TopCoder Members John Dethridge and Ken Vogel Join ESPN's Schaap for
               Webcast of Live Action Programming Tournament

    GLASTONBURY, Conn., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- TopCoder, Inc., the leader
in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive
software development today announced that the 2006 TopCoder(R) Collegiate
Challenge will be webcast live on November 17th and will be hosted by a
high caliber panel of coding commentary anchored by sportscasting celebrity
Jeremy Schaap. On Friday, November 17, viewers will be able to visit AOL's
developer Web site at http://dev.aol.com/ to watch the competition unfold
live starting at 1:30 p.m. PST (21:30 GMT). Over the course of the four
hour webcast, viewers will be able to watch the high stakes software
competition through live views of the arena, entertaining profiles and
interviews with contestants -- and in-depth coverage of the final results
-- in real time.
    To view the Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/topcoder/26099/
    Jeremy Schaap is the author of the New York Times bestseller Cinderella
Man. An ESPN anchor and national correspondent, his work has been published
in Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Parade and the New York
Times. He has also a regular contributor to ABC's World News Tonight and
Nightline. John Dethridge is a former TopCoder champion having won the 2002
TopCoder Invitational. He is a five time onsite finalist and is holds a
TopCoder rating of 3011. Ken Vogel is a 2002 quarter finalist and currently
a director in equities IT with UBS.
    What: Live Webcast of TopCoder Collegiate Challenge 06
    Where: On AOL at http://dev.aol.com
    When: 1:30 pm Pacific (21:30 GMT)
    For the first time a TopCoder global event will be presented on the
internet, bringing the excitement and drama of competitive coding at the
highest level. Thousands of the brightest students from computer science,
mathematics, physics and other fields representing 92 countries from around
the world have spent months locked in qualifying heats. Now they will be
flown in all expenses paid as one of 63 of the world's best collegiate
programmers competing against the clock and each other for a share of
$200,000 in prizes.
    "We're very excited about bringing the tournament to viewers around the
world via the AOL," said Rob Hughes, President and COO of TopCoder, Inc.
"Between the fantastic group of competitors, the anchor desk with Jeremy,
Ken and John, roving cameras, audience viewing stations and leader boards,
this promises to be the most entertaining TopCoder event yet."
    About TopCoder, Inc.
    TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying, evaluating and
mobilizing effective software development resources. Through its
proprietary programming competitions and rating system, TopCoder recognizes
and promotes the abilities of the best programmers around the world.
TopCoder Software harnesses the talent of these developers to design,
develop and deploy software through its revolutionary competitive
development methodology. TopCoder's methodology emphasizes thorough
specification and design, distributed development using reusable
components, and a rigorous quality assurance review process and results in
higher quality, lower cost software solutions than traditional software
development methodologies. For more information about sponsoring TopCoder
Events, recruiting TopCoder members and utilizing TopCoder Software, visit
http://www.topcoder.com/.
    TopCoder is a registered trademark of TopCoder, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. All other product and company names herein may
be trademarks of their respective owners.
    Contact Info
    Jim McKeown
    TopCoder, Inc.
    860.633.5540
    jmckeown@topcoder.com