Now Supports All Popular Image File and Audio File Formats.

Macworld, San Francisco, CA (January 5, 2004) - NewTech Infosystems, Inc. (NTI), announced today the latest release of Dragon Burn®, the easy-to-use CD/DVD burning software preferred by a growing number of Mac® OS X desktop and PowerBook® notebook computer users. In addition to fine-tuning the DVD Video burning capabilities of Dragon Burn Version 3.1, NTI has added Mac Panther compatibility and support for virtually all of the leading image and audio file formats.

With NTI?s powerful Dragon Burn CD and DVD mastering software, Mac users have a single, integrated solution for recording audio, data, and MP3 files to CD-R/RW and DVD+R/+RW drives.

Dragon Burn complements and expands upon the basic functionality included with Mac OS X computers while taking advantage of all that the Mac and OS X have to offer. Offering enough flexibility to accommodate personal preferences, yet stable, Dragon Burn V3.1combines all the functionality expected by power users with the ease-of-use required by novices.

A Fast, Easy Burning Solution -- Beginning with installation, NTI has incorporated a number of features that ensure fast, easy burning and accommodate personal preferences. To eliminate time-consuming software/hardware compatibility issues Dragon Burn is enhanced with NTI?s exclusive technology: Dynamic Drive Support™ (DDS) and Live Update. DDS eliminates time-consuming software/hardware compatibility issues. Live Update optimizes software compatibility with the user?s burner.

Dragon Burn?s intuitive, yet powerful user interface enables users to quickly step through the options available for creating CDs/DVDs. Then, when it?s time to burn, NTI?s unique ?Smart Decision? technology automatically selects the best writing method for the layout. It also recommends the best writing speed based on the interface (USB, FireWire®, etc.), drive and media properties. To ensure high-quality recordings, NTI Dragon Burn scans and validates all files prior to burning and provides ?burn proof? support.

A Multi-tasking Solution -- With Dragon Burn?s fast and reliable Multi-Burning Engine, users can even burn multiple discs at the same time, in the background while they do other work. Dragon Burn?s innovative Device Manager keeps track of every CD and DVD device connected to the host computer and acts as a traffic cop, directing traffic and avoiding conflicts so that Dragon Burn can take maximum advantage of the machine?s full resources.

A Complete MP3 and Audio Solution ? Dragon Burn enables users to create their own greatest hits CDs from virtually any music source: MP3, records, tapes or CDs with automated volume balancing across all tracks of an audio CD. And with support for virtually all popular audio formats (AAC, AIFF, CDDA, MP3, SD2, WAV, and WMA), users can convert CD tracks and audio files to create custom audio CDs. Dragon Burn also supports CD-Text for adding titles and artist names to CDs. With support for Gracenote CDDB®, users can download artist and title information in seconds using the Gracenote CDDB? Music Recognition ServiceSM. With the Live Audio feature, users can even record from a microphone at business meetings or archive LPs and cassette tapes to CDs.

A Versatile Data Storage Solution -- With Dragon Burn, saving critical data files or sharing files with others is as easy as drag, drop, and burn. Even the most complex data formats are supported: ISO 9660, Joliet, UDF 1.5, UDF 1.02, HFS, HFS+, Hybrid, and Multi-Session. For hybrid CDs and DVDs, users can mix Mac OS and ISO file system combinations, including data from previous ISO sessions; and with a hybrid Data CD or DVD, files can be easily shared with Windows® and UNIX® users.

A Time-saving CD/DVD Copy Solution -- Dragon Burn provides support for duplication of all types of CD formats such as Data, Audio, Video, CD-Extra (Enhanced), Mixed-Mode and Multisession discs as well as non-copy protected DVDs. The Multiple Copy feature can be used to save time by making multiple disc copies simultaneously. And with support for virtually all popular image file formats (.bin, .cue, .cdr, .dmg, .iso, and .ncd ) users can create an image of a CD or DVD on their hard drive so they can burn it onto a CD or DVD at their convenience.

Pricing, Availability
Available for immediate delivery, Dragon Burn for Mac OS X systems has a suggested retail price of US$49.95. Users can purchase the downloadable version of Dragon Burn directly at www.NTIus.com. Dragon Burn retail packages will also be available from leading authorized retailers worldwide as well as major online retailers. OEM versions of Dragon Burn are available immediately for licensing. Corporate, Educational and Government site licenses are also available directly from NTI with discounts based on volume. Registered users of Dragon Burn ver. 3.x can download a free update at the NTI website.

About NewTech Infosystems (NTI)
NewTech Infosystems (NTI) is an industry leading developer of powerful, feature-rich, and easy-to-use software for CD and DVD recording. NTI has developed and delivered innovative recording and backup solutions since being founded in 1993. As a pioneer in the world of CD recording technologies and software, NTI released the world?s first CD Copy software in December of 1995. With the debut of NTI Backup NOW! in 1998, NTI was the first software developer credited with bringing state-of-the-art optical recording technology to the realm of computer data backup and recovery, a field traditionally dominated by magnetic tape technologies.

The NTI family of products includes: NTI CD & DVD-Maker™ 6 Platinum, NTI Backup NOW!? 3.0 Deluxe Suite, NTI DriveBackup!™ 3.0, FileCD™ and Dragon Burn™. NTI differentiates itself with superb user-friendliness that effectively enables powerful exploration of multimedia functionalities built on the principle of "Power with Simplicity." Many NTI products are currently available in multi-lingual versions, and are distributed and available through retail outlets, on-line purchasing, volume licensing and OEM's.

NTI is headquartered at: 5 Mason, Suite 150, Irvine, California 92618, USA.
Phone: +1-949-421-0720
Fax: +1-949-421-0750
http://www.NTIus.com

Editors Note: For more information, photos/illustrations or a review copy of Dragon Burn, contact andy@markencom.com

For more information, contact:
Andy Marken
Marken Communications, Inc.
(408) 986-0100 (w)
(408) 390-0002 (cell)
andy@markencom.com


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