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Company Press Release
SOURCE: ImaginOn, Inc.
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 - news)
announced today that ImaginOn.com will release on January 29, 1999, the Internet's
first ''Supra-Search Engine'' -- WebZinger™ 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.
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