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Mar. 18, 2004
CyberLink Raises the Standard for User-Friendly Design

CyberLink DVD Solution Now Features Intuitive PowerStarter Interface


Visit CyberLink at: CyberLink's Booth- Taiwan Pavilion, Hall 23, Booth #A01-11
DVD+RW Pavilion - Hall 20, Booth #B16
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CeBIT: Mar. 18th - 24th, 2004

Taipei, Taiwan----March 18th, 2004----CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video software and training solutions, today launched its new generation CyberLink DVD Solution (CDS) featuring an intuitive activity-based interface, PowerStarter. PowerStarter lets users launch any application included within the CyberLink DVD Solution and provides quick and easy access to task-related features.

CyberLink DVD Solution was developed for bundling with PC hardware products as a total media solution. With the improved user-friendliness of PowerStarter users now have action-specific features that are easier to navigate. Users navigate by clicking on simple action-related phrases and icons for tasks like DVD playback, TV recording, photo retouching, CD/DVD authoring and burning, slideshow creation, video editing, music ripping and data burning. Users can also add their frequently used features to a Favorites menu for added convenience.

"PowerStarter is a perfect match to the convenience and utility of the CyberLink DVD Solution - its an open platform concept allowing newly developed software to be added over time," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "You can say it's a win-win solution for both OEM customers and end users, since OEM customers can benefit from this scalable and customizable platform, and end customers can fully enjoy direct access to CyberLink's software products that are organized by task."

Features of CyberLink DVD Solution
? PowerStarter interface
Featuring seven main icons - simplifies navigation by categorizing task-specific functions.
? Task-focused buttons
Allows users to perform specific actions without thinking about the software they are using.
? Easy installation
Ensures quick access and an overview of the tasks users can access via a convenient DemoShield.
? Product upgrades
, Allow users to access downloads from CyberLink via the upgrade button.
? Configuration settings
Lets users set specific options for launching PowerStarter.

Ideal for OEM Customers - CyberLink's full range of products
CyberLink offers a customizable solution to meet the specific needs of individual partners, including -
? PowerDVD - delivering a theater-like DVD experience on the PC
Listed as Best Product of 2003 from PC magazine, PowerDVD features leading technologies for enhancing audio, graphics, and screen size to deliver maximum DVD enjoyment to users right from their personal computers.

? PowerDirector - editing professional home movies
Featuring an improved editing interface, comprehensive production tools, time-saving features, and quality-enhancing video technology, PowerDirector ensures that creating eye-catching movies has never been easier.

? PowerProducer - turning photos and videos into stunning DVDs
PowerProducer takes the hassle out of converting photos and videos into slideshows and movies. Transferring them to disc is also a breeze. The software provides a complete range of powerful time saving tools that automates much of the disc authoring process.

? Power2Go - burning favorite media
CyberLink Power2Go features two easy interfaces for handling all kinds of data. Express mode allows simple drag-and-drop burning of data, music, and movies, as well as easy double-click activation of disc copying. Power2Go advanced mode allows configuration of burning and copying settings, in addition to utilities for tasks such as ripping files and erasing discs.

? Medi@Show - transforming ideas into dazzling slideshows
Medi@Show offers room to unleash users? creativity. With loads of special effects and easy-to-use features, users' photos and videos can be transformed into engaging slideshows. Medi@Show is an ideal solution for creating streaming multimedia content for delivery via the web or a CD.

? PowerBackup - archiving data with a step-by-step approach
CyberLink PowerBackup is a powerful yet practical tool for protecting essential data, offering a step-by-step approach to saving data onto a disc, a local hard drive, or via a network.

? PhotoNow! - retouching photos
PhotoNow! turns captured mishaps into satisfying records of photos. Featuring practical and easy-to-use tools, PhotoNow! offers a choice of one-click auto-fixing, in addition to manual image adjustments. Photos can be imported and exported in a broad range of file formats.

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About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced digital video and audio software applications to market. The products are categorized into two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and Training Solutions. Digital Multimedia Solutions includes Media Creation Products focusing on media creation by advancing technologies to capture, edit, author and record all types of media, and Digital Entertainment products providing high quality media enjoyment on the PC by perfecting state-of-the-art audio-video technologies. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video centers. The company's Training Solutions include authoring tools for creating training content and training management systems that offer an easy and cost effective way to deliver and manage training programs 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 demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters are in Taipei. http://www.gocyberlink.com/

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Germany: Regina Glaser, r.glaser@konzept-pr.de or by phone + 49-821-34300-17.
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