Arkados Inc. Appoints Steve Woodman to Lead Its Sales and Business Development Activities


NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., April 17, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Arkados Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDKnet.com, Inc. (OTCBB:CDKN), announced today the appointment of Steve Woodman to the position of Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Steve will be the primary executive responsible for sales and business development. Steve brings more than 25 years of progressively responsible sales and sales management experience in Electronics, PC and Telecom markets. Steve was a Vice President of Sales for TransSwitch Corporation, a semiconductor company specializing in design, development, marketing and support of networking semi-conductor system-on-a-chip (SOC) solutions for voice and data communications. Steve also has experience as National Sales Manager for Xerox Imaging Systems and has also held several positions with Tandy Corporation's Computer Division focused on PC and portable computer sales to Fortune 500 accounts. Steve brings a wide breadth of relevant experience to Arkados. He earned a B.S. degree in Marketing from Farleigh Dickinson University.

About Arkados, Inc.

Arkados Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDKnet.com (OTCBB:CDKN), is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of system-on-chip semiconductors that are designed to create easy-to-use digital connectivity between entertainment and computing devices used by consumers. Arkados solutions will create a virtual, home-wide entertainment and information network that can enable digital data to be shared between stereos, radios, computers, speakers, mp3 players, televisions, cable and DSL modems, and a host of other devices. The company's chips are designed to permit its OEM customers to produce sophisticated, full-featured products with a lower production cost, faster time-to-market, and a high degree of programmability. Arkados chips conform to HomePlug Powerline Alliance standards and is a major contributor to the new HomePlug AV specification. Arkados chips can be used for applications in the in-home network ("In-Home Network"), through the "last mile" powerline distribution network ("Broadband Powerline"), and throughout residential and corporate buildings ("In-building Network").

This release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements as to the future performance of the company and the risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in reports filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development acceptance, and the impact of competitive services and pricing and general economic risks and uncertainties.



            

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