Bitstream Releases ThunderHawk 2.0.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. -- Award-winning technology makes information easy to find and read, providing the most realistic desktop browsing experience on mobile devices Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BITS) announced today the release of ThunderHawk 2.0 Pocket PC Edition, the company's award-winning technology that provides end users and enterprise clients with a familiar, secure desktop browsing experience on mobile devices. Bitstream is demonstrating ThunderHawk 2.0 today through Thursday, at the Mobilize 2004 conference in Las Vegas. New users, as well as current ThunderHawk 2.0 Pocket PC Preview Edition users, can download the 30-day free trial of the product release at http://www.bitstream.com/wireless/products/pocketpc/free_trial.html, or subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; ThunderHawk for $49.95 per year or $5.95 per month. With ThunderHawk, browsing the Web on a Pocket PC is just like browsing on the desktop, because ThunderHawk includes functionality that enhances the user experience in ways that other browsers do not. ThunderHawk 2.0 Pocket PC Edition provides: --Effortless scrolling. Fast, fluid Web page navigation, as if you were browsing on your desktop. --A more user-friendly keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. . --Increased speed. Download ThunderHawk directly to your Pocket PC for the fastest mobile Web page speeds available. --The ability to read information on-the-fly. ThunderHawk's compact transport format and progressive rendering creates a fast, positive user experience. --Seamless connectivity. With ThunderHawk 2.0, a dropped connection is re-established immediately, along with any data you previously entered. --The ability to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. text, among other editing functions. --Proxy authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. support. While some browsers reformat (1) To change the record layout of a file or database. (2) To initialize a disk over again. the Web page for quick reading, users still have to scroll through several pages before finding the information they need. ThunderHawk 2.0 promotes effortless ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. navigation on mobile devices because HTML Web pages look just as they would appear on desktop browsers users are already familiar with. As a result, images are full and crisp, text is sharp, and users can easily find and read information. "Our ThunderHawk development goals always focus on delivering the best user experience for browsing Web pages on mobile devices," said Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream. "This latest release meets our users' expectations of being able to find information fast, and read Web pages quickly on their Pocket PCs. ThunderHawk enterprise clients will also appreciate this ease-of-use, especially when deploying business applications for access by mobile employees in the field." In addition to the security and flexibility benefits for corporations, ThunderHawk 2.0 Enterprise Server Edition has a new fully-configured appliance offering, where Bitstream provides both the software and the hardware for purchase. The advantage of this turnkey appliance is that the server software comes preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. so there is less of a burden on the enterprise IT department during the installation process. For more information about ThunderHawk 2.0, email the ThunderHawk team at thsales@bitstream.com. About ThunderHawk ThunderHawk(TM), a breakthrough wireless Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. from Bitstream, brings the familiar desktop browsing experience to mobile devices. ThunderHawk eliminates excessive scrolling and slow data transmission speeds that plague other mobile browsers A mobile browser (earlier referred to as a microbrowser or minibrowser) is a web browser designed for use on a mobile device such as a mobile phone or PDA. Mobile browsers are optimised so as to display Web content most effectively for small screens on portable . Some mobile browsers reformat a Web page so you can read information quickly, but you still have to scroll through several pages of text to find what you need. Other browsers show only a small portion of a Web page, forcing you to scroll around a stamp-sized window. With ThunderHawk, you can view sharp text and crisp graphics on full Web pages, so information is always easy to find and easy to read on small screen devices. Data is transmitted in a compact format, making ThunderHawk the fastest wireless Web browser in head-to-head comparisons. Designed to be device and operating system-independent, ThunderHawk offers a consistent browsing experience across wireless devices and platforms. ThunderHawk supports rich, full-featured Web pages with a high degree of compliance with open HTML standards, including CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. and DHTML See Dynamic HTML. DHTML - Dynamic HTML . As the only browser with 128-bit encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. both ways, ThunderHawk provides highest level of security available. You can even submit complex forms on your mobile device that you can't use with other wireless browsers because ThunderHawk is JavaScript compliant. By delivering full-featured Web browsing to mobile devices, ThunderHawk enables you to view websites just as they would appear on your desktop, for effortless mobile browsing anytime, anywhere. Award-Winning Technology Pocket PC magazine awarded ThunderHawk its prestigious Best Software of 2003 Award in the Browsers and Web Utilities category. Pocket PC magazine's Best Software Awards celebrate the efforts of developers whose products increase the enjoyment and productivity of Pocket PC and smart phone users. "Our international board of experts chose ThunderHawk as the best application in the Browser and Web Utilities category because of its capability to bring real desktop browsing to Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. ," said Rich Hall, Managing Editor of Pocket PC Magazine. ThunderHawk Enterprise Server Edition ThunderHawk Enterprise Server Edition is a client-server technology for corporations and for carriers and device manufacturers. ThunderHawk enables your mobile employees or subscribers to browse the wireless Web across networks while providing complete, secure access to Internet and corporate intranet Web pages. ThunderHawk Smartphone Edition ThunderHawk Smartphone Edition displays websites just as they appear on the desktop, for the best browsing experience on small screen devices. Users can read Web-based email Web-based email or webmail is a term referring to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Mozilla's Thunderbird or Apple's Mail. , check flight and travel information, go shopping online, and browse the wireless Web on a Smartphone or cell phone. ThunderHawk PocketPC Edition ThunderHawk PocketPC Edition allows users to browse the Web on a PocketPC effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef fort·less·ly adv. . ThunderHawk provides an 800x600 virtual screen resolution on 320x240 screens, so users can read Web-based email, access bank statements online, and do much more, much faster, than they can with other mobile browsers. For More Information If your company is interested in ThunderHawk, e-mail us at thsales@bitstream.com, contact Bitstream at 800.522.3668 or 617.497.6222, or visit us on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com/wireless. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company that makes communications compelling. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. 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