For immediate release

MacPopUp 2.0 Released

New version popular cross-platform Instant Messenger provides users with
the new features.

June 20, 2000 - Today Kanex Group Inc. unveiled a significant upgrade of
its flagship application. MacPopUp is a program that allows Mac users to
exchange instant messages with other users on any local area network (LAN).
With MacPopUp, you can send and receive messages from different operating
systems such as Mac OS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000, Windows for
Workgroups, Linux and other UNIX OSes.

The new MacPopUp 2.0 contains several new and enhanced features, including:

* Improved User List - We have dramatically improved the function that
automatically locates recipients available on the network. Now you can see
not only computers, which you can exchange messages with, but also MacPopUp
determines the messenger type of the available users i.e. if it is MacPopUp
for Mac, MacPopUp for Windows or any other compatible client. The
application also checks if a user is in an on-line or off-line mode.

* Guaranteed Message Delivery - MacPopUp 2.0 after sending a message,
checks if a recipient received the message. The MacPopUp application
displays a warning if the message was not delivered or if no confirmation
was received. And accordingly, if the warning is not displayed then the
message was successfully delivered. Additionally, the MacPopUp application
can automatically resends messages if a recipient is currently off-line.

* Auto-Save Received Messages - Now even if a failure occurs or if your
computer power is down, all messages you have received are saved. Thus, a
user has an archive of the messages he has received.

Also we have fixed some insignificant bugs and improved compatibility with
the Windows version of the MacPopUp application.

The high-speed information exchange in your office is not a dream. With
MacPopUp it has become possible to communicate faster and easier using your
powerful local network for your business. MacPopUp lets you exchange
instant messages on all major computer platforms: Windows and Mac OS. It's
just an ideal solution for workgroups and departments no matter what
computers are used on a local network.

MacPopUp is the most efficient and effective way for colleges, universities
and other educational institutions to give students and teachers a new
opportunity to communicate with each other. Dozens of schools, colleges and
universities all over the world use the MacPopUp application. Students, who
use iBooks, say that they enjoy our program for exchanging short messages
via wireless network.

MacPopUp is also widely used in advertising and graphics agencies and
publishing companies. Creative professionals and journalists know the value
of the tools that will help them to save precious seconds, especially when
their projects have to meet deadlines. As a result the MacPopUp application
can always be found in their toolboxes.

It turned out that MacPopUp is a real help to people with hearing or speech
impairments. It provides them with new communication tool that could
replace the phone for them.

The MacPopUp 2.0 possesses all great functions of previous versions and
supports a great number of Apple technologies increasing its functionality:

* Send messages to an individual user and to a whole workgroup
* Automatically find all users available on a network
* No special servers required
* Easy-to-use
* Pretty and user friendly interface
* Multi-lingual support
* Working in the background
* Built-in HTML-based help
* Built-in Balloon Help
* Easy to learn due to the Apple Guide technology
* Chat mode - interactive communication
* Text-to-Speech - incoming messages are spoken for you
* Speech Recognition - control of MacPopUp over voice
* Drag-and-Drop, Clipping files, Contextual menus
* Appearance interface - always synchronized with the current theme
* Apple Internet Address Detectors - easily and quickly open an Internet
link
* AppleScript - integration with other programs

System requirements

o Any Macintosh with 1 MB of free RAM
o Mac OS version 7 or later (full MacOS 9 compatibility)
o OpenTransport software
o Local area network with TCP/IP service

Availability

MacPopUp 2.0 for Mac and Windows is available from the following web site:
http://www.macpopup.com and from other MacPopUp distributors all around the
world. Single User License is carried a suggested retail price of $25. For
multi-user licenses we have foreseen attractive discounts. If you purchase
from 2 to 10 licenses, the cost per item is $20. If your order is in the
range from 11 to 49, then an each item costs for you just $15. We are
interested in saving your money so if you purchase more than 50 licenses,
then a suggested price is only $10 per item. Also our company is very
interested in giving discounts for Site License orders and educational
institutions inquiries.

All current users will have a FREE upgrade.

MacPopUp is shareware. Therefore you can download and install MacPopUp on
your computer right now and try it before the registration. You are allowed
to evaluate a full copy of MacPopUp during 30 days.

Press Contacts:

Paul Pen,
marketing@softwarium.com