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ROXIO UNVEILS TOAST 6 TITANIUM CD\DVD BURNING MAC SOFTWARE.


Roxio,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
:ROXI), Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba
Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba.
, Calif., provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world, has introduced Toast 6 Titanium, the newest and fastest version of their award-winning CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 burning software for the Macintosh platform. Toast 6 provides all of the power, performance and simplicity Macintosh users have come to expect from the Toast brand, with extensive new photo and video capabilities. Toast 6 users can drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. , burn and share data, audio, photos and video quickly and with ease.

"Consumers have a huge appetite for all things digital, from cameras and camcorders, to portable music players," said Vito Salvaggio, Roxio vice president of product management. "Toast 6 helps them do more with their digital life faster and easier than ever before through innovative features like Plug & Burn, ToastAnywhere and the Universal Converters, maintaining the Toast experience that customers have come to expect."

Compatible with Mac OS 10.2 and higher, Toast 6 Titanium handles all audio and video formats recognized by QuickTime and is ideal for use with iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie. Using most CD or DVD burners, users can now author Video CDs, Super VCDs and DVDs, complete with menus, buttons and chapters that can be played on either a home DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display.  or computer. All of this can be accomplished with the drag and drop simplicity, and reliability for which Toast is known.

Toast 6 Titanium also introduces features never before seen on the Mac OS, most notably ToastAnywhere(TM), which enables Toast 6 users to share CD and DVD burners across a local network or the Internet. Ideal for offices, schools or home use, ToastAnywhere enables groups to share recorders or set up shared burning servers. Another innovative feature that helps users maximize productivity and efficiency is Plug & Burn(TM), which simplifies creating video discs and removes time consuming steps. Using Plug & Burn, consumers just plug-in their DV camcorder, click record and their home videos will be transferred and burned to disc automatically.

Key New Features

-- ToastAnywhere(TM) enables the sharing of CD or DVD burners across a network or the Internet with other Toast 6 Titanium users.

-- Create Video CDs, Super Video CDs or DVDs with menus, buttons and chapters, and view them on a home DVD Player or computer.

-- Plug & Burn(TM) to create video discs from DV camcorder content with a single click, automatically and effortlessly.

-- Drag and drop photos from iPhoto to create full screen slide shows on Video CD, Super Video CD, or DVDs to watch at home on a DVD player or computer.

-- Motion Pictures software turns still photos into stunning movies with Hollywood-style pan and zoom effects cross fades and soundtracks.

-- Completely reengineered CD Spin Doctor(R) 2 helps users digitize vinyl records or tapes, or record live audio performances, and provides filters to reduce noise and enhance sound.

-- Universal Audio & Video Converters allow users to drag & drop any QuickTime audio, image, or video file format and create perfect audio CDs, enhanced audio CDs, Video CDs, Super VCDs and DVDs.

-- Save time and burn files or folders directly from the desktop with the Toast It(TM) pop up menu.

-- Secure data to CD and DVDs with an automatic back-up scheduler, data compression data compression

Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques.
, 128-bit AES encryption and password protection.

Individual sales and convenient 10-packs are available from computer specialty stores, the Apple stores, catalog and online resellers, and direct from Roxio's web site.

The suggested retail price is $99.95 (USD USD

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
). Prior Toast, Jam, and Easy CD & DVD Creator retail customers are eligible for a $20 mail-in rebate. Details are included in the retail product. Discounts are available for volume purchases of 25 or more from Roxio's Enterprise Solutions team.

Visit http://www.roxio.com for information.

System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule.  

Power Mac G3 and higher (G4 recommended for faster video encoding) Mac OS 10.2 and higher (installing latest operating system operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
 updates is recommended)

QuickTime 6 and higher CD or DVD recorder (1) A recordable or rewritable DVD drive that is connected to the computer. It may be an internal or external device. See DVD drives, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW.

(2)
 (optional, if using ToastAnywhere recorder sharing)

Most internal and external CD and DVD recorders supported

About Roxio

Roxio, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROXI) provides the best selling digital media software in the world. Roxio makes award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing See photo editor.  and video editing. Roxio's family of products includes category-leading products Easy CD & DVD Creator(TM), Digital Media Suite(TM), Easy CD Creator Adaptec Easy CD Creator is a CD authoring program bundled with many early CD writers.

It was part of a suite often just known as Adaptec Easy CD Creator, which consisted of:
  • CD Creator itself.
  • A CD copying program.
  • DirectCD, a packet writing program.
(R) (Windows) and Toast(R) (Macintosh) for CD/DVD burning, PhotoSuite(R) for digital photography, and VideoWave(R) for digital video. Roxio also owns Napster(R) and plans to re-launch it as a legal, paid service in the near future. Roxio's current installed base is in excess of 100 million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, in stores with the leading worldwide retailers, through Internet partnerships and also sells its products direct at http://www.roxio.com. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , Roxio also maintains offices in Minnesota, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Japan. The company currently employs approximately 500 people worldwide. Roxio is a member of the S&P SmallCap 600 and the Russell 2000 Index Russell 2000 Index

An index measuring the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. The Russell 2000 serves as a benchmark for small-cap stocks in the United States.
.

For more information call 408/367-5207 or visit http://www.roxio.com.
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