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ImaginOn to Release First All-In-One Internet 'Supra-Search Engine' On
January 29, 1999
PR Newswire - January 12, 1999 08:40
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
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