-up page will initiate the registration
                  process, and will include reference to the Content Provider.
                  In all JobNotes delivered to members of the Co-Branded Site,
                  Content Provider will include mutually agreed-upon co-branding
                  in the "Subject" field and heading of the email, which will
                  include, at a minimum, the CNET name before the name of
                  Content Provider. Further, such JobNote will point the user to
                  the Co-Branded Site to review the profile of the respective
                  Content Provider's client, and will not contain advertising
                  unless mutually agreed by the parties.

         2.7.     EXCLUSIVITY.

                  2.7.1.   During the Term, CNET will not include any
                           third-party content within the CNET Sites from any
                           company that is in the primary business of career
                           placement or recruiting in the information technology
                           industry.

                  2.7.2.   CNET will not include advertising or promotions on
                           the Co-Branded Site from any company listed on
                           Exhibit D, as may be changed not more than
                           semi-annually by mutual agreement of the parties.
                           Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any company with
                           which CNET has an existing contractual relationship
                           is added to Exhibit D, then CNET may fulfill its
                           existing contract with such company, provided that
                           such contract may not be extended or renewed by CNET.

                  2.7.3.   Content Provider acknowledges that CNET currently
                           operates co-branded sites that offer job listings,
                           including the co-branded CNET/iNiku site accessible
                           from various locations on the CNET Sites. Content
                           Provider acknowledges and agrees that CNET may
                           continue to offer and promote such co-branded sites
                           and create new co-branded sites that are not directly
                           competitive with the Content Provider as described in
                           Section 2.7.1;

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                           provided, however, that CNET will not endorse any
                           third-party job area (including iNiku) as the
                           official provider of job and career information on
                           the CNET Sites.

                  2.7.4.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this
                           Agreement, Content Provider acknowledges that CNET
                           produces co-branded editions of CNET Sites for
                           various resellers, distributors and other licensees
                           (collectively the "Distributors"). In some cases,
                           such Distributors are entitled to replace CNET's
                           default content with other content within their own
                           co-branded editions of the CNET Site. Notwithstanding
                           the other provisions of this Agreement, if any such
                           Distributor has exercised its right to replace
                           Content Provider's content with other content, then
                           CNET will not be required to display Content
                           Provider's content within such Distributor's
                           co-branded edition of the CNET Site, and the
                           exclusivity described herein shall not apply to such
                           Distributor's co-branded edition. CNET agrees that it
                           will not create any co-branded edition of a CNET Site
                           for any company that is in the primary business of
                           career placement or recruiting in the information
                           technology industry, provided that the foregoing will
                           not restrict CNET from licensing CNET content to such
                           companies. Further, CNET acknowledges that unless
                           otherwise agreed by CNET and Content Provider,
                           Content Provider will not be under any obligation to
                           create a separate multi-branded site for CNET and any
                           Distributor.

                  2.7.5.   CNET is creating several international editions of
                           the CNET Sites to reflect appropriate localized and
                           local partner content ("International Editions"). The
                           parties acknowledge that the terms of this Agreement
                           do not extend to such International Editions. If CNET
                           desires to add information technology career and
                           recruiting content to future International Editions
                           created for CNET, CNET will negotiate in good faith
                           with Content Provider regarding the terms and
                           conditions on which Content Provider's content may be
                           included on such International Edition, provided that
                           the foregoing will not obligate either party to enter
                           into an agreement related to such International
                           Editions.

3.       PROMOTIONS ON THE CONTENT PROVIDER SITE.

         3.1.     CONTENT PROVIDER PROMOTIONS. CNET agrees to purchase standard
                  rate-card advertising promotions on the Content Provider Site
                  ("Content Provider Promotions") totaling at least $500,000
                  (net of all discounts) during the Term. Pricing of such
                  Content Provider Promotions will be based on a [****] discount
                  off Content Provider's standard Net Advertising Card Rates (as
                  defined below) in effect at the time of execution of this
                  Agreement. For the purposes of this Paragraph, "Net
                  Advertising Card Rates" means full, standard advertising card
                  rates minus a 15% advertising agency commission. Content
                  Provider agrees that CNET will receive a promotional presence
                  as mutually agreed by the parties.

