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First to Market with On-Demand Reports Featuring Multiple Independent Expert Perspectives for SWOT Analysis, Due Diligence Challenges

Sunnyvale, Calif. — February 6, 2008 – According to a Reuters Estimate (2005), approximately 35% of public companies in the US have no analyst coverage from major investment or research houses, and an additional 30% are considered under-covered, with fewer than three analysts on the task. The declining pool of available research on many companies makes it more difficult for organizations to gather strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats (SWOT) analysis of new competitors, partners and investment options. To help address this growing knowledge gap, Techdirt (www.techdirt.com) today announced Smart Dossier, a new packaged online research service ready to deliver fast, intelligent company-specific reports with multiple analytical perspectives developed by its Techdirt Insight Community expert network of independent analysts.

“The scope of mainstream company research is shrinking and there aren’t many paths for organizations to tap independent analysis, short of hiring an in-house research team,” said Mike Masnick, CEO of Techdirt. “Smart Dossiers deliver affordable on-demand research for organizations that want multiple perspectives on companies of interest, whether it be for kicking the tires on a potential competitor or compiling due diligence ahead of a deal.”

Techdirt offers a broad range of alternative research and corporate intelligence services by the Techdirt Insight Community model for insight and analysis. Instead of relying on a fixed set of in-house analysts and standard reports, Techdirt Insight Community taps a diverse brain trust of thousands of subject matter experts who compete and collaborate online to produce fast, tech-wise and street smart advice for corporate and institutional customers looking for help embracing emerging opportunities.

With Techdirt Smart Dossiers, companies can purchase targeted packaged research compiled by multiple vetted Techdirt Insight Community subject-matter experts. Standard Smart Dossier analysis packages start at as little as $995 and include financial or company analysis of a single company featuring the perspectives of three Techdirt Insight Community experts. More sophisticated Smart Dossier packages include greater depth and breadth of analysis by a larger group of Techdirt Insight Community experts. Smart Dossiers can be ordered online at http://www.techdirt.com/smart-dossiers.php .

About Techdirt

Founded in 1997, Techdirt’s mission is to help people make better business decisions by getting the right information to the right people at the right time. Techdirt combines the power of human experts with the latest technologies to turn raw data into valuable, relevant, accurate, reliable and useful information. Techdirt’s client roster includes leading global technology, financial services and consumer goods companies. In addition to its custom research services, Techdirt analysts author one of the world’s most influential technology news blogs. Techdirt is privately held and is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information about Techdirt, visit www.techdirt.com.

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Upstart Techdirt Insight Community Model Brings Social Media Strategies and Independent Voices to Broader Financial Audience

NEW YORK, February 6, 2008 – At the inaugural O’Reilly Money:Tech Conference today, Techdirt (www.techdirt.com), a leading alternative research technology firm, announced today that it has entered into a distribution arrangement for its research through Thomson Financial, an operating unit of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC, NYSE: TOC) and a leading provider of information, news and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community.

With this distribution arrangement, Techdirt is now part of Thomson Financial’s extensive research portfolio which includes, among other things, a wide range of quality research inputs produced by sell side brokerage and alternative research firms from around the world.

Techdirt is a leading alternative research firm that produces research offerings built on the basis of its unconventional and proprietary Techdirt Insight Community model. The research outputs from this model provide deep insights and analysis into products as well as private and public companies within the Technology sector. Instead of relying on a fixed set of in-house analysts and standard reports, Techdirt Insight Community taps a diverse brain trust of hundreds of subject matter experts who compete and collaborate online to produce fast, tech-wise and street smart advice for corporate and financial institutional customers looking for help embracing emerging opportunities.

Keith Ackerman, Thomson Financial’s Global Head of Next Generation Research, stated “Thomson Financial views the addition of the Techdirt offering into its portfolio of research as significant. Our financial services and corporate clients have increasingly asked for and are spending more for insights, custom surveys and other kinds of research emanating from the use of expert networks and other types of social media. Accordingly, Techdirt and other high quality alternative research firms that feature these capabilities and research outputs are an important part of Thomson Financial’s product strategy.”

Thomson Financial offers deep real-time and after market research to thousands of institutional and business customers in 70 countries via professional subscription networks, including First Call and Investext.

“The net result of our distribution arrangement with Thomson is that Techdirt analysis will be able to become further ingrained in buy-side clients’ daily research processes as they use Thomson as their workflow solution for investment decision making” said Mike Masnick, CEO of Techdirt. “We view this distribution relationship as an essential part of continuing Techdirt’s rapid growth.”

For more information about Thomson Financial research and subscription services, see www.thomson.com/solutions/financial. For more about Techdirt Insight Community, see www.techdirt.com/insightcommunity .

About Techdirt

Founded in 1997, Techdirt’s mission is to help people make better business decisions by getting the right information to the right people at the right time. Techdirt combines the power of human experts with the latest technologies to turn raw data into valuable, relevant, accurate, reliable and useful information. In addition to its custom research services, Techdirt analysts author one of the world’s most influential technology blogs. Techdirt is privately held and is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information about Techdirt and the Techdirt Insight Community, see www.techdirt.com.

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Techdirt Insight Community helps companies get feedback, test ideas, gain competitive advantage

SAN FRANCISCO–Oct. 11, 2006 – Recognizing the need for better, faster, more honest analysis in the marketplace as well as the untapped raw knowledge within the growing blogosphere, Techdirt, Inc. (www.techdirtci.com) today unveiled a new service that allows companies to raise issues and receive customized, direct insight from the blogging community. The Techdirt Insight Community (www.insightcommunity.com) is expected to bring together smart, insightful expert bloggers with companies looking for expert analysis and opinions to test new ideas at internet speed. The new service fills a gap between broad consumer testing services and expensive traditional industry analyst services.

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