New Iomega CD-RW Software

Iomega HotBurn Software Combines Ease-Of-Use and Performance; Delivering CD-RW Simplicity
Aug. 30-Iomega Corporation, a global leader in reliable portable data storage, today set a new standard for speed and simplicity with the introduction of Iomega HotBurn software for CD recording.

In usability testing, HotBurn software consistently performed faster than the industry leader for users of all experience levels. In four out of five tasks measured, users were able to set up CD projects quicker, and they experienced less waiting time before and after the burn.

"CD-burning software often puts the user through a confusing and complicated process," said Germaine Ward, senior vice president of software solutions, Iomega Corporation. "HotBurn software is a faster and easier user experience. It wraps the functions that people use most of the time -- burning music, copying data, creating liner notes -- into a clean powerful interface, replacing the usual complexity with one or two simple steps. HotBurn will allow CD-RW users to successfully burn a CD faster, and it will differentiate our optical drive bundles in an intensely competitive market."

The HotBurn console interface conveniently groups all options for creating a CD on a single screen, and the interface is designed with replaceable skins that allow the user to customize the software's look and feel. Additional convenience features include a "Best Of" CD creation function, which streamlines the making of a compilation disc by eliminating the need to copy selections from several CDs to the hard drive first.

Standard HotBurn features for Macintosh and Windows users include easy two-step music and data CD mastering, one-step CD duplication and convenient CD imaging of multiple copies from a source CD. HotBurn also fully supports new technologies like BURN-Proof, which virtually eliminates the buffer under-run errors that can turn a CD into a coaster.

HotBurn for Windows includes an editor for CD labels and jewel case inserts, and it also incorporates drag-and-drop file management software that allows the CD-RW drive to work as a standard removable drive.

Iomega HotBurn software will be available in October with new Iomega CD-RW drives; it will also be available in the fourth quarter of this year as a retail download from www.iomega.com for users of third-party drives. Iomega HotBurn software is compatible with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4, and Windows 2000 on Pentium PCs with supported USB, FireWire or ATAPI CD-RW drives, and will be compatible with Windows XP in the fourth quarter of this year. Iomega HotBurn software is compatible with Macintosh computers running MacOS 8.6 through 9.x with supported USB, FireWire or ATAPI drives.

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