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         3.2.     DELIVERY AND DESIGN. The Content Provider Promotions will be
                  delivered as mutually agreed by the parties. Content Provider
                  will work in good faith to accommodate CNET's requests with
                  respect to the Content Provider Promotions, and Content
                  Provider and CNET will work together to determine the timing,
                  type, content, number and placement of all Content Provider
                  Promotions on the Content Provider Site. CNET will design any
                  graphics and other materials required for the Promotions. All
                  Content Promotions will be linked to a CNET Site as directed
                  by CNET.

         3.3.     CONTENT PROVIDER PROMOTION REPORT. Within thirty (30) days
                  following the end of each month during the Term, Content
                  Provider will provide a report to CNET describing the number
                  of Content Provider Promotions delivered during the previous
                  month.

4.       LICENSE.

         4.1.     LICENSE BY CNET. CNET hereby grants to Content Provider a
                  non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license, effective
                  throughout the Term, to use, publish, publicly perform,
                  publicly display, and digitally perform the CNET trademarks,
                  service marks, logos and brands on the Co-Branded Site and
                  within the Content Provider Promotions, to the extent
                  necessary to fulfill its obligations hereunder.

         4.2.     LICENSE BY CONTENT PROVIDER. Content Provider hereby grants
                  CNET a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license,
                  effective throughout the Term, to use, publish, publicly
                  perform, publicly display, digitally perform the Content
                  Provider's trademarks, service marks, logos and brands needed
                  solely for the Promotions undertaken by CNET for Content
                  Provider and for the Co-Branded Site.

         4.3.     OWNERSHIP. Each party acknowledges and agrees that it does not
                  have any claim, right, title or interest in or to the other
                  party's content or trademarks, except as explicitly provided
                  herein. Further, each party acknowledges and agrees that it
                  shall use the other party's content and trademarks solely as
                  expressly permitted under this Agreement and in a manner
                  consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
                  Nothing contained in this Agreement will give either party any
                  right, title or interest in or to any trademarks, trade names,
                  logos or other intellectual property of the other party,
                  except for the limited rights expressly granted hereunder.
                  Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other party has
                  complete authority to control the use of its content and
                  trademarks.

5.       PAYMENTS.

         5.1.     SLOTTING FEE. Content Provider will pay to CNET a slotting fee
                  totaling $7,000,000 for placement and integration on the CNET
                  Sites as described herein, payable at the rate of $3,000,000
                  during the first year of this Agreement, and $4,000,000 during
                  the second year of this Agreement. Beginning on the Launch

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                  Date, such payments will be made in equal quarterly
                  installments, in advance, at the beginning of each quarter
                  during the respective year during the Term.

         5.2.     PROMOTIONAL FEE. Content Provider will pay CNET $2,500,000 for
                  the Promotions described in Section 2.1, with payment terms
                  defined in the "Terms and Conditions" attached hereto. The
                  remaining $500,000 in Promotions will be paid for in barter as
                  provided in Section 5.4 below and the "Terms and Conditions."

         5.3.     ADVERTISING REVENUE SPLIT. CNET and Content Provider will
                  share all Net Advertising Revenue (as defined below) from
                  the Co-Branded Site at the rate of [****] each. For
                  purposes of this Section, "Net Advertising Revenue" means
                  revenue derived from advertising on the Co-Branded Site
                  minus reasonable ad serving costs. For purposes of
                  determining amounts due to Content Provider, Net
                  Advertising Revenue shall not be less that [****] of revenue
                  derived from advertising within the Co-Branded Site.

         5.4.     CONTENT PROVIDER PROMOTIONS. The Content Provider Promotions
                  described in Section 3 will be delivered as payment for the
                  $500,000 of Promotions delivered on the CNET Sites for Content
                  Provider, as further described in the "Terms and Conditions."

6. TERM. The term of this Agreement (the "Term") will commence on the signing of
this Agreement and will continue for a period of two years after the Launch
Date, unless otherwise terminated as provided in the Terms and Conditions
attached hereto.

