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Audible, Inc. is a leading provider
of Internet-delivered premium spoken audio content for playback on
personal computers and mobile devices. The Company markets
www.audible.com, a Web store offering more than 16,000 hours of spoken
audio programming from more than 100 different providers; the
AudibleManager™, a software system that manages access to, scheduling
and automatic delivery of audio programming; and the AudiblePlayer™,
software designed for mobile digital devices with audio capabilities
that allows those devices to download, store, and play back between 2
and 28 hours of content from audible.com.
The Company has recently announced
a series of partnerships with Compaq Computer Corporation, Casio
Computer Company, Philips Mobile Computing Group, and Everex Systems
designed to bring Audible's content services to PC companions powered by
the Microsoft® Windows® CE Operating System. AudiblePlayer™, will
also be available in digital audio devices, such as Diamond Multimedia
Systems Rio 500 and Creative Labs' Nomad.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is
a leading publisher of high-quality information and reference products
in electronic and print form. It publishes the most authoritative and
comprehensive encyclopedias in the English language: Britannica CD,
on CD-ROM; Britannica Online, on the Internet; and the famous
32-volume Encyclopædia Britannica. The company also offers an
Internet navigation service, Britannica®,
which allows users to cut through the clutter on the Web and go directly
to high-quality web sites that provide the information they need.
Founded in 1768 in Edinburgh,
Scotland, Encyclopædia Britannica has long been the standard
by which other encyclopedias are judged. Its distinguished contributors
have ranged from Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, and Marie Curie to Carl
Sagan and Milton Friedman. In fact, 80 Nobel laureates have written 150
articles for Encyclopædia Britannica. Today's Encyclopædia Britannica
is used to satisfy a vast range of information needs, from academic and
professional research to answers to everyday questions.
Today, the company also provides
high-quality Web navigation and information honing for knowledge seekers
on the Internet with Britannica®,
at www.britannica.com.
The company also publishes
encyclopedias in more than 10 foreign languages as well as dictionary
and language products through its Merriam-Webster subsidiary in
Springfield, MA. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is headquartered in
Chicago, IL.
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PowerQuest launched its premier product,
PartitionMagic®, in March 1995. PowerQuest has experienced phenomenal
growth, catching the attention of industry analysts, who have recognized
PowerQuest as one of the top five fastest growing software companies in
the U.S. the last two years and in the top 500 software companies
worldwide. PowerQuest ranked No. 1 on World Trade Magazine's list of the
top 100 fastest-growing high-tech exporters and won the coveted Utah 100
award for fastest revenue growth out of 14,000 entrants. To date,
PowerQuest's jaw-dropping technology has gained more than 30 industry
awards.
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