WUGNET (The Windows Users Group Network) is the oldest and largest independent online organization supporting Microsoft Windows operating systems. One of their primary missions is to elevate the quality of shareware by promoting the "best-of-the-best" on their web site and in their electronic newsletters. Each "Pick of the Week" selection demonstrates the highest standards available today in shareware.

"WeatherBug's selection as the Microsoft_TM & WUGNET_TM Pick of the Week is a testament to the immense popularity of the program" said Stephanie Blozy, WeatherNet+ Product Manger. "It is a great honor to be recognized among the top-caliber shareware applications that have won this award."

WeatherBug delivers LIVE, neighborhood weather information and personal forecasts directly to PC desktops. When connected to the Internet, WeatherBug displays the current temperature from the closest WeatherNet site clearly, but unobtrusively, in the WindowsTM System Tray - turning the task bar into a "weatherbar". The full-screen display provides instant access to detailed weather conditions, local forecasts, web cams, radar, storm alerts, pollen counts and more. It is the ultimate desktop weather window.

AWS partners with over 100 local television stations to host the Worldwide School Weather Network. This network of over 4,000 hyper-local weather stations is four times larger than the National Weather Service's reporting network which all other weather content providers use for their "current" conditions - making WeatherBug the web's only source for live neighborhood weather conditions.

In the three months since WeatherBug made its' public debut, it has been spreading at the speed of the Internet - averaging close to 100 downloads an hour. Feedback on the Bug's ease of use and value has been overwhelmingly positive. People are sharing it with their friends, and with a nearly 90% download-to-user ratio, WeatherBug proves that people enjoy using it every day.

In recognition of its "Achievement in the Advancement of the Art and Science of Television Broadcast", WeatherBug was selected as a Television Broadcast Editors Pick of Show at the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention. WeatherBug has also been featured on the front page of the New York Times Technology section and in the Lockergnome Daily Dispatch, and has received a 5-star rating from ZDNet.

WUGNET "Pick of the Week" is available at http://www.wugnet.com/shareware/00/week213/

WeatherBug can be downloaded for FREE at http://www.weatherbug.com