7. TERMINATION. The parties acknowledge that they are contemplating an equity
agreement in which CNET will invest in Content Provider. If such equity
agreement is not signed within five business days following the signing of this
Agreement, then either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon
written notice to the other.

8. PUBLICITY. The parties agree to work together to issue a joint press release
concerning their relationship, the CNET Tech Jobs site, and other mutually
agreed-upon matters. Each party shall have an opportunity to review and approve
such press release prior to its publication. Neither party shall issue any other
press release concerning the business relationship set forth herein without the
prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that the foregoing
will not restrict either party from making press releases about their respective
products and services which do not include a reference to the other.

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9. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. All other terms and conditions governing this Agreement
are attached hereto and are incorporated herein by this reference. If there is
any apparent conflict or inconsistency between this Co-Branded Site Agreement
and the attached Terms and Conditions, this Co-Branded Site Agreement shall
control unless the parties expressly agrees otherwise in writing.

AGREED AND ACCEPTED the 9th day of November 1999.

CONTENT PROVIDER                                 CNET

BY: /s/ Peter Brasket                            BY: /s/ Doug Woodrum
   --------------------------------------           ----------------------------
TITLE:  Vice President, Business Develop.        TITLE: CFO

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                              TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This document sets forth additional Terms and Conditions under which CNET will
provide Promotions and Content Provider Links to the Content Provider in
fulfillment of the attached Co-Branded Site Agreement (the "Content Provider
Agreement").

1.   TERMS OF PAYMENT. Unless otherwise mutually agreed, Content Provider shall
     purchase Promotions at the rate of $83,333 per month during the first year
     following the Launch Date, and $166,667 per month during the second year
     following the Launch Date; provided, however, that the last quarter's
     payments of the first year shall be replaced by $250,000 in Content
     Provider Promotions delivered during the first year, and one-half of the
     last quarter's payments of the second year shall be replaced by $250,000 in
     Content Provider Promotions delivered during the second year. CNET shall
     invoice Content Provider on a monthly basis for the Promotions provided in
     the previous month. All payments will be due 30 days after receipt of the
     invoice and CNET Promotion Report by Content Provider. If Content Provider
     fails to make any payment due hereunder, Content Provider will be
     responsible for all reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees)
     incurred by CNET in collecting such amounts. Content Provider shall be
     responsible for all taxes associated with the payments required hereunder
     (except for taxes based on CNET's net income). Failure by the Content
     Provider to make the payments required will be deemed a material breach of
     this Content Provider Agreement and CNET shall have the option to remove
     the Content Provider from any or all CNET Sites and may pursue other
     remedies at CNET's sole discretion. If CNET does not deliver the Promotions
     because of Content Provider's action or inaction and not because of any
     fault of CNET (e.g., Content Provider fails to place acceptable orders,
     Content Provider fails to deliver creative materials on schedule, etc.),
     Content Provider agrees that it shall pay the Minimum Media Buy Amount, as
     applicable, described in Section 2.1 of the Content Provider Agreement,
     provided it receives the agreed-upon number of Promotions at the time of
     payment.

2.   PROMOTION POSITIONING, STYLE AND RATES. Except as otherwise expressly
     agreed by the parties, positioning of Promotions within the CNET Sites or
     on any page is at the sole discretion of CNET. Notwithstanding the
     forgoing, Promotions will be placed in a prominent location above the fold
     on the page they appear. These promotions shall be at least the same size
     as other Promotions for similar offerings. CNET may in its sole discretion
     label any advertisement as a "Promotion" for clarification.

