Download After Dark Online Now! Free Collection of Internet News Delivery Screen Savers At http://www.afterdark.com.BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1996--Berkeley Systems, Inc., a leader in the consumer software market, has made After Dark Online available for free download at http://www.afterdark.com. After Dark Online is a stand-alone collection of screen savers Screen Savers may refer to:
National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition and ZD Net to deliver the best in consumer Internet news delivery. "We made After Dark Online with the general consumer in mind. It's cross-platform, runs great on a 14.4 modem and is easy to use," stated Julie Wainwright, President and COO of 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 . "And, with such premier partners as DBC See dBA. (language, parallel) DBC - A data-parallel bit-serial C based on MPL. SRC, Bowie MD. E-mail: <maya@super.org>. , Sports Illustrated Online, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition and ZD Net, After Dark Online is the complete news source." After Dark Online uses the standard After Dark interface that millions are already familiar with. Designed specifically with the mass market consumer in mind, After Dark Online is easy, fast, and fun to use. This collection of consumer oriented screen savers does not require T1 lines to operate efficiently, allowing users with 28.8 or even 14.4 Baud modems to access the news they need. T1 lines, typically used by businesses and not general consumers, can accommodate greater amounts of data than the analog lines employed by 14.4 and 28.8 Baud modems. Users can also schedule downloads of After Dark Online updates for greater control. And, because After Dark Online is backwards compatible See backward compatible. backwards compatible - backward compatibility with all members of the After Dark product family, users can enjoy an entertaining mix of their After Dark animated displays and Internet news channels by selecting the popular "Randomizer In telecommunication, the term randomizer has the following meanings: 1. A device used to invert the sense of pseudorandomly selected bits of a bit stream to avoid long sequences of bits of the same sense (also referred to as scrambler). ?" feature. In After Dark Online, Berkeley Systems has partnered with top branded sources to provide timely, in-depth news that's updated around the clock, delivering users coverage of the news that's affecting them. After Dark Online retrieves information from the various content providers' sites and dynamically illustrates the news right on the desktop in 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. form. Saving consumers the time and trouble of searching the Internet to find the news they want, After Dark Online is the easy-to-get-at and comprehensive news delivery system. After Dark Online allows users to tailor the information they receive. For example, a user can customize the various screen savers by indicating from which sections he or she would like to receive news. Each Internet screen saver offers a wealth of material, and users can easily choose only those topics that are of interest to them. Moreover, to receive the complete story, users simply click on the article of interest and are immediately connected to the screen saver's corresponding Web site. Even updating information in the screen saver takes no more than a few minutes. And, the user determines how frequently the news is to be refreshed; either with a simple mouse-click or by a custom schedule. Users are online only for news updates; then the news acts as a screen saver. After Dark Online works with any Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) and is compatible with today's popular browsers. After Dark Online is also available in After Dark 4.0, due out in retail stores in mid-October for Windows and Macintosh. 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 over five million units and is a leading innovator in the marketplace. Leveraging the success of its widely known After Dark screen saver franchise, Berkeley Systems 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. ?. With an eye on the future, Berkeley Systems continues to produce cutting-edge titles that offer unique experiences and take advantage of the latest technology and online advancements. -0- Note to Editors: Review copies, color slides and video b-roll footage of screens are available upon request. For more information, please contact DeEtte Christie 510/540-5535, ext. 254, or Monica Granados, ext. 204, or pr@berksys.com. Additional information on Berkeley Systems and its portfolio of products is available at http://www.berksys.com. CONTACT: Berkeley Systems Inc., Berkeley DeEtte Christie or Monica Granados, 510/540-5535 pr@berksys.com |
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