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TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000--
Company Announces Preview of Jungle-Theme Interface of Internet
Safari(R) This Week at TCEA Conference Plus a Chance to Enter a
Sweepstakes to Win a 9-Day Safari in Africa
Heartsoft, Inc. (OTCBB:HTSF) is pleased to announce that for the first
time it will be revealing a "sneak-peek" at the jungle safari interface of
its new secure Internet browser for children, Internet Safari(R) at the
20th Annual Texas Computer Education Association Conference being held in
Austin, Texas this week.
Not only will visitors at the TCEA conference be able to view the
children's interface for Internet Safari(R), but they will also be able to
register for Heartsoft's "Go On Safari!" giveaway. The winning entry will
receive a 9-day "safari for two" beginning in Cape Town, South Africa. The
details and entries for the contest can be found at both the TCEA
conference in Austin this week, as well as the upcoming Florida
Educational Technology Conference (FETC) which will be held in Orlando
from February 28 - March 2. Details can also be found at the company's web
site at www.internet-safari.com.
"We are in the final stretch!" said CEO Benjamin Shell of Heartsoft.
"As we finalize many of the details of our co-branding agreements and
testing of Internet Safari(R) this week, we are looking for full roll-out
of the product very soon. We are absolutely excited -- and by judging from
the interest level in Internet Safari, it is a product much needed by the
industry."
Internet Safari(R) is a full-featured secure Internet browser for
children which utilizes the sights and sounds of an exciting jungle safari
user interface with cartoons, sounds and a host of proprietary features,
such as:
- an unprecedented level of Internet security achieved through
combining artificial intelligence and advanced image detection and
analysis software capable of detecting pornographic images.
- adjustable tolerance levels within security features which allows
Internet Safari(R) to grow with its young users.
- one-click access to top on-line content providers such as Ask Jeeves
(Nasdaq:ASKJ) and many other, soon-to-be-announced Premium Content
Providers which will provide additional information on sports, weather,
entertainment areas, and even an on-line encyclopedia, dictionary,
thesaurus and almanac.
- hundreds of hand-selected children's web sites broken into content
channels designed as a starting place for Internet surfing, and,
- full Internet URL support -- children have access to the whole
Internet, not just a few hundred pre-approved sites.
About Heartsoft, Inc.
Heartsoft, Inc. (OTCBB:HTSF) publishes and distributes Internet and
multimedia educational software products for early-learning students to
schools and homes nationwide.
The company's educational software products as well as Internet
Safari(R) operate on both Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows 95/98(R) and
Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) iMac(R) and G3 and G4 Macintosh(R) platforms.
Internet Safari, the company's new secure Internet browser for
children, will offer parents and educators a secure and safe alternative
to such adult browsers as Microsoft's Internet Explorer(R), Netscape's
(NYSE:AOL) Navigator(R)/Communicator(R), as well as such Internet security
products as CyberPatrol(R) by The Learning Company (NYSE:MAT), Edmark's
Kid Desk Internet Safe (NYSE:IBM) and SurfWatch by JSB Software
Technologies (EASDAQ:JSBS). Heartsoft's support of Microsoft Windows 98
significantly expands the company's ability to support hardware
manufacturers such as Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), Compaq (NYSE:CPQ),
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), and Sony (NYSE:SNE). Headquartered in Tulsa,
Heartsoft is acknowledged among educators as a price-vs-performance
leader, delivering such product classics as the Heartsoft Bestsellers and
its award-winning release, Thinkology, with unsurpassed customer
satisfaction and loyalty. Heartsoft may be visited on-line at
heartsoft.com and internet-safari.com.
The Company's plans, estimates and beliefs concerning the future
contained in this press release are forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual
results may differ materially due to a variety of factors.
CONTACT: Heartsoft Inc.
Investor Relations, 918/251-1066
investorrelations@heartsoft.com
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