3.   LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT FOR PAYMENTS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 4, IN
     NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR
     CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN ANY ACTION ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS
     AND CONDITIONS, THE CONTENT PROVIDER AGREEMENT, OR ANY INSERTION ORDER IN
     EFFECT BETWEEN CNET AND CONTENT PROVIDER FROM TIME TO TIME, WHETHER BASED
     IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), INTENDED CONDUCT OR OTHERWISE,
     INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RELATING TO THE LOSS OF PROFITS,
     INCOME OR GOODWILL, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
     THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EXCEPT FOR DAMAGES ARISING UNDER SECTION 4
     OR 13, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY'S LIABILITY FOR MONETARY DAMAGES UNDER
     THIS CONTENT PROVIDER AGREEMENT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY CONTENT PROVIDER
     TO CNET FOR THE PROGRAM WHICH IS THE BASIS OF LIABILITY. NEITHER PARTY WILL
     BE LIABLE FOR ANY INTERNET OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, COMPUTER VIRUS,
     THIRD PARTY INTERFERENCE OR OTHER THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE THAT MAY
     INTERRUPT OR DELAY ACCESS TO ANY INTERNET SITE OR CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS OR
     LOSSES (COLLECTIVELY, A "NETWORK FAILURE"). NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE
     FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE TO FULFILL ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER THAT RESULTS
     FROM AN ACT OF GOD, WAR, CIVIL DISTURBANCE, COURT ORDER, LEGISLATIVE OR

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     REGULATORY ACTION, CATASTROPHIC WEATHER CONDITION, EARTHQUAKE, FAILURE OR
     FLUCTUATION IN ELECTRICAL POWER OR OTHER UTILITY SERVICES, NETWORK FAILURE
     OR OTHER CAUSE BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL.

4.   WARRANTY; INDEMNITY. Each party to this Content Provider Agreement
     represents and warrants to the other party that (i) such party has all
     necessary right, power and authority to enter into this Content Provider
     Agreement and to perform the acts required of it hereunder, and (ii) the
     entry into this Content Provider Agreement by such party, and the
     performance by such party of its obligations and duties hereunder, do not
     and will not violate any agreement of such party or by which such party is
     bound. Content Provider represents and warrants to CNET that the content
     provided by Content Provider on the Co-Branded Site (i) does not knowingly
     infringe any intellectual property, publicity or privacy rights of any
     third party, (ii) to its knowledge is not defamatory, (iii) to its
     knowledge is not lewd, pornographic or obscene, (iv) to its knowledge is in
     compliance with all applicable laws, and (v) does not violate any laws
     regarding unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising and
     (vi) does not to its knowledge contain any virus, worm, "trojan horse",
     time bomb or similar contaminating or destructive feature. CNET may review
     Content Provider's content and, in CNET's sole discretion, may remove any
     content at any time that fails to comply with the above requirements.
     Content Provider agrees to indemnify and hold harmless CNET and its
     affiliates, and their respective officers, agents and employees, from and
     against any and all loss, liability and expense (including reasonable
     attorneys' fees) suffered or incurred by reason of any claims, proceedings
     or suits based on or arising out of any claim that the Content Provider's
     content, data, information or service (i) infringes any intellectual
     property, publicity or privacy rights of a third party, including without
     limitation claims for defamation, violation of rights of publicity and/or
     privacy, copyright infringement, and trademark infringement., (ii) is
     defamatory, (iii) is lewd, pornographic or obscene, (iv) is not in
     compliance with all applicable laws, and (v) violates any laws regarding
     unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising, (vi) contains
     any virus, worm, "trojan horse", time bomb or similar contaminating or
     destructive feature, or (vii) otherwise breaches or allegedly breaches the
     foregoing representations and warranties. CNET agrees to indemnify and hold
     harmless Content Provider and its affiliates, and their respective
     officers, agents and employees, from and against any and all loss,
     liability and expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) suffered or
     incurred by reason of any third party claims, proceedings or suits based on
     or arising out of any claim that the content created by CNET and displayed
     on the Co-Branded Site, or Promotions created by CNET, (i) infringes any
     intellectual property, publicity or privacy rights of a third party,
     including without limitation claims for defamation, violation of rights of
     publicity and/or privacy, copyright infringement, and trademark
     infringement., (ii) is defamatory, (iii) is lewd, pornographic or obscene,
     (iv) is not in compliance with all applicable laws, and (v) violates any
     laws regarding unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising,
     (vi) contains any virus, worm, "trojan horse", time bomb or similar
     contaminating or destructive feature, or (vii) otherwise breaches or
     allegedly breaches the foregoing representations and warranties. EXCEPT AS
     EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE
     OTHER HAS NOT MADE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR AGREEMENTS OF ANY
     KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF
     CONTENT PROVIDERABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

