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*****NEWS ALERT OSFT***** hursday April 1, 7:30 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: ObjectSoft Corporation ObjectSoft's FastTake Kiosk Lands Deal with Country's Third Largest Video Retailer Video Kiosk Coming to Movie Gallery Locations Across the Country; Beginning With Six New Markets HACKENSACK, N.J., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ObjectSoft Corporation (Nasdaq: OSFT - news) today announced that it has signed a Pilot Production Agreement with Movie Gallery (Nasdaq: MOVI - news), the Nation's third largest video retailer, for deployment of the FastTake(TM) video kiosk to retail locations throughout the United States. According to the agreement, ObjectSoft will initially deliver a total of six FastTake video kiosks to different Movie Gallery's markets around the country. The companies will agree on additional locations based on an initial 3 - 4 month test phase in those markets. ''We are delighted that such a prominent player in the video retail market is installing our fun-to-use FastTake kiosks in their locations,'' said George Febish, president and Co-CEO of ObjectSoft. ''This is a huge vote of confidence in its ability to increase video sales and rentals.'' ''They are truly welcome additions to our stores. FastTake is an exciting new technology that will bring video stores into the 21st Century,'' said William Guerrette, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Movie Gallery. ''FastTake offers excellent in-store video search capabilities and should increase our customer's interest and the store's revenues.'' In other news, the Company noted that IBM Corporation successfully delivered and installed the kiosks it had previously contracted for in markets including Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York during the second week of March. Initial reactions have been very positive and have resulted in additional inquiries by other video retailers. ''We are very pleased with the usage rate of FastTake,'' said Darlene Burlingame, owner of Entertainment Zone. ''Since it was installed in our location, people haven't been able to get enough of it.''