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A9.com Names David Tennenhouse Chief Executive Officer
07.02.2006 22:32:00


A9.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.(Nasdaq:AMZN), today named Dr. David Tennenhouse the company's newChief Executive Officer.

Tennenhouse is a renowned technologist and seasoned executive. Hejoins A9.com from Intel Corporation, where he served as Vice Presidentof the Corporate Technology Group and Director of Research. Inaddition to building Intel Research, he developed Intel's proactivecomputing vision, drove several Intel Capital Investments and laid thetechnical ground work for its new Digital Health Group.

Prior to joining Intel, Tennenhouse was Director of the DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information TechnologyOffice, where he guided programs in several areas, including search,datamining, information management, machine learning and distributedcomputing. Additionally, Tennenhouse held positions at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science, and the Sloan School of Management.

"I am excited to lead this terrific team of innovators," saidTennenhouse. "In a short period of time, A9.com has earned areputation for developing unique and creative solutions to difficultsearch problems. Our team is committed to making major leaps forwardin empowering people to find the information and products they arelooking for."

Tennenhouse earned his bachelor's and master's degrees inengineering from the University of Toronto and completed his Ph.D. atthe Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. He is a fellowof the IEEE, an active member of numerous professional organizations,boards, and committees, and the author of numerous journal articles,research papers, and book chapters.

A9.com launched its site on September 2004 to make searching theInternet more effective. Today, A9.com helps users discover deepinformation from more than 200 available sources, and with the A9Toolbar makes it easy for users to manage and organize the informationthey discover. In January 2005, A9.com transformed traditional YellowPages by introducing A9.com Yellow Pages and its "BlockView"technology that lets users virtually walk streets and see businessesfrom street-level. In addition to street-level images of more than amillion businesses in 35 U.S. cities, A9.com Yellow Pages usesfeatures on Amazon.com that allow users to review, rate, provide moreinformation, create lists, and get recommendations on more than 14million U.S. businesses. A9.com Maps brings traditional maps to lifeby combining driving directions and other convenient mapping toolswith BlockView images of millions of places and their surroundingsinto a single interface.

About A9.com, Inc.

A9.com, Inc., a separately branded and operated subsidiary ofAmazon.com, Inc., opened its Palo Alto, California, office in October2003 to research and build innovative search technologies.

About Amazon.com, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc., (Nasdaq:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based inSeattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offersEarth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com seeks to be Earth's mostcustomer-centric company, where customers can find and discoveranything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer itscustomers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellersoffer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categoriessuch as health and personal care, jewelry and watches, gourmet food,sports and outdoors, apparel and accessories, books, music, DVDs,electronics and office, toys and baby, and home and garden.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, includingwww.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp,www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, and www.joyo.com.

As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar termsinclude Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the contextindicates otherwise.

Forward-Looking Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within themeaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21Eof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differsignificantly from management's expectations. These forward-lookingstatements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others,risks related to potential future losses, significant amount ofindebtedness, competition, management of growth, potentialfluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomesof legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization,seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions, and strategictransactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, consumertrends, inventory, limited operating history, government regulationand taxation, fraud, and new business areas. More information aboutfactors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial resultsis included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and ExchangeCommission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the yearended December 31, 2004, and all subsequent filings.