Tokyo, April 17, 2000 -- Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has
developed authoring and viewing software utilizing INTACTA.CODE[tm],
the latest technology for enabling sound, image and other multimedia
data to be printed as dot patterns on paper. The INTACTA.CODE[tm]
authoring software will be marketed to newspaper companies in Japan
from April 17, and the viewer program will be distributed free of
charge to the general public over the Internet beginning on April 19.
These products were made possible as the result of a tie-in with
INTACTA Technologies Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia.
Newspaper pages are ordinarily made up only of characters, photographs
and drawings. However, the impact of television and the spread of
multimedia have led to demands from readers for newspaper pages with
greater representational power. Multimedia capability, it is thought,
would enable newspaper publishers to offer more appealing news coverage
and advertisements.
Fujitsu's new INTACTA.CODE[tm] authoring program allows publishers
to convert music and audio data, office applications, game programs,
animation and other data into INTACTA.CODE[tm] format, which can then
be printed as dot patterns on newsprint. Readers, after installing the
viewing program on a Windows computer, can capture the data with any
commercially available, general-use scanner with a resolution of at
least 300 dpi and then reproduce it in its original multimedia form.
This technology could be used, for example, to reproduce music samples,
obtain stock prices and other numerical data in spreadsheet form, and
retrieve game programs. The technology is also expected to facilitate
the use of paper as an alternative "memory" format. It is anticipated
that the use of these programs will help the newspaper industry
introduce a multimedia dimension to newspaper pages, making possible
the attachment of detailed information with advertisements and
otherwise broadly increasing the appeal of printed media.
The Yomiuri Shimbun will be the first newspaper to adopt Fujitsu's
INTACTA.CODE[tm] authoring program.
Note: Developed by INTACTA Labs Limited, ITI's research arm in Israel,
INTACTA.CODE[tm] is a proprietary and patented technique for creating
a graphic form representing binary information. In this graphic
representation, each byte of information is represented by a small
pattern of black and white or color dots. INTACTA.CODE[tm] can either
be stored in either its digital form or printed form. ITI licenses
its INTACTA.CODE[tm] to developers and system integrators, either as
a stand-alone module or as an SDK for seamless and transparent
integration within any application.
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About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of comprehensive
information technology and network solutions for the global
marketplace. Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates
worldwide -- including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting Group -- the
Fujitsu Group had consolidated revenues of 5.24 trillion yen
($43.3 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999. With world-
class hardware and software technology in computers,
telecommunications and microelectronics, and a corps of 55,000
systems and services experts around the world, Fujitsu is uniquely
positioned to harness the power of the network to help its customers
succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has 188,000 employees and
operations in over 100 countries.
Homepage: http://www.fujitsu.com/
About INTACTA Technologies Inc.
ITI develops and markets software products and business solutions for
the management and secure transmission of compressed data for corporate
users over any medium. The Company specializes in secure document
management, compression applications, authentication and archiving
solutions, as well as communications products for mobile devices. ITI's
goal is to provide the means by which corporations and end-users can
maximize today's communications media for the secure and efficient
transmission of documentation. ITI trades on the OTC Bulletin Board,
symbol: ITAC. Home Page: http://www.intacta.com