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To view zTrace^TM Media Kit select and press corresponding link below: - Letter from the President - Fact Sheet - zTrace^TM process - zTrace in the Press: - Laptop Lockdown: Tracking down the Thief (SC Magazine, 15 May 2003) - Laptop Security (TIME Magazine, 3 February 2003) - Point, Click, and Wow! (Presentationmaster.com, 10 October 2002) - Portable Protection (AUSTRALIAN IT, 24 September 2002) - Technology That Rocks (Smart Computing Magazine, 30 August 2002) - Setting a Trap for Laptop Thieves (CNN.com, 22 August 2002) - 50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites (Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine, 1 July 2002) - Protect your laptop with zTrace (PC MAGAZINE, 30 June 2002) - zTrace is featured on the Clark Howard Radio Show (Clark Howard Radio Show, 20 June 2002) - Controlling Remote Access Through PDAs (IT World, 15 May 2002) - SecureLab Recommendations (SecureLab, 15 May 2002) - Laptop Security: What You Need to Know (Silicon.com, 23 April 2002) - Unlock the Secrets of Security for Your Laptop (USA Today, 10 April 2002) - SC Awards of 2002 (SC Magazine, 3 April 2002) - Hey, laptop lovers! Simplify your on-the-go life. Here's how (AnchorDesk from ZDnet, 25 March 2002) - AnchorDesk recommends zTrace (ZDNet AnchorDesk, 25 March 2002) - l a z l o w (l a z l o w, 18 February 2002) - To Catch a Laptop Thief (Technology Meetings, 1 January 2002) - Rethinking Security (Novell Connection, 21 December 2001) - Security for laptops (Investor’s Business Daily, New York, 21 November 2001) - Laptop Magazine Surveys zTrace’s Product Line (Laptop Magazine, Brentwood, TN, 15 October 2001) - RED HERRING's "Catch of the Day" (RED HERRING, San Francisco, CA, 10 October 2001) - Stop, Thief! (Interactive week from ZDWire, 7 August 2001) - SC Magazine Gives Top Reviews for zTrace Gold (SC Magazine, Framingham, MA, 1 August 2001) - zTrace - Laptop Tracker (Network World, Inc, Santa Clara, CA, 30 July 2001) - zLaptop zGone (St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL, 9 July 2001) - Tracing Stolen Laptops (Cuban-American Military Council, Los Angeles, CA, 8 July 2001) - Software tracks computers. (Electronic Weekly, 4 July 2001) - Lapping it Up (Network World Fusion, 30 June 2001) - Resources to Secure Your Business Enterprise (Information Security Magazine, Herndon, VA, 30 June 2001) - PC EXPO Rides Wireless Wave (USA Today, Arlington, VA, 28 June 2001) - More than Just PCs (ABC News, New York, NY, 28 June 2001) - zTrace Helps Locate Stolen Computers (Merge 93.3 FM Radio , San Jose, CA , 28 June 2001) - How to Trace Stolen Notebooks over the Net (Hack in The Box, San Mateo, CA, 28 June 2001) - PC Expo Rides Wireless Wave (USA TODAY, Hightstown, NJ, 28 June 2001) - PC Expo Review (SmallBizTechnology.com, New York, NY, 27 June 2001) - Gee-Whiz Products that Impressed at Tech Show (SiliconValley.com , San Jose, CA , 27 June 2001) - zTrace Technologies on ‘Good Morning America’ (Good Morning America, ABC, New York, NY , 27 June 2001) - Resources to Secure Your Business Enterprise (Information Security Magazine, 1 June 2001) - Tracing System for Your Laptop (MetroWest Daily News, 29 May 2001) - eSecurity Conference (ESecurity, Westboro, MA, 4 April 2001) - Laptop Insecurity (Inc. Magazine, 15 March 2001) - My Computer's Gone! (Eye on the Internet - Radio Programm, 7 March 2001) - Software for Tracing Stolen Computers (Computing Services of Duke Law School, 26 February 2001) - New Technologies: zTrace (Presentations, 15 February 2001) - Out of the box (Access Control & Security Systems Integration, 1 February 2001) - Innovative Security Products (Innovative Security Products, 1 February 2001) - zTrace introduces new product (National Underwriter: Life & Health/Financial Services, 1 January 2001) - Best of 2000 Comdex Report (Semco Data Bus, 1 December 2000) - Comdex 2000 Report (eBlue:Sacra Blue Online, 1 December 2000) - zTrace: What to Do if Your Laptop is Stolen (Link2Semiconductor.com, 1 December 2000) - Follow that Laptop (Information Week Magazine, 23 October 2000) - zTrace Tracks Lifted Laptops Using Stealth Software, Net Connections. (MassHighTech, 23 October 2000) - zTrace^TM Web Site
Letter from the President Dear Editors, Writers, and Reporters, Thanks for your interest in zTrace Technologies! We are set to revolutionize the computer security industry! Our patent pending software tracks and locates stolen laptops and PC's, and also protects the data on the computer in case it gets into the wrong hands. zTrace technology provides a complete Security Solution for a laptop owner. Not only can we track a stolen laptop to the "new owner's" location, we can recover it! Our professional security staff works with local law enforcement to provide all the necessary information needed for retrieval of the stolen computer and -- more importantly -- the valuable data. How would you feel if you lost your laptop? How would your employer feel? I know, from having had a close scrape