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Dec. 23, 2002
CyberLink PowerDirector Pro and PowerDVD XP Chosen by BenQ

CyberLink's award winning PowerDVD XP 4.0 and PowerDirector Pro 2.5 have been selected by BenQ for the Joybook 8000 digital hub, to deliver the best video editing, DVD creating and playback experiences.

Taipei, Taiwan----December 23, 2002---- CyberLink Corp., a leading software developer of digital video entertainment applications and e-training solutions, announced today that BenQ has selected PowerDVD XP and PowerDirector Pro to enhance the entertainment features provided on the BenQ Joybook 8000, which was unveiled in early December. With CyberLink's award winning PowerDVD XP and PowerDirector Pro products, users are able not only to play MPEG video files, but also edit, author and burn video clips with the Joybook 8000 notebook.

"There is a marked difference between the traditional computer operating functionality of a notebook and the BenQ Joybook, which supports both work and entertainment needs," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "We are delighted that one of our DVD authoring and burning products has been chosen by BenQ for its Joybook 8000 to ensure the best entertainment experience possible for users."

BenQ's General Manager of Digital Media BG, Peter Chen, said, "The Joybook 8000 is important not only because it is the first in this product line, but also because it symbolizes our migration into a new era of uniting work and entertainment spheres. We selected CyberLink PowerDVD XP and PowerDirector Pro because they are feature-rich and easy-to-use video applications. With their support, the Joybook 8000 will no doubt maximize DVD enjoyment for playback and creation."

About PowerDVD XP 4.0
CyberLink's PowerDVD is the world's leading high-quality audio and video DVD software player, with advanced navigation and the most complete hardware support available. PowerDVD delivers high-quality DVD playback at full frame rates with extremely low CPU consumption. Key features include Dolby Headphone Technology, which brings a Virtual Surround experience to any standard pair of stereo headphones, and Digital Zoom, which allows users to view special effects, hidden features and fine details at either 4 or 9 times the normal screen ratio. PowerDVD continues to be an excellent solution for OEM manufacturers, and is shipped by major drive, video card, and PC makers world-wide.

About PowerDirector Pro
PowerDirector Pro is a complete 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, movie discs created by the Disc Wizard 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. Supporting video capture and encoding in MPEG-2 & MPEG-1 formats and disc burning on DVD/VCD/SVCD/MiniDVD formats, 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 products focus on providing complete digital video capabilities from video capture, edit, authoring, and burning to playback and streaming on the PC. 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, 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demand, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, including Japan. CyberLink?s worldwide headquarters are in Taipei and its website address is www.goCyberlink.com.

About BenQ
BenQ is one of the world's top two manufacturers of LCD panels and an industry leader in digital lifestyle devices that encompasses the display, storage, imaging, input, wireless and broadband areas. BenQ's strength in both R&D and manufacturing is demonstrated in the 14 million cell phone handsets we will produce in 2002. BenQ is not only the number one manufacturer of cell phones in Taiwan, but the number one cell phone ODM manufacturer in the world. BenQ has shown a prominent position in the business world by being rated 13 in the BusinessWeek InfoTech 100 rating and number 3 in the Best Shareholder return rating also conducted by BusinessWeek.
BenQ has manufacturing plants in Malaysia, Mexico, China and Taiwan. The company has over 12,000 employees worldwide, supporting a strong global sales marketing and service network spanning Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. BenQ's F/Y 2001 revenue is $3.3 billion, with a forecast of $5.6 billion for F/Y 2002. BenQ has research and development facilities in Taiwan (Hsinchu Lab) and China (Suzhou Software Development Center), and has amassed nearly 1000 global patents. For more information about BenQ, please visit our Web site at www.BenQ.com.


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