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01/10/03 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS RELEASES IDO SCRIPT SCHEDULER 1.5 AT MACWORLD EXPO
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 10, 2003 -- at Macworld Expo Booth #4120 -- Sophisticated Circuits today released iDo Script Scheduler 1.5, an easy to use utility that helps users automate their machines using AppleScript, Perl or shell scripts. Mac OS X users can now schedule events that run scripts automatically -- any time, day or night. iDo Script Scheduler can also initiate scripts automatically when the system is idle, or the user presses pre-configured Hot Keys. Full Release.

06/04/02 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS RELEASES POWERKEY PRO 650 "ADMIN"
WITH AUTOMATIC CPU RESTART AFTER CRASHES AND POWER OUTAGES
WOODINVILLE, WASHINGTON, June 4, 2002 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today released the "Admin" version of PowerKey Pro 650, the newest member of their award-winning family of intelligent, programmable power strips. This new version adds automatic CPU restart after computer crashes and after power outages, making it ideal for servers and other computers that must always be available. Full Release.

06/04/02 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES HARDWARE UPGRADE PROGRAM FOR POWERKEY PRO MODEL 600 OWNERS
Sophisticated Circuits today announced a hardware upgrade path for registered owners of its PowerKey Pro Model 600, something virtually unheard of in this industry. "They said it couldn't be done, but we did it!", said Amar Singh of Sophisticated Circuits, "Hardware upgrades are difficult to offer, but we wanted to give our customers the ability to move their investment in their ADB PowerKey Pro Model 600’s to our latest USB PowerKey Pro 650 as well as to promote recycling, so we made the extra effort and succeeded." Full Release.

05/14/02 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS RELEASES KICK-OFF! 1.5 WITH SUPPORT FOR OS X AND UPS SYSTEMS
Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today released Kick-off! 1.5, bringing their patented reliability device to OS X and adding new support for use with uninterruptible power systems. The new software has been completely rewritten to work with OS X and OS X Server (10.1 and up). Also featured in this new version is the ability to start up the computer whenever power returns after an outage. An optional delay can be set to keep the computer isolated from the power lines until the voltage has stabilized. Full Release.

02/07/02 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES RETROLOG
Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced RetroLog, a free software solution to let Dantz Inc's Retrospect backup software work in conjunction with our Kick-off! and Rebound! crash recovery tools, as well as our monoLog logging software. Full Release.

01/08/02 -- USB POWERKEY PRO NOW AVAILABLE
Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced PowerKey Pro Model 650, the first USB version of its acclaimed line of programmable power controllers. Full Release.

09/09/01 -- KICK-OFF! WINS AWARD
WOODINVILLE, WA. -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. is pleased to accept KIOSK Magazine's Award for Peripheral Design Excellence for it's product, Kick-off!. Full Release.

06/05/01 -- 4D Rebound! PLUG-IN NOW AVAILABLE
WOODINVILLE, WA. -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced its 4D Rebound! Plug-in is now available. Well-received as a beta release to developers at the 4D summit last fall, the 4D Rebound! Plug-in is now available for immediate download. Full Announcement - 4D release.

01/23/01 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES NEW VERSION OF IDO SCRIPT SCHEDULER
WOODINVILLE, WA. -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced it is now shipping a free update to iDo Script Scheduler. Version 1.1.1 adds a minor bug fix to the current version and is recommended for all users. iDo Script Scheduler 1.1.1 can be downloaded from Sophisticated Circuits Software Library.

10/05/00 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES NEW RELIABILITY PLUG-INS
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, Oct 5, 2000 -- at 4D/WebSTAR Summit 2000 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced new plug-ins for 4th Dimension and WebSTAR, which make it even easier for developers and administrators to integrate Kick-off!TM support directly into their mission-critical applications. Full Release.

07/19/00 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS SHIPS KICK-OFF! AT MACWORLD
WOODINVILLE, WA., July 19, 2000 - - at Macworld Expo Booth #1648 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced it is now shipping Kick-off!TM, the first USB member of its PowerKey® family of server availability and automation products for the Mac OSTM. A fully automated, highly integrated hardware/software solution, Kick-off! ensures the optimal up-time for unattended USB Macintoshes worldwide. Full Release.

05/03/00 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES MONOLOG
WOODINVILLE, Wash., May 3, 2000 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced monoLog(tm), a comprehensive logging and notification tool for Macintosh. Previously only available with Rebound!, Mac users can now install monoLog on virtually any Mac they want to use as their message center. Also includes DiaLogger, a utility for automatically dismissing - and logging, of course! - dialog boxes and notifications.Full Release.

10/21/99 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES iDO SCRIPT SCHEDULER
WOODINVILLE, Wash., October 21, 1999 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced iDo(tm) Script Scheduler, an easy-to-use control panel that lets users schedule their AppleScripts(R) to run unattended. With the new software, Mac users can now schedule an unlimited number of events that run AppleScripts automatically -- any time, day or night. iDo Script Scheduler can now also run AppleScripts when the system is idle, or when the user presses any hot key. Full Release.

7/21/99 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS SHIPS REBOUND! 2.0 SOFTWARE UPGRADE
WOODINVILLE, Wash., July 21, 1999 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced it is shipping Rebound! 2.0, a significant software upgrade for its popular ADB auto-restart device, with advancements in automatic crash detection, recovery and prevention, plus new advanced logging and event messaging features. The Rebound! 2.0 software upgrade is available immediately from the Sophisticated Circuits' Web site at <http://www.sophisticated.com/>. Full Release.

