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Aug. 13, 2002
CyberLink PowerDirector Pro Home Movie Production Software Available on Select HP Pavilion Notebook PCs

PowerDirector Pro, The Complete Solution for Creating Movies on CDs Now Bundled With HP Pavilion zt1200 and Pavilion ze5100 Notebook PC Series

Taipei, Taiwan----August 14, 2002----CyberLink Corp., a leading software developer of digital video entertainment applications and e-training solutions, today announced that its award-winning software application PowerDirector Pro will come bundled with Hewlett-Packard's Pavilion zt1200 and Pavilion ze5100 notebook PC series.

PowerDirector Pro is designed as a complete digital video solution with powerful Capture, Edit, Author, Burn and Playback capabilities. Chosen by HP as a premium software bundle for the HP Pavilion zt1200 and Pavilion ze5100 notebook PC series, this special OEM bundled VE edition of PowerDirector Pro will be available from May 2002.

"PowerDirector Pro is designed to allow complete digital video entertainment on the PC," stated Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. "HP Pavilion zt1200 and Pavilion ze5100 notebook PC series customers will receive the best possible digital video entertainment package in mobile computing, along with the added benefits of our acclaimed video editing software application."

"Cyberlink's digital video entertainment software complements the powerful multimedia features of HP's Pavilion zt1200 and ze5100 notebook PCs," said Brett Faulk, director of HP's home and small office notebooks. "With PowerDirector, HP customers have simple, flexible video editing capabilities so they can enjoy the best digital media experience - and share the results with their family and friends."

PowerDirector Pro offers superb special effects, an easy-to-use storyboard interface, and the ability to input video from DV camcorders via IEEE 1394 (Fire Wire) connections, and output to numerous file formats including highly-compressed MPEG video files for making VCDs. Authoring and Burning movie discs on CDs is a simple, pain-free process with the HP Pavilion zt1200 and Pavilion ze5100 notebook PC series' built in DVD+CD-RW combo drive and PowerDirector Pro's advanced step-by-step Disc Wizard feature.

About HP Pavilion zt1200 and Pavilion ze5100 Notebook PC Series
The HP Pavilion zt1200 and Pavilion ze5100 notebook PC series are the latest additions to HP's award-winning line of consumer notebook PCs. Individual users - including students, working mothers, retirees or entrepreneurs - and growing businesses alike appreciate the ease-of-use, reliability and competitive prices offered by HP.

HP's thin and light notebook PC series, the Pavilion zt1200, delivers a great multimedia experience in an eye-catching design that balances performance and mobility. The HP Pavilion zt1200 notebook PC series is powered by mobile IntelO PentiumO 4 processors with up to a 1.8 GHz processor, and options for a 15-inch SXGA+ TFT screen and up to a 40-GB hard drive. An IEEE 1394 port and a DVD+CD-RW drive round out the HP Pavilion zt1290 notebook PC's video editing and video transferring capabilities.

The HP Pavilion ze5100 notebook PC series combines the ease and convenience of an all-in-one notebook PC with mobility features to keep consumers connected and productive. Armed with the powerful IntelR PentiumR 4 Processor with up to a 2.2-GHz processor, up to a 15-inch SXGA+ TFT display, built-in DVD+CD-RW combo drive and an IEEE 1394 port (depending on the configuration), these notebooks provide the power and connectivity options customers need with today's multimedia intensive computer programs.

About PowerDirector Pro
PowerDirector Pro is a total solution movie production software package that allows consumers to take video from any source (such as DV, Camcorders, VHS Tapes or other analog sources) and create Hollywood-style movies on their PCs. It comes complete with an advanced, yet easy to use video-editing program that lets users create dazzling videos. With its step-by step Disc Making Wizard, users will be making professional looking movies on DVD or CD in no time. Furthermore, created movie discs will include a DVD auto-run program (PowerDVD runtime) that allows family and friends to view the DVDs and CDs you make on their PC's DVD drive, even if there is no DVD playback software installed. Featuring video capture and encoding supporting MPEG-2 & MPEG-1 formats and disc burning supported on DVD/VCD/SVCD/MiniDVD, PowerDirector 2.0 Pro is a complete all-in-one movie making solution for the PC!

About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced digital video and audio software products to market. The products are categorized into two major lines: Digital Video Entertainment and E-Training Solutions. Digital Video Entertainment products focus on providing video/audio playback and recording capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into powerful home theaters and digital video centers. The company's E-Training Solutions offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich contents over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company's solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October of 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters are in Taipei and its Web site is located at www.goCyberlink.com.

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