SOTEC America's Thin and Light Notebooks for Under $1K Come Bundled with Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5.3 Basic

Business Wire, Nov 19, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2002

Bundle Delivers CD and DVD Recording Options for

Built-in DVD CD-RW Drives

SOTEC America announced today it will bundle Roxio's (Nasdaq:ROXI) Easy CD Creator 5.3 Basic with its newly launched notebook, the SOTEC 3120X. Easy CD Creator, the #1 selling CD and DVD recording software, adds powerful capabilities to the thin and light notebook, which lists for under $1,000 and contains a record number of built-in capabilities. The SOTEC 3120X notebook, the company's premier introduction, is available now in a variety of retail stores, including Office Depot, Wal-Mart, and Sam's Club, as well as online at Bestbuy.com, OfficeDepot.com, Walmart.com, and Samsclub.com.

"We included Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5.3 Basic in the 3120X notebook so that our customers can reap the benefits of our all-in-one product the moment they turn it on," said Saeed K. Shahbazi, president of SOTEC America, a subsidiary of the Japanese computer giant SOTEC Co, Ltd. "You can download music and burn your own CDs immediately, make back-up disks, store photos -- do it all without having to buy any additional hardware or software."

"Roxio is extremely excited about our relationship with the newly launched SOTEC America," said Vito Salvaggio, vice president of product management at Roxio. "Easy CD Creator 5.3 Basic will provide SOTEC's customers with an easy-to-use-software solution to create, manage and move digital media."

Fully Loaded and Instantly Usable

Easy CD Creator from Roxio is the #1 selling CD and DVD recording software in the world, and empowers the DVD CD-RW drive in the 3120X notebook with a full range of recording options, including the ability to burn MP3s to CD, archive photos to CD, backup valuable data to CD or DVD, and design and print CD labels.

Priced under $1,000, the colorful and unique SOTEC 3120X is a mere 1.3" thin and a feather-weight 4.4 pounds with a 12.1" XGA TFT screen. In addition to the DVD CD-RW combo drive, this thin and light notebook boasts a record number of built-ins, including a 56K data/fax modem, a 10/100 network card, multiple USB ports, stereo speakers, and a microphone. Driven by an Intel(R) 1.2 GHz Mobile Celeron processor, the SOTEC 3120X has 256MB PC 133 SDRAM of memory with a 256KB Advanced Transfer Cache and a 20 GB hard drive. In addition to Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5.3 Basic, SOTEC America's notebooks come bundled with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home, Microsoft(R) Works 6.0, and Intervideo's WinDVD 4.

One-Stop Complete Customer Service 24/7

In a move unprecedented in the industry, SOTEC America offers customers 24/7 technical support at no charge on both hardware and software, including bundled packages. The company also guarantees a 72-hour turnaround on replacement notebooks. Additional information, such as FAQs, How-Tos, and Technical Bulletins, are available from the SOTEC America website (www.sotecglobal.com).

About SOTEC America, Inc.

Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, the heart of Southern California's technology center, SOTEC America, Inc. is dedicated to delivering the highest quality portable electronic products backed by superior service. A subsidiary of SOTEC Co. Ltd, one of Japan's leading notebook engineering companies that was founded in 1984, SOTEC America pursues 100% customer satisfaction by creating innovative computer products and marketing them at affordable prices. Led by a team with more than a century of combined high-tech experience, SOTEC America services small home offices, the Fortune 500, government, and education markets with ground-breaking portable systems sold through retail, distribution, and reseller channels. For more information about SOTEC America, Inc., please visit www.sotecglobal.com.

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 and video editing. Roxio's family of products includes category leading products Easy CD Creator(R) (Windows) and Toast(R) (Macintosh) for CD/DVD burning, PhotoSuite(R) for digital photography, and VideoWave(R) for digital video. Roxio also makes GoBack(R) , the #1 selling system recovery software that enables PC users to instantly recover from system crashes, virus attacks and data loss. 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 www.roxio.com. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Roxio also maintains offices in Minnesota, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany and Japan. The company currently employs more than 400 people worldwide. Roxio is a member of the S&P SmallCap 600 and the Russell 2000 Index.

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