5.   RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. The parties acknowledge and agree
     that, as between them, each party will be solely responsible for any claims
     or other losses associated with or resulting from the content or other
     products and/or services provided by such party, including without
     limitation any warranty, return or support obligations related to such
     products and/or services. Content Provider agrees to offer its products and
     services to users of the Content Provider Site on the terms described on
     the Content Provider Site. Content Provider acknowledges and agrees that
     CNET does not intend to, and will not be required to, edit or review any
     Content Provider content. CNET is not authorized to make, and agrees not to
     make, any representations or warranties concerning the Content Provider,
     except to the extent (if any) contained within the information and Content
     Provider content posted on the Co-Branded Site

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     or delivered to CNET by Content Provider. The foregoing restriction will
     not limit CNET's ability to make editorial statements regarding Content
     Provider.

6.   ADVERTISING GUIDELINES. At CNET's reasonable request, Content Provider will
     be responsible for delivering to CNET various materials for the Promotions
     in accordance with CNET's policies and standard advertising specifications
     ("Advertising Specifications"), as may be amended from time to time. A copy
     of CNET's Advertising Specifications can be obtained upon written request
     to CNET.

7.   REPORTS AND STATISTICS FROM CNET. CNET will provide Content Provider with
     various reports and statistics in a format reasonably determined by CNET,
     including without limitation the CNET Promotion Report. Content Provider
     shall treat all such reports and the terms of this Agreement as
     Confidential Information hereunder and may not distribute or disclose such
     reports, statistics or terms to any third party without CNET's prior
     written consent. CNET makes no guarantees regarding the accuracy,
     reliability or completeness of any reports or statistics provided to
     Content Provider. Content Provider acknowledges that the statistics
     provided on the CNET Promotion Report are the official, definitive
     measurement of CNET's performance on any delivery obligations described in
     the Content Provider Agreement. No other measurements or usage statistics
     (including those of Content Provider or a third-party advertisement server)
     shall be accepted by CNET or have bearing on this Content Provider
     Agreement.

8.   DELAY. In the event Content Provider is unable to launch a Promotion
     through no fault or delay of CNET on such Promotion's designated start
     date, the term of the Promotion will be shortened by each day of delay.
     Content Provider will be allowed to extend the Promotion beyond the
     original term by the number of days of delay, provided Content Provider
     pays a fee of twenty-five percent (25%) of the daily media value of the
     Promotion for each day in addition to the media value of the Promotion for
     the additional days. After a Promotion is received from Content Provider,
     CNET will use commercially reasonable efforts to launch the Promotion on
     such Promotion's designated start date as required herein.

9.   CONTENT PROVIDER SITE. Content Provider will be responsible for ensuring
     that each URL used in a Promotion takes the User to the appropriate area
     within the Co-Branded Site. Content Provider shall provide to Users coming
     to the Co-Branded Site at least the same level of service as is offered to
     Users coming directly to the Content Provider Site. If Content Provider
     publishes pricing information for its services on the Co-Branded Site, then
     Content Provider agrees to ensure that such information remains accurate.
     Content Provider will also use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
     a professional image to Users, as reasonably determined by CNET. If any of
     the standards set forth above are not met by Content Provider, or if
     Content Provider fails to maintain a reasonably professional image (as
     determined by CNET), then CNET may immediately remove any or all links to
     the Content Provider Site, at CNET's sole discretion, until Content
     Provider adequately demonstrates to CNET that the Content Provider's
     business practices and/or the Content Provider Site is in full compliance
     and can maintain a professional image; provided, however, that Content
     Provider's failure to remedy such problem within 30 days shall be deemed a
     material breach of this Agreement. Further, if the Content Provider Site
     fails to operate fully and functionally in any material respect for any
     period of four or more consecutive hours, even if otherwise in compliance
     with the performance standards, CNET may immediately remove any or all
     links to the Content Provider Site at CNET's sole discretion until such
     time as Content Provider notifies CNET that such Content Provider Site has
     resumed acceptable operation. These remedies are for CNET's editorial
     purposes and in no way limit CNET's ability to terminate this contract or
     pursue any other remedies hereunder in the event the performance standards
     set forth herein are not met.

