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/FROM PR NEWSWIRE LOS ANGELES 213-626-5500/
TO TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS EDITORS:
ImaginOn to Release First All-In-One Internet 'Supra-Search Engine'
On January 29, 1999
Initial Marketing to be Completed through Five Websites
GREER, S.C., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ImaginOn, Inc., (Nasdaq: IMON)
announced today that ImaginOn.com will release on January 29, 1999, the
Internet's first "Supra-Search Engine" -- WebZinger(TM) 6.00. Unlike anything
before it, WebZinger 6.00 is all-in-one Web software, doing the whole job for
Internet researchers; searching, locating, downloading, formatting, presenting
and browsing. WebZinger 6.00 is like having a research assistant who is
Web-savvy, capable of delivering a multimedia report complete with text,
pictures, video and audio on any topic, anytime you need it.
Prior to WebZinger 6.00, Internet users will spend much of their own time
putting together reports based on Internet websites, employing many different
software programs to do it. Typically, the Web user starts a browser, uses a
search engine to get a list of possible sites, then visits a lot of sites,
downloads selected pictures, video and audio clips, and finally all the
elements are assembled into a usable report. That process can take hours.
For most reports, WebZinger 6.00 will do the entire process in about
30 minutes, by itself, in the background, without user intervention.
"For those folks who just have to have some initial results right now,
we've added Fast Mode which compiles an abbreviated WebZinger report in about
a minute," said Leonard Kain, ImaginOn's VP of Engineering. "That's nearly as
fast as conventional search engines, but with superior relevance and actual
text extracts from each site."
WebZinger 6.00, a Java application, runs on Windows PCs. Other platforms
will follow in the near future. WebZinger 6.00 will be available for
electronic purchase at a retail price of $44.95. Initially, purchasers can
download the software from various Internet retailers including
software-depot.netscape.com, www.unboxed.com, www.beyond.com,
www.netsales.net, or directly from the company at www.webzinger.com.
Additional distribution agreements are currently being finalized.
ImaginOn, Inc. (f/k/a California Pro Sports, Inc.), formerly a marketer
and distributor of sporting goods related products, is a publicly-traded
company that has executed an agreement to merge with ImaginOn.com (f/k/a
ImaginOn, Inc.) based in San Carlos, California. The Company's stockholders
have approved the proposed merger and the companies are completing the
customary paperwork necessary to effectuate the transaction.
ImaginOn.com (www.imaginon.com) is a development stage company which
engineers, produces and sells business and consumer software for CD-ROM and
network users, including: WebZinger, its product line of web research
assistants; sellONstream, its e-commerce software solution; and WorldCities
2000 ImaginOn.com's CD travel planners.
WebZinger is a trademark of ImaginOn, Inc. (c/k/a ImaginOn.com) and is
protected under U.S. Patent and U.S. Patent Pending.
Except for the historical information presented herein, the matters set
forth in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the "safe-harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risks are detailed
in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date
hereof. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.
SOURCE ImaginOn, Inc.
/CONTACT: Barry Hollander, Acting President of ImaginOn, Inc.,864-848-5160; or
David Schwartz, President of ImaginOn.com, 650-596-9300/
/Web site: software-depot.netscape.com
/Web site: unboxed.com
/Web site: beyond.com
/Web site: netsales.net
/Web site: webzinger.com
/Web site: imaginon.com
Jan-12-1999 08:43 GMT
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