Berkeley Systems and Yahoo! Sign Deal; Yahoo! To Bring Cool Web Sites, Reviews and More To Berkeley Systems' New Internet Utility, Web.Max.BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1996--Berkeley Systems, Inc., and Yahoo! Inc. have signed an agreement giving Berkeley permission to use content from several of Yahoo's Internet information guides in the entertainment software company's new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. title, Web.Max(TM). On store shelves now, Web.Max is a powerful Internet product that provides users with a variety of Internet utilities including Internet search capabilities, news retrieval features, communication tools and much more. "We are extremely pleased to have Yahoo!, the leading online guide on the Web, as a contributor to Web.Max," stated Greg Marek, Director of Marketing at Berkeley Systems Berkeley Systems was a San Francisco Bay Area software company cofounded in 1987 by Wes Boyd and Joan Blades. It made money early on by doing contract work for the National Institutes of Health, specifically in making modifications to the Macintosh so that it could be usable by . "As our relationship with Yahoo! demonstrates, Berkeley Systems is on the forefront of integrating new technologies that help people stay current on the best of what the Internet has to offer." Yahoo's comprehensive directory of cool Web sites can be accessed on the Web.Max TV, a utility in Web.Max that scans the Internet and provides users with up-to-the-minute information on a variety of subjects. Users choose `channels' on the Web.Max TV that correspond to subjects of interest, such as Yahoo's listing of cool Web sites. Users will also be able to read a brief description of the day's top sites, as picked by Yahoo!, and then with a click of the mouse follow a link from Web.Max directly to the site. Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. , Yahoo's magazine published with Ziff-Davis, will also have a channel on the Web.Max TV, supplying Web.Max users with reviews of the Web's best sites for fun, profit and personal growth. In addition, Yahooligans!, Yahoo's Web guide designed especially for kids, is part of Web.Max's Net Retriever retriever: see sporting dog. retriever Any of several dog breeds, bred to retrieve game, that have a thick, water-resistant coat, keen sense of smell, and “soft” mouth that does not damage game. Retrievers are 22–24 in. (TM) utility. Net Retriever is a comprehensive search tool that allows users to find information, people, stock quotes and more by using the most authoritative search engines available. Net Retriever allows users to streamline their Internet searches by choosing one of eight categories to search, including Kids Pages, which employs the Yahooligans! directory. Other categories include Usenet Newsgroups, Web Pages, and Product Reviews. In addition to the Web.Max TV and Net Retriever, Web.Max provides users with several other timesaving Internet utilities. The Web.Max Phone allows users to speak via the Internet and transfer files at the same time, saving money on long distance bills. Web.Max Security helps users control who can access the Internet and other commercial online services from their computer, as well as preventing access to desktop files by unauthorized users. Users can also download information from their favorite web pages on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis with the Web.Max Downloader, allowing them to read the pages off-line, saving money on Internet connection time. For users new to the Internet, Web.Max comes with an Internet start-up kit which includes Internet access provider See ISP. (networking, company) Internet Access Provider - (IAP) A company or other origanisation which provides access to the Internet to businesses and/or consumers. Earthlink(TM), Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. (TM) 2.0 for web browsing and Eudora Light(TM) for e-mail. With the purchase of Web.Max, users receive 120 hours of free Internet access See how to access the Internet. time. Web.Max also comes with an After Dark and Windows 95 compatible screen saver A utility that was originally created to prevent a CRT from being etched by an unchanging image. After a specified duration of time without keyboard or mouse input, it blanks the screen or displays moving objects. Pressing a key or moving the mouse restores the screen. featuring Max, an animated, high tech dog that lives on the desktop. Web.Max is available for Windows 95 on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). with an estimated street price of $39.99. Yahoo! Inc. offers a globally-branded Internet navigational service that is among the most widely-used guides to information and discovery on the web. Yahoo! provides a context-based directory structure for Internet resources, as well as a web-wide search engine that is seamlessly integrated with the Yahoo! directory The Yahoo! Directory is a web directory which rivals the Open Directory Project in size. The directory was Yahoo!'s first offering. When Yahoo! changed to crawler-based listings for its main results in October 2002, the human-edited directory's significance dropped, but it is still service. Yahoo! is one of the most visible and recognizable brands associated with the Internet. The company is continuing to develop a family of Yahoo!-branded media properties in targeted demographic (Yahooligans!, a web guide for kids), geographic (Yahoo! Japan Yahoo! Japan Corporation (ヤフー株式会社 , Yahoo! Germany, Yahoo! UK, Yahoo! France, Yahoo! Canada), and interest areas (Yahoo! Internet Life: the magazine and web site, and Yahoo! Computing). Yahoo! Inc. is located in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo! can be found at www.yahoo.com. Founded in 1987, Berkeley Systems, Inc. develops and markets multimedia entertainment software for grown-ups. To date, the privately held Company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. has sold more than five million units and is a leading innovator in the marketplace. Leveraging the success of its widely known After Dark(R) screen saver franchise, Berkeley Systems recently established a second franchise with the irreverent pop-culture trivia game You Don't Know Jack You Don't Know Jack is a series of computer games developed by Jellyvision and Berkeley Systems. YDKJ, promoted as the games "where high culture and pop culture collide," combine trivia with comedy. (TM). Berkeley Systems continues to produce cutting-edge titles that offer unique experiences and take advantage of the latest technology and online advancements. Berkeley Systems can be found at www.berksys.com. -0- Note to Editors: Review copies and color slides of Web.Max are available. For more information, contact Kelley Kahn or DeEtte Christie at 510/540-5535 or pr@berksys.com. CONTACT: Berkeley Systems, Inc. Kelley Kahn/DeEtte Christie, 510/540-5535 http://www.berksys.com |
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