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SOFTCHAOS SHIPS WEBSTRACTOR IN FRENCH

-- Includes Search and Flash Enhancements in Update to Groundbreaking Application for Capturing, Searching, and Editing Web Content --

LONDON, Sept 2005 – Softchaos, Ltd. today shipped Webstractor version 1.5.2, the award-winning web content capturing and processing application. Now for the first time, Webstractor, its documentation and support resources are available in French. Webstractor 1.5.2 also introduces the option to choose between search engines, plus enhanced Flash-handling capabilities, as well as fixes to reported issues.

“Webstractor reaches beyond browsing to track, archive and process the content, literally making it usable,” explained Reza Farhad, CEO of Softchaos, Ltd. “Webstractor's intuitive capabilities, such as the time-saving Radar feature, revolutionize the way people gather and use information from the Internet. Now, French speakers join English and Japanese speakers with Webstractor productivity available in their native tongue.”

Webstractor 1.5.2 is also a free maintenance update recommended for all registered Webstractor customers. Webstractor 1.5.2 addresses reported issues and offers enhancements to several capturing capabilities, including the ability to capture the majority of Flash resources. People using Webstractor can now specify their desired choice of search engines, directly from within the search field. The Webstractor 1.5.2 update is available immediately from <www.softchaos.com>.

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,” Webstractor 1.5 added 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.