5/18/99 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS DEBUTS iDO SCRIPT SCHEDULER INSIDE MAC OS 8.6
WOODINVILLE, Wash., May 18, 1999 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced the debut of their new iDo Script Scheduler(tm) in the newly released Mac(R) OS 8.6. Now any Mac OS 8.6 user can schedule their AppleScripts(R) to run automatically -- any time, day or night. Available now from <http://www.apple.com/applescript/>, the iDo Script Scheduler is an easy to use Control Panel that gives users the ability to schedule their AppleScripts to run even when the computer is unattended. Full Release.

1/5/99 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS DEMONSTRATES KICK-OFF! AT MACWORLD
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 5, 1999 -- at Macworld Expo Booth #3446 -- Sophisticated Circuits today gave the first demonstration of Kick-off!, the first USB member of its PowerKey family of server availability and automation products for the Macintosh platform. A highly integrated hardware/software solution, Kick-off! provides a fully automated system for easing management of machines and ensuring optimal up-time for USB Macintoshes worldwide. Full Release.

1/5/99 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES REBOUND! 2.0
BOTHELL, Wash., January 5, 1999 -- at Macworld Expo Booth #3446 -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced the Rebound! 2.0 software upgrade for its popular ADB auto-restart device, now with advanced logging, event messaging and significant advancements in automatic crash detection, recovery and prevention. Now for the first time, Rebound! 2.0 can relaunch individual applications, keep detailed logs and automatically notify administrators when priority events occur. Full Release.

8/25/98 -- APPLESHARE IP 6.0 SUPPORTS REBOUND! & POWERKEY PRO
BOTHELL, WA -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced that Apple Computer, Inc. has provided direct support for its Rebound! and PowerKey Pro server reliability devices in Apple's new AppleShare IP 6.0, giving AppleShare IP 6.0 users built-in application-level fault detection in addition to the standard system-level fault detection. Built-in AppleShare IP 6.0 support makes Rebound! and PowerKey Pro natural companions for any AppleShare server, giving users an easy way to ensure their servers remain operational 24x7. Full Release.

6/29/98 -- REBOUND! NOW AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC
BOTHELL, WA -- Sophisticated Circuits today announced Rebound! is now available to the general public. Previously available exclusively with WebSTAR 3.0, the leading Web server on the Macintosh platform, Rebound! is the newest member of the PowerKey family of products which continuously monitors an active server for failures and, when necessary, automatically reboots the system by sending the keyboard restart key sequence. Full Release.

6/29/98 -- SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR REBOUND!
BOTHELL, WA -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Rebound! 1.1, an incremental update of the PowerKey Rebound! software which logs the number of times it automatically restarts the CPU after both application and system crashes as well as the date/time of the last restart. Full Release.

3/26/98 -- STARNINE ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE AVAILABILITY OF "REBOUND!"
BOTHELL, WA -- StarNine Technologies will sell the first production run of Rebound! exclusively with the brand-new version 3.0 of its popular WebSTAR web server software. With StarNine's "Rebound! Assist" plug-in, Rebound! can monitor WebSTAR for crashes. Read the release.

12/2/97 -- Quid Pro Quo Supports PowerKey Pro
Social Engineering, Inc. is now shipping version 2.1 of Quid Pro Quo, its powerful web server software. The new version supports PowerKey Pro, letting it monitor the web server to keep crash downtime to a minimum -- automatically!

12/97 -- StarNine Creates WebSTAR PowerKey Pro Plug-in
StarNine Technologies has released a plug-in for WebSTAR, the number one Mac web server. With the "PowerKey Pro Tickler" plug-in installed, PowerKey will automatically restart the computer if WebSTAR crashes. See our page of Third Party Supporters for more information!

11/21/97 -- Web Server 4D 1.7.1 to add PowerKey/Server Restart capabilities
PowerKey Pro's ability to restart crashed servers is a natural complement to web server software. MDG Computer Services was the first out of the gate in implementing direct support for PowerKey Pro in its Web Server 4D product. If Web Server 4D crashes, PowerKey will automatically restart the computer. Full MDG Release.

4/15/97 -- ANNOUNCING POWERKEY PRO MODEL 600"THE WORLD'S SMARTEST POWER STRIP"
BOTHELL, WA -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc., based in Bothell, WA, USA, announced the immediate availability of the PowerKey Pro Model 600. The PowerKey Pro Model 600 is a major new version of the company's PowerKey power management devices for MacOS-based computers. PowerKey Pro Model 600 provides new levels of convenience, productivity, and capability. The device is a six outlet, programmable power strip that offers software control over individual outlets, energy conservation features, the ability to execute timed macros, and remote power management features. Full Release.

1/7/97 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS ANNOUNCES NEW SERVER RESTART OPTION
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. introduced the PowerKey Pro Server Restart Option at Macworld Expo. The Server Restart Option activates features in the PowerKey Pro that enable it to detect crashed MacOS-based computers and automatically restart them. Full Release.

8/7/95 -- POWERKEY PRO PRODUCTION EXPANDS
BOTHELL, WA -- Sophisticated Circuits today announced that production of PowerKey Pro, a power management device for Macintosh computers would be moved to larger facilities by the end of August. Full Release.

1/6/93 -- SOPHISTICATED CIRCUITS EARNS EDDY AWARD for POWERPAD
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Sophisticated Circuits today announced that PowerPad®, a 10-key numeric input pad for the PowerBook, has been selected as the winner of the 1992 Input Device Eddy Award. Full Release.