To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (13574 ) 7/6/2000 11:09:27 AM From: nokomis Respond to of 18998 (when the market recovers) Corel Strikes Deal with Aiptek Technologies 13:45 Business Editors OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2000--Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CORL)(TSE:COR.) today announced a worldwide bundling agreement with Aiptek International Inc. Aiptek, a leading manufacturer of advanced Internet peripheral technologies, will bundle Art Dabbler(R) OEM version with its HyperPen line of graphics tablets. "We are thrilled to be working with Aiptek," said Jon Riis, director of North American OEM sales at Corel Corporation. "The combination of Corel's software and Aiptek's hardware will allow consumers to quickly and easily take full advantage of the HyperPen's cutting edge features." Art Dabbler is a natural drawing, painting and animation program for both aspiring and accomplished artists of all ages. Art Dabbler's highly intuitive interface uses familiar devices like drawers, sketch pads and tracing paper. The Aiptek HyperPen is a pen-like device artists use to create digital images on their PC. "We are delighted to offer Corel's world-class software to our extensive customer base," said Ted Tung, director of the Internet Business Division at Aiptek International Inc. "Art Dabbler will allow our customers to take advantage of the HyperPen's advanced features to create amazing digital images and enhance existing ones." Corel Corporation Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of <28>award-winning business productivity, graphics and operating system award-winning business productivity, graphics and operating system solutions on the Windows(R), Linux(R), UNIX(R), Macintosh(R) and Java(TM) platforms. Corel also develops market-leading, Web-based solutions including applications, contents, e-commerce and online services. For access to these services and more information go to www.corel.com or www.corelcity.com. Corel is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Corel's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market(SM) under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR. About Aiptek AIPTEK Inc. is the leading manufacturer of PC graphical tablets in the peripheral industry today. Well-renowned for developing the StartWriter, the first and only interactive pen-based educational writing system for children, during the past year they have expanded their product line beyond only graphical tablet based systems. After achieving much success in the PC camera market with their line of Home, Professional, and Mobile based USB cameras, Aiptek has recently developed an all-new, innovative line of products. This innovative new line consists of low priced, extremely high quality video telephones, <48>which places Aiptek Inc. into a class of their own. The new product which places Aiptek Inc. into a class of their own. The new product line allows superb quality face-to-face communication over ordinary phone lines. Making video phone calls has never been this affordable, simple, or fun! For information regarding any of Aiptek's products, please visit their website at www.aiptek.com. Corel, Art Dabbler and the Go further logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. --30--ajg/in* CONTACT: Corel Corporation Meredith Dundas, 613/728-0826 ext. 1513 E-mail: meredithd@corel.com Website: www.corel.com <65> KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL CANADA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS SOFTWARE Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com