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`Investor's Business Daily
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`FoR PEOPLE WHo CHoosE To SuccEED
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`Monday, January 4, 1999
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`COMPUT.ERS MADE PLAIN
`What's The Best Software Of 1998?
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`By Michael Tarsala
`Investor's Business Daily
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`Hundreds of consumer software titles
`hit the market each year, but only a
`handful actually become hits.
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`Maki~g The Grade
`Top five software titles released in '98
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`What's The Best .Software Of '98?
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`The software works with 95% to 96%
`accuracy, Bajarin says. The digital
`recorder can track 40 minutes of contin(cid:173)
`uous speech -
`and up to 80 minutes
`when added memory is purchased.
`Imaging was a popular concept in '98.
`A growing number of home computer
`users want to edit and print personal
`photos. One of Currid's favorite photo(cid:173)
`editing programs is called Photo Im(cid:173)
`pact, from Torrance, Calif.-based Ulead
`Systems Inc. Photo Impact sells for
`$99.95.
`
`"It gives normal people the ability to
`do things that normally only a graphic
`artist could do," Currid said. The
`software can be used for adding high(cid:173)
`lights and effects to photos such as rain
`bubbles, snow and clouds. It can create
`greeting cards,
`invitations and cal(cid:173)
`endars. Photo Impact also can change
`photo lighting, and it removes red eye
`and scratches, Currid says.
`One of the biggest software releases of
`'98 was Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 98.
`The new operating software was Wohl's
`top pick because of its effect on virtually
`all person~} computer users.
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`The software keeps much the same
`lo,ok and feel as the older Windows 95,
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`but it adds some key features, Wohl
`says. One is that Windows 98 starts up
`and shuts down faster than its predeces(cid:173)
`sor. Some users report fewer. system
`crashes with the new operating software.
`The software also requires Jess mainte(cid:173)
`nance than the older version.
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`Windows 98 also supports newer
`technologies such as DVD drives and
`Universal Serial Bus connections used
`with some newer peripherals.
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`Rounding out the list of top picks is
`accounting software by Mountain View,
`Calif.-based Intuit Inc. While not nearly
`as hot as some other '98 titles, Quick(cid:173)
`Books stiJl has appeal, says Currid, who
`put the title on her list.
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`Currid says the software goes out of
`its way to make accounting as painless
`as possible. It handles accounts payable,
`accounts receivable, budgeting and tax
`the
`tracking. With added services,
`software can cut checks electronically,
`set up direct deposit for employees and
`find deals on business loans.
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`"Intuit bas done a masterful job over
`the years improving its product to not
`only do boring accounting," Currid
`said. "If you take just a few minutes to
`set it up, it does the work for you.''
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`good. example of a program that grabs data
`both from a PC disk drive and the Web .. The top
`pick is organization software called TracJ<.er Pro
`from Pasadena, Cali f.-based· Enfish Technolo(cid:173)
`gies Inc. Tracker Pro was picked by both
`Bajarin and Wohl.
`Tracker Pro is designed to automatically read
`and organize almost all data that flow through
`a personal computer. It boasts the ability to sort
`through all types of data stored on a hard disk,
`the Web or a corporate
`network. The software
`creates a browser-like
`screen that groups re(cid:173)
`lated data.
`"I've found it to be
`one of the most indis(cid:173)
`pensable tools I've used
`so far," Bajarin said.
`Tracker Pro con-
`, stantly watches for new
`data that's related to
`chosen interest areas.
`or
`"trackers." The
`software's search func-
`tion also gets rid of the
`need to remember file names, Bajarin says.
`A hot software category for '98 was speech
`recognition. The trend helped propel software
`from Newton, Mass.-based Dragon Systems
`Inc., a maker of recognition software, near the
`top of the list.· Bajarin and W ohl both selected
`Dragon Systems' ~aturallySpeaking Mobile.
`The package comes with both recognition
`software and a hand-held digital voice recorder
`for changing spoken words into electronic text.
`"I can be recording myself messages and
`notes to clients, then I can download them to
`my. PC, send them as· a voice file or convert
`them and send them as a text message," Bajarin
`said.·
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`-VlttuaJ ~ $21)/n'IO,
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`Are there a few must-haves you should know
`about? IBD asked three independent software
`analysts
`to choose
`the best consumer
`software titles of '98,
`based on innovative
`features and useful(cid:173)
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`Maker
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`from previous years,
`says Tim Bajarin,
`Source: IBD research
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`analyst with Camp-
`bell, Cali f.-based Creative Strategies Inc.
`"This was
`the first year we
`took full
`advantage of online software distribution,"
`Bajarin said. "Today, iff want to go out and get
`a new version, I don't go to CompUSA and buy
`it. I go to the Web site and download it."
`Bajarin helped pick a list of titles, along with·
`Cheryl Currid, owner of Houston-based Currid
`& Co., and Amy Wohl, president of Wohl
`Associates in Narberth, Pa.
`Each picked a list of top five titles. Two of the
`titles made two analysts' lists, while the other
`three were among the top remaining picks.
`Some of the chosen titles are not included here .
`because oflack of availability.
`The top software title of the past year was a
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`Enfish, LLC; IPR2014-00574
`Exhibit 2214
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