10.  ASSIGNMENT. Content Provider may not resell, assign or transfer any of its
     rights hereunder without CNET's prior written consent, which will not be
     unreasonably withheld. CNET may not resell, assign or transfer any of its
     rights hereunder without Content Provider's prior written consent, except
     to any affiliate or subsidiary of CNET that operates a CNET Site.

11.  TERMINATION. If either party commits a material breach of its obligations
     hereunder that is not cured within 30 days after notice thereof from the
     non-breaching party, such non-breaching party

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     may terminate this Content Provider Agreement at any time by giving
     written notice of termination to the breaching party and except for any
     confidentiality obligations and the obligations contained in Paragraphs
     4 and 13 of these Terms and Conditions, both parties shall be relieved
     of all other obligations hereunder.

12.  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. During the Term Content Provider hereby grants CNET
     access to the Content Provider content for the sole purposes of linking to
     and distributing such Content Provider content on the Co-Branded Sites as
     contemplated hereby. Further, during the Term Content Provider hereby
     grants CNET the right to publicly display Content Provider's intellectual
     property that may be delivered by Content Provider to CNET expressly for
     use on the CNET Sites (the "Content Provider Marks"), solely in connection
     with marketing and operating the CNET Sites as contemplated hereby.

13.  CONFIDENTIALITY. Each party (the "Receiving Party") undertakes to retain in
     confidence the terms of this Agreement and all other non-public information
     and know-how of the other party disclosed or acquired by the Receiving
     Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement which is either
     designated as proprietary and/or confidential or by the nature of the
     circumstances surrounding disclosure, ought in good faith to be treated as
     proprietary and/or confidential ("Confidential Information"); provided that
     each party may disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement to its
     immediate legal and financial consultants in the ordinary course of its
     business. Each party agrees to use reasonable best efforts to protect
     Confidential Information of the other party, and in any event, to take
     precautions at least as great as those taken to protect its own
     confidential information of a similar nature. The foregoing restrictions
     shall not apply to any information that: (a) was known by the Receiving
     Party prior to disclosure thereof by the other party; (b) was in or entered
     the public domain through no fault of the Receiving Party; (c) is disclosed
     to the Receiving Party by a third party legally entitled to make such
     disclosure without violation of any obligation of confidentiality; (d) is
     required to be disclosed by applicable laws or regulations (but in such
     event, only to the extent required to be disclosed); or (e) is
     independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to any
     Confidential Information of the other party. Upon request of the other
     party, or in any event upon any termination or expiration of the Term, each
     party shall return to the other all materials, in any medium, which
     contain, embody, reflect or reference all or any part of any Confidential
     Information of the other party. Each party acknowledges that breach of this
     provision by it would result in irreparable harm to the other party, for
     which money damages would be an insufficient remedy, and therefore that the
     other party shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief to enforce the
     provisions of this Section.

14.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement (including the attached Content Provider
     Agreement) constitutes and contains the entire agreement between the
     parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior
     oral or written agreements. If there is any apparent conflict or
     inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and the Content Provider
     Agreement, the Content Provider Agreement shall control unless the parties
     expressly agree otherwise in writing. This Content Provider Agreement and
     these Terms and Conditions may not be amended except in writing signed by
     both parties. Nothing in the Content Provider Agreement will be deemed to
     constitute either party as the other's partner, joint venturer,
     representative, agent or employee for any purpose.

15.  APPLICABLE LAW. This Content Provider Agreement will be construed in
     accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California,
     without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

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                                   EXHIBIT A

                    TECHNICAL AND EDITORIAL SPECIFICATIONS

The Co-Branded Site and the Content Provider's related operations must comply
with the following performance standards throughout the Term:

         1.       The Co-Branded Site will be operational and fully functional
                  in all material respects (i.e. capable of displaying
                  information and conducting transactions as contemplated in the
                  ordinary course of business) at least 97% of the time during
                  any 30 day period, provided that Content Provider shall not be
                  responsible for access problem to the Co-Branded Site caused
                  by Internet/ISP outages.

