Rewind Fast Forwards Its Way to Store Shelves Guaranteed Protection
Against Catastrophes, Disasters, and Mistakes

In a Bind? Just Rewind! (sm)

Columbus, Ohio – November 20, 2000 – Power On Software announced today that
Rewind, the most eagerly anticipated utility of the year and winner of the
prestigious MacWorld Best of Show Award, is on its way to retail shelves
everywhere. Rewind enables users to escape from disasters and mistakes by
allowing them to rewind their iMac, iBook, Macintosh desktop computer, or
PowerBook to any previous moment in time, when everything was working
perfectly. Even without a backup, a single click on the Rewind button
permits the user to revert back to earlier versions of files, preferences,
and system states, a capability that can often spell the difference between
success or failure and adulation or humiliation. Rewind even includes an
Emergency Startup Mode that can get a user’s machine running instantly even
when all other methods have failed. Rewind is a technological breakthrough
and is based upon patent-pending technology developed by Power On Software.

In a Bind? Just Rewind To Reverse Disasters and Mistakes

Rewind can reverse even the bleakest-looking situations and rescue users
from potential tragedy. Typical situations where Rewind can come to the
rescue include:

* Important data has been lost due to corruption or other cause and no
backup exists

* System files have become damaged, the computer won’t start up, and the
user doesn’t have a System disk

* An essential file has accidentally been overwritten

* New application software conflicts prevent the computer from booting

* A virus has infected the entire machine and the virus was so new that no
anti-virus software even knew how to detect it, let alone disinfect it

* Installation of new System software prevents the computer from operating
properly

* A crash or corruption has destroyed a file that the user has been working
on and irreplaceable work is apparently lost forever

* Virtually any other situation where the computer software had been
operating normally until the fateful moment

Unanimous Praise for Rewind

As Stephen Beale, editor-in-chief of Macweek.com noted, “No matter what you
might throw at your software to screw it up this is a product that lets
you rewind your system to the moment before disaster occurred. It’s like
those science fiction movies where the time machine lets you go back”
Ahron Schachter, Vice President and General manager of New York’s renowned
Apple reseller, Datavision Computer Store, stated, “We anticipate that
Rewind will be the best-selling Macintosh utility of this holiday season.
The technology is simply amazing.” Geoff Westerfield, Vice President of
Merchandising at the trend-setting Computerware chain enthused, “Rewind is
a truly new and unique utility for the Mac market. Computerware is excited
to offer a product that every Mac user will find indispensable.” Jorg
Brown, creator of RAM Doubler may have said it best: “Rewind repeals
Murphy’s Law.”

How Rewind Works

Rewind’s patent-pending technology observes and remembers the data that has
been modified on a user’s disks, allowing users to return to previous
versions of documents, applications, systems, or even entire disks, with a
single click on the Rewind button. In addition, Rewind’s breakthrough (and
also patent-pending) Emergency Startup Mode allows users to reboot from
their hard disk even if they have deleted or damaged the entire System
Folder!

Rewind is a technological tour de force combined with an elegant and
familiar interface. A simple on-screen calendar permits users to rewind
their Mac to an earlier point in time by pointing and clicking at a date
and time. Rewind is completely transparent, working unobtrusively in the
background.

Pricing and Availability

Rewind will begin arriving on store shelves this week and has a suggested
retail price of $99.95. Rewind, distributed by Ingram Micro, will be
available from major resellers throughout the United States and
internationally.

Further information on Rewind is available on the Power On Software web
site at:

http://www.poweronsoftware.com

About Power On Software

Power On Software, Inc. was founded in 1993 and has established itself as
the leader in innovative utility and business productivity software. The
Now Software product family, including the flagship products Now Up-to-Date
& Contact(TM) and the ACTION Utilities(TM), has consistently garnered
industry accolades, including Product of the Year, multiple Editor’s and
Reader’s Choice honors, seven World Class Awards and back to back Eddy
Award nominations. Now Up-to-Date & Contact, acquired from Qualcomm
Incorporated, is the number one best-selling contact manager and calendar
of all time on the Macintosh platform. Power On is committed to providing
the highest quality productivity software, with an emphasis on total
customer satisfaction.