Disappearing Inc. Wins Popular Science Magazine's Best of What's New Award; Disappearing Inc. Recognized as Email Privacy Innovator.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000 Disappearing(TM) Inc., a San Francisco-based email privacy company, has received the Popular Science Best of What's New Award for 2000 for its Disappearing(TM) Email software, which is available for free at http://www.disappearing.com. Disappearing Email was selected from thousands of new products and innovations by the editors of Popular Science, and an advisory panel selected by the magazine, for innovation and technical achievement. Winners must in some way improve the quality of life as a part of the criteria for the award. Disappearing Email will be on display at the 13th Annual Popular Science Best of What's New Technology Expo in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on November 9, 2000. "We are pleased that Popular Science selected our service for its prestigious Best of What's New Award," said Maclen Marvit, chief technical officer and cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of Disappearing Inc. "Disappearing Inc. has developed a powerful technology and a new approach to email privacy, and it is wonderful to have our achievement recognized by industry experts." Disappearing Email enables organizations to ensure the confidentiality of their message archives, and to set and enforce email policies. It also allows individuals to protect their privacy by writing their messages in the digital equivalent of disappearing ink. The Popular Science Best of What's New Technology Expo is being held in New York City on Thursday, November 9, 2000 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tavern on the Green Tavern on the Green is a restaurant located in Central Park, New York City. Of the several dining rooms, the most famous is the Crystal room with windows overlooking the garden. , Central Park at West 67th Street. Founded in 1872, Popular Science is the world's largest science and technology magazine with a circulation of 1.6 million and a readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. of six million in the U.S. alone. Popular Science is currently published in five languages worldwide and is the fifth oldest continuously published magazine in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . About Disappearing Inc. Disappearing Inc. is a San Francisco-based developer of email policy systems that allow companies to eliminate the risks associated with unmanaged email. Led by a team of executives from Oracle, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Fujitsu, and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Disappearing Inc. was funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Red Rock Ventures, and Eric Hahn Eric Hahn is an American entrepreneur who founded an early e-mail-based groupware company called Collabra Software in 1992. Netscape acquired Collabra in 1995, and in 1997 Hahn became Netscape's CTO. in 1999. For more information, please contact Disappearing Inc. at 415/896-5000; or via email at info@disappearing.com; or via the World Wide Web at www.disappearing.com. Note to Editors: The Disappearing Inc. logo and Disappearing Email are trademarks of Disappearing Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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