Softchaos - Press Release

-- Softchaos Celebrates by Offering “Yoink” Widget to Mac Community for Free --

LONDON, Oct. 5, 2005 – Softchaos, Ltd. today announced Webstractor the award-winning web content capturing and processing application, is now available on the Apple online store and in several Apple Retail Outlets. To celebrate, the company has released “Yoink,” an automatic web monitoring widget based on Webstractor technology. Yoink is available for free to anyone running Mac OS X version 10.4 (Tiger).

“Way beyond a browser, Webstractor automatically tracks and captures content for intelligent archiving and custom document creation, all in one tool,” explained Reza Farhad, CEO of Softchaos, Ltd. “We've made the Webstractor technology available only on a Mac, and are excited about its availability on the Apple online store and in several Apple Retail Outlets. To celebrate, Yoink is our gift to the Mac community, facilitating easy monitoring of favorite sites right from the Dashboard.”

Yoink periodically checks the text content of a web page, and if significantly changed, captures the page. The adjustable thumbnail-size window also displays a red indicator bar gauging the percentage of changed text. The Yoink thumbnail opens full-size as a Web Archive in Safari in a single click. Webstractor customers can easily add Web Archives to their Webstractor documents, either to archive or use in the creation of custom edited documents.

Several popular Web sites offer a preconfigured Yoink to automatically monitor site updates. Check with your favorite Web site for availability. The Yoink widget is also available today from <http://www.softchaos.com/products/yoink/>.

The Yoink widget performs one of the functions found in Webstractor. 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,” Webstractor 1.5 added a “Radar” capability to monitor web pages for specified keywords and capture them when an appropriate change occurs. Yoink is based on Webstractor’s recently introduced Radar technology.

Webstractor requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later, with some features only available on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Webstractor is available for US$79.99 directly from Softchaos, the Apple online store and select Apple Retail Outlets. Educational discounts and Site licensing 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.


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	Press SOFTCHAOS’ WEBSTRACTOR NOW IN APPLE STORE -- Softchaos Celebrates by Offering “Yoink” Widget to Mac Community for Free -- LONDON, Oct. 5, 2005 – Softchaos, Ltd. today announced Webstractor the award-winning web content capturing and processing application, is now available on the Apple online store and in several Apple Retail Outlets. To celebrate, the company has released “Yoink,” an automatic web monitoring widget based on Webstractor technology. Yoink is available for free to anyone running Mac OS X version 10.4 (Tiger). “Way beyond a browser, Webstractor automatically tracks and captures content for intelligent archiving and custom document creation, all in one tool,” explained Reza Farhad, CEO of Softchaos, Ltd. “We've made the Webstractor technology available only on a Mac, and are excited about its availability on the Apple online store and in several Apple Retail Outlets. To celebrate, Yoink is our gift to the Mac community, facilitating easy monitoring of favorite sites right from the Dashboard.” Yoink periodically checks the text content of a web page, and if significantly changed, captures the page. The adjustable thumbnail-size window also displays a red indicator bar gauging the percentage of changed text. The Yoink thumbnail opens full-size as a Web Archive in Safari in a single click. Webstractor customers can easily add Web Archives to their Webstractor documents, either to archive or use in the creation of custom edited documents. Several popular Web sites offer a preconfigured Yoink to automatically monitor site updates. Check with your favorite Web site for availability. The Yoink widget is also available today from <http://www.softchaos.com/products/yoink/>. Yoink is Webstractor’s Little Sister The Yoink widget performs one of the functions found in Webstractor. 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,” Webstractor 1.5 added a “Radar” capability to monitor web pages for specified keywords and capture them when an appropriate change occurs. Yoink is based on Webstractor’s recently introduced Radar technology. Webstractor requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later, with some features only available on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Webstractor is available for US$79.99 directly from Softchaos, the Apple online store and select Apple Retail Outlets. Educational discounts and Site licensing 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.