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Company Press Release
-------August 20, 2002

Schools to meet Internet challenges with SurfWax Scholar
Searching the Web -- Sharing files and documents -- Controlling plagiarism
     MENLO PARK, CA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 08/20/2002 -- SurfWax Inc. today announced the release of SurfWax Scholar™, an innovative Web-based service that combines three disparate yet essential Internet tools for students and teachers into one fast and easy-to-use process. It: (1) provides safe, targeted searching of the Web; (2) enables easy sharing of files and documents; and (3) controls plagiarism.

"SurfWax Scholar is a breakthrough product in helping both students and teachers effectively harness the power of the Internet in a positive and meaningful way. It will help schools meet many of the challenges outlined in the August 14, 2002, PEW Research Center report ‘The Digital Disconnect’ (www.pewinternet.org),” said Tom Holt, SurfWax Founder, President & CEO.

SurfWax Scholar is designed to bridge the barriers that currently limit many educators' trust of the Internet as well as their embrace of technology. SurfWax Scholar opens a whole new realm of information exchange and interactivity.

"SurfWax Scholar has allowed me to assign research projects to my high school classes, secure that Scholar will quickly channel them to worthwhile sources and help them organize their work. And Surfwax Scholar helps me to detect attempts at plagiarism!", said Javier Ergueta, a Menlo Park, CA high school History teacher.

"SurfWax Scholar saves time for both teachers and students. It gives teachers and students a common basis for using the Internet. It reduces IT costs and can be up-and-running in just 30 minutes without any additional hardware or software. And it is completely Web-based and ready-to-use from anywhere (home, school, library) at anytime, with nothing to install or download," adds Walter J. Sleeth, SurfWax Vice President.

SurfWax Scholar helps schools implement effective Internet technology:

SurfWax Scholar provides a school-controlled environment to facilitate searching the Internet, document sharing, and proper citing of sources. SurfWax Scholar helps bridge the digital divide with a simple user interface that requires only basic computer skills to make the Web a rich source of information for all students.

SurfWax Scholar provides safe, targeted Web searching:

Searching of targeted, content-specific sites yields relevant search results faster. Users can search thousands of Web-based sources, all at one time, from just one browser window. Many of these sources are not available through the major search engines. SurfWax Scholar provides safe searching with three levels of content filtering.

SurfWax Scholar allows easy sharing of documents and files:

Users can capture information and documents (any type , e.g., a Web page, MSWord, PowerPoint, or PDF file) in secure, Web-based folders that can be shared between teachers and students.

SurfWax Scholar automatically checks for plagiarism:

SurfWax Scholar uses Plagiarism Guard to help teachers easily compare student documents to documents on the Internet and to other student documents across the school or a district.

Schools can sign-up for a free Demo and Trial at scholar.surfwax.com.

About SurfWax, Inc.

Based in Menlo Park, California, SurfWax, Inc. offers leading-edge, targeted search and retrieval technology for use with the Internet and enterprise intranets. SurfWax is a registered trademark of SurfWax, Inc. SurfWax Scholar and Plagiarism Guard are trademarks of SurfWax, Inc. © 2002 SurfWax, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.