Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.Roxio's Flagship Digital Media Suite Receives Top Honors and High Praise From Technology Press 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. -- Roxio([R]), a division of Sonic Solutions Sonic Solutions NASDAQ: SNIC is a digital media company based in Novato, California, USA. It was created in 1986 by former Lucasfilm employees who developed the AudioDroid digital audio editing system as part of the Droidworks project. ([R]) (Nasdaq:SNIC SNIC Singapore National Institute of Chemistry SNIC Snow and Ice Clearance SNIC Sub-Network Independent Convergence (functions) SNIC Standard Network Interface Card ), the leader in digital media software, today announced that Roxio Easy Media Creator Easy Media Creator is optical disc authoring software, produced by Roxio. It is bundled with some optical disc recorders. It was developed from, and obsoletes, Adaptec Easy CD Creator, which Roxio now owns and supports. ([R]) 9 has received a prestigious Editors' Choice Award from PC Magazine, a leading resource for authoritative, labs-based reviews of computing products for more than 6.6 million technology buyers. The latest acknowledgment adds to an already impressive list of accolades and positive reviews that Easy Media Creator 9 has received from technology press in the U.S. and Europe since its introduction in September of this year and extends the brand's decade-long history of securing top honors from leading technology journals. Easy Media Creator 9 is available at www.roxio.com and in retail stores throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. for a suggested retail price of $99.99. "We are honored to be recognized by PC Magazine and singled out above similar products in our category," said Stan Wong, general manager, Roxio division of Sonic Solutions. "The award demonstrates our ability to deliver innovation and quality with every new version and sends a clear message to consumers and our OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers that Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 is the best product in its class." In awarding Easy Media Creator top honors and an overall rating of "Very Good", PC Magazine's editors applaud the suite's robust features and value stating: "This latest package from Roxio offers a vast array of audio, video, DVD-authoring, and data backup and archiving functions, with good interapplication integration and a consistent interface a all at a great price." Reviews in U.S. daily newspapers, including South Carolina's The State and the Columbia Tribune, echo PC Magazine's praise of Easy Media Creator's comprehensive feature set. In an article entitled: "Creator 9 Can Handle Many Jobs," The State's technology editor writes, "With its polished interface and collection of digital utilities, it's hard to imagine something that Creator 9 can't do." Those sentiments were shared by Columbia Tribune's technology editor, who asserts: "You can't find a better collection of integrated multimedia tools than Roxio Easy Media Creator 9. It puts everything at your fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. ." Easy Media Creator 9 has also received widespread acclaim in Europe where the product has been awarded numerous honors for ease-of-use and product innovation. Typifying the European technology media's reaction to Easy Media Creator 9, U.K. publication, Computer Buyer, awarded the product a Best Buy Award stating, "Creator specializes in making its wide range of disc burning and authoring abilities easy to use and that's what makes it such a great package." About Easy Media Creator 9 Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 offers a comprehensive suite of CD and DVD authoring DVD authoring describes the process of creating a DVD video that can be played on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995. , burning, photo, video and music applications. The latest version reaffirms Sonic's position as market innovator, with over 100 new features and trend-anticipating capabilities including mobile entertainment support, Blu-ray Disc A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital information, including high-definition video. Overview The name Blu-ray Disc is derived from the blue-violet laser used to read and write this type of disc. (BD) recording, Microsoft([R]) Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. ([TM]) compatibility, and high-definition video creation tools. For more information regarding Easy Media Creator 9 visit: http://www.roxio.com/creator9. About Roxio Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the best-selling digital media software in the world. Roxio offers award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing and has an installed base of over 150 million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, through leading retailers, through Internet partnerships and through direct sales at www.roxio.com. Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC)(www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software and provides a broad range of software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users and technology partners. Sonic's products range from professional DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies that are used to produce the majority of Hollywood movies released on 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. , to the award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup applications that have become the premier solutions for consumers and business users worldwide. Sonic's AuthorScript([R]) is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for CD and DVD burning and formatting and has been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California Marin County (IPA: /məˈrɪn/) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2000, the population was 247,289. . Sonic, the Sonic logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio Easy Media Creator and Roxio are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions in the United States and/or other countries. All other company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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