         2.       The average time required to start displaying the HTML on a
                  page of the Co-Branded Site after a link from a CNET Site
                  shall not exceed a daily average of five seconds, and the
                  average time required to deliver an entire page of the
                  Co-Branded Site over the open Internet shall not exceed a
                  daily average of fifteen seconds. For measurements required in
                  this Section, the Content Provider may assume a stable,
                  standard T1 connection to the Internet.

         3.       Without limiting the effect of Sections 1 and 2 above, the
                  Content Provider shall provide to Users coming to the
                  Co-Branded Site from a CNET Site at least the same level of
                  service as is offered to users coming directly to the
                  Co-Branded Site.

         4.       Each page of the Co-Branded Site will comply the same
                  standards with respect to language, nudity and excessive
                  violence applicable to similar types of content and sites
                  operated by CNET or its affiliates

         5.       The Content Provider will ensure that, with respect to content
                  provided for the Co-Branded Site, Content Provider will
                  maintain editorial neutrality and avoid conflicts of interest,
                  and will comply in all aspects with CNET's editorial
                  guidelines as posted on CNET's web site with respect to
                  content provided for the Co-Branded Site.

         6.       The Co-Branded Site shall not, to the best of the Content
                  Provider's knowledge: (a) contain defamatory or libelous
                  material or material which discloses private or personal
                  matters concerning any person, without such person's consent;
                  (b) permit to appear or be uploaded any messages, data, images
                  or programs which are illegal, contain nudity or sexually
                  explicit content or are, by law, obscene, profane or
                  pornographic; or (c) permit to appear or be uploaded any
                  messages, data, images or programs that would knowingly or
                  intentionally (which includes imputed intent) violate the
                  property rights of others, including unauthorized copyrighted
                  text, images or programs, trade secrets or other confidential
                  proprietary information, or trademarks or service marks used
                  in an infringing fashion.

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         7.       If any of the performance standards set forth above are not
                  met by the Content Provider, CNET shall notify the Content
                  Provider, and the Content Provider will use its best efforts
                  to cure such violation within four hours. If the Content
                  Provider does not cure such violation within four hours, CNET
                  may immediately remove any or all links to the Co-Branded
                  Site, at CNET's reasonable discretion. If the Co-Branded Site
                  fails to operate fully and functionally in any material
                  respect for any period of five or more consecutive hours, even
                  if otherwise in compliance with the performance standards,
                  CNET may immediately remove any or all links to the Co-Branded
                  Site, at CNET's sole discretion, until such time as the
                  Content Provider notifies CNET that the Co-Branded Site has
                  resumed acceptable operation. These remedies are for CNET's
                  editorial purposes and in no way limit CNET's ability to
                  terminate this contract or pursue any other remedies hereunder
                  in the event the performance standards set forth herein are
                  not met.

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                                   EXHIBIT B

                                   MEDIA PLAN

                                    [****]

 [****] Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

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                                   EXHIBIT C

                             SITE INTEGRATION PLAN

1.       Link to Tech Jobs from the CNET Front door.
2.       `Link to Tech Jobs from the Top Navigation bar
3.       Link to Tech Jobs from the Page footer
4.       Career Newsletter jointly developed by Techies.com and CNET included
         with registration for CNET newsletters.
5.       Graphic promotions on the CNET front door. (Based on availability, 2-3
         times per month)
6.       Promotion in CNET dispatches
7.       Company of the day promotion, (place and timing TBD)
8.       Job of the day, (placement and timing TBD)
9.       Creation of Career related Message Boards

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                                   EXHIBIT D

                              COMPANY COMPETITORS

CNET will not include advertising or promotions on the Co-Branded Site for any
of the following five company competitors. The following list may be changed
semi-annually by the parties, provided that the number of competitors shall not
be more than five at any time.

1.    [****]
2.    [****]
3.    [****]
4.    [****]
5.    [****]

 [****] Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

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