Berkeley Systems wins MacUser's 1994 Editors' Choice Award for Star Trek: The Next Generation Screen Saver.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1995--Berkeley Systems Inc. is pleased to announce that its Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. : The Next Generation 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. is this year's recipient of MacUser Magazine's 1994 Editors' Choice Award for Best Desktop Diversion. The MacUser Eddy Award is the Macintosh industry's most prestigious honor, recognizing the best Macintosh software/hardware products released during the year. "We are deeply honored by MacUser's 1994 Editors' Choice Award," stated Nick Rush, Berkeley Systems' executive vice president. "The `Eddy' Award is the highest distinction in the Macintosh industry." Star Trek: The Next Generation Screen Saver features 13 fully animated modules, including invading Nanites, a visit to a Federation Starbase, and counseling from Commander Troi. In addition, users can enjoy Lt. Worf's deft ability with Klingon armaments, encounter spatial anomalies such as the Crystalline Entity In the fictional Star Trek universe the Crystalline Entity is an enormous spacefaring life-form. The entity first appeared in the episode "Datalore". Appearance and Function and the Pesky Q, and even take a whirl with Lt. Commander Data as he shows his skill on the dance floor in the module, Data Dances. Berkeley had two products nominated in the Best Desktop Diversion category, with their After Dark 3.0 being a finalist in this category as well. 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 is demonstrating Star Trek: The Next Generation Screen Saver and After Dark 3.0 at Macworld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , booth No. 2325 South Hall, and at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , meeting room No. M10853. Founded in 1987, Berkeley Systems Inc. is most recognized for its widely popular, award winning After Dark and animated screen savers Screen Savers may refer to:
-0- Note to Editors: Screen shots and review copies are available upon request. For more information, contact Monica Granados or Steven Decker at 510/540-5535 or steve@berksys.com. CONTACT: Berkeley Systems Inc., Berkeley Monica Granados or Steven Decker, 510/540-5535 |
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