myself. Two years ago, my apartment was broken into. It was clear that the thief had rifled every drawer in the place. My first thought was "Oh no, my laptop!" I hadn't backed it up in 3 weeks, and I was going to be in hot water if I lost all my work. When I went to my desk, I found, to my amazement and relief, that it was still where I had left it. After that scare, I resolved to start a software company that would provide an answer to the massive problem of laptop theft. I had not been stung, but I had been galvanized into action. Today we are at last offering zTrace Gold and also running the last stretch of a 15-month development marathon, in which we are completing the other applications that will be included in our zSecurity Suite. I happened to come out of my scare relatively unscathed. You, however, as well as your own readers, listeners, or viewers, might not be so lucky. I would be delighted to tell you more about our product line, how each of our applications works, and how we insure our keen emphasis on security—our protection of hardware, data, and customer privacy. You can reach me at 781-891-3097 or kesler@zTrace.com. Sincerely, Alexander Kesler President, zTrace^TM Technologies. What if YOUR laptop gets stolen?

Fact Sheet zTrace^TM, Inc. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, zTrace^TM is a market leader in the development of intelligent tracing-and-recovery solutions for stolen laptops and wireless devices. zTrace^TM software enables the police to locate computers and other internet-enabled devices after they have been stolen. The zTrace^TM software is invisible, once it has been installed on the computer's hard drive, and thereafter functions stealthily, as a 'virtual tracing system'. If the stolen laptop has been equipped with zTrace^TM then the first connection to the internet of that laptop by an unauthorized user activates zTrace^TM, which is able to identify its exact location through our patent-pending technology. zTrace^TM partners with law enforcement agencies around the country to locate and recover stolen property. Today, the average value of a stolen laptop is $6,285 including the hardware, software and replacement costs of lost data. zTrace's First Flagship Product zTrace^TM has released its flagship software package that will be the keystone of a suite of services to be offered to mobile users. At present the basic version of zTrace^TM is being offered as a free download from www.zTrace.com. The following properties distinguish zTrace, which is: extremely difficult to detect takes up very little space on the hard drive does not interfere with the operations of other programs effectively traces the computer's unique ID number provides the information necessary to locate and retrieve stolen property assists the owner in contacting law enforcement agencies patent-pending cross-platform results from over ten programming years invested in development installs quickly over the Internet will ultimately reduce the computer theft rate as the public becomes aware of the product’s effectiveness The Laptop Theft Problem It is reported that 319,000 laptops were stolen in the US in 1999 (IDC). Laptop theft poses a major risk when it comes to compromising corporate data, and this trend will only get worse with the increase in the use of handheld and other web-enabled devices. Often it is not the loss of the laptop itself that leaves victims reeling, but rather the loss of corporate proprietary information and data. Ten new features are currently under development for the zTrace^TM suite of applications, including the ability to retrieve and delete files from the stolen laptop once it has been reported missing.

The zTrace^TM Process After you have registered with us, your computer is assigned a unique identification number, which is stored in zTrace's secure database. The program resides on the computer's hard drive and remains undetectable to any unauthorized user. If the computer is stolen, you can notify zTrace^TM of the theft by calling a toll-free number: (877) 363-0976,by sending an email to theft-report@zTrace.com, or by transmitting a fax to (877) 966-2200. You can also notify zTrace^TM online, by logging onto the zTrace^TM Web Site. When zTrace^TM receives your theft report, we immediately start monitoring for the entry of your computer's ID onto the Internet. As soon as your stolen computer is connected to the Internet, zTrace^TM receives an alert signal, which activates the SOS function. This function allows us to locate your computer. When the location of the unauthorized user is obtained, zTrace^TM furnishes a report, via fax, to the police department closest to the PC's most recent location. Immediately after the report is sent, our recovery team establishes a telephone communication with the law enforcement agent in charge of the recovery process. By the time we contact the police, we will already have checked any criminal record the unauthorized user may have. After the PC is retrieved, we will send it back to you.