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SOFTCHAOS SHIPS WEBSTRACTOR 1.5 WITH “RADAR”

-- New “Radar” Capability Automatically Monitors Web Pages in Groundbreaking Application for Capturing, Searching, Editing and Organizing Web Content --

LONDON, July 14, 2005 – Softchaos, Ltd. today shipped Webstractor version 1.5, the award-winning Web content capturing and processing application, now with new “Radar” capabilities for monitoring Web site content automatically. Now for the first time, Webstractor customers can set up site locations and search terms to automatically capture web pages whose changes are of interest.

New “Webstractor is the ultimate web user's productivity tool,” explained Reza Farhad, CEO of Softchaos, Ltd. “Intuitive to use, Webstractor's capabilities, plus its support for Mac OS X Tiger technologies, revolutionize the way people gather and use information from the Internet. Whether you are in business, journalism, education or simply someone who regularly browses - you will find Webstractor takes you beyond browsing to obtain the information you want, when you want it and in the right format for your needs.”

New “Just as the Sackler Gallery brings in objects from other collections to create temporary exhibitions, Webstractor lets me bring in web content to fashion into special reports,” explained Marjan Adib, head of strategy and policy implementation at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. “Webstractor's 'Radar' is a wonderful tool to gather and archive different types of information and research material.”

Taking Productivity Beyond the Browser
Intuitive and powerful, Webstractor takes Internet users beyond browsing to provide the ability to capture multiple web pages, remove unwanted content, annotate, organize, retrieve and assemble the found materials into effective documents. Already dubbed “a Web researcher's dream,” the new Webstractor 1.5 adds a “Radar” capability to monitor web pages for keywords and capture them when an appropriate change occurs.

Webstractor product highlights include:

• Automatic capture for every page visited online to view offline
• Keep track of captured pages in a single document with thumbnail previews
• Monitor web sites and automatically capture important changes
• Search quickly through every web page in a document
• Crop, highlight and edit the content of any web page
• Collate edited pages into a single document using standard word processing tools
• Print, export to PDF or share your Webstractor document

Pricing and Availability
Webstractor requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later. Some Webstractor features only available with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Webstractor 1.5 is available immediately for US$79.99 directly from <http://www.softchaos.com/>.

Site licensing and educational discounts are available directly from Softchaos. Additional information can be obtained by visiting <http://www.softchaos.com/> or by calling +44 (0)20 7434 0775.

About Softchaos, Ltd.
Softchaos provides market leading productivity-enhancing software for the Macintosh user. Drawing on the combined talents of an award-winning team with years of Macintosh programming, marketing and design expertise, Softchaos strives to create effective software aimed at satisfying the demands of the information intensive user.

Softchaos currently develops WorkStrip, the ultimate file management tool with instant preview capabilities and more, as well as Webstractor.

Softchaos, Webstractor, WorkStrip and softchaos.com are trademarks of Softchaos, Ltd. All other brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.