11 Exhibitors with 14 Consumer End-User Products Vie for Best of Show

    SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
CMP Media LLC (Nasdaq: UNEWY) today announced that 14 products have been
selected as finalists for the Best of Show award at the Embedded Systems
Conference San Francisco, to be held April 22-26-at the Moscone Convention
Center.  A prestigious panel of judges, including Lindsey Vereen, editorial
director, Embedded Systems Programming, Jim Turley, microprocessor analyst and
editor of Silicon-Insider, Daya Nadamuni, principal analyst, Gartner
Dataquest, Larry Mittag, contributing editor, Embedded Systems Programming,
and Bernie Cole, managing editor, EE Times selected the finalists from a total
of 30 entries, all featuring embedded technology in end-user applications. The
Best of Show winner will be announced at booth 238 at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 23. For more information about each finalist and to view a complete list
of all 30 entries, please visit http://www.embedded.com/esc.

    Exhibitor Name:  Applied Data Systems
     Booth# 742
    The PAC Mate is a richly featured, easy-to-use full PDA for the blind.

    Exhibitor Name:  Elmic Systems
     Booth# 702
    The Vocera Communications System enables instant voice-activated
communication among people within a building or campus-like setting.

    Exhibitor Name:  InHand Electronics, Inc.
     Booth#: 2519
    HMTM is a small, lightweight robot used for military and security
applications.

    Exhibitor Name:  LynuxWorks
     Booth# 1526
    Skycam(R) is a broadcast quality, robotic camera used for major sporting
events such as the Summer Olympic Games, U.S. Open, NCAA's Final Four, ESPN's
Sunday Night Football, and Super Bowl.

    Exhibitor Name:  Microsoft Corp.
     Booth# 1002
    The Exertris Interactive Bike combines the fun and addictive quality of
computer games with the health benefits of exercise.

    Exhibitor Name:  MontaVista Software
     Booth# 2210
    Wakamaru is the first human-size robot to simulate a family member, a
companion, or a house sitter.

    Exhibitor Name:  MontaVista Software
     Booth# 2210
    Philips Electronics' new iPronto is an intelligent universal control for
the connected home.

    Exhibitor Name:  RM Michaelides Software & Electronics
     Booth# 940
    CANview GPRS/GPS/Voice is a CAN to GPRS gateway that uses the TCP/IP
protocol for communication via the GSM network. With the handset CANview GPRS
also acts as a fully featured cell phone.

    Exhibitor Name:  STMicroelectronics
     Booth# 1614
    Essential Realities' P5 Glove is an innovative, glove-like peripheral
device that can be used for video games, Web sites, and educational software.

    Exhibitor Name:  Texas Instruments
     Booth# 1314
    The Segway Human Transporter (HT) is the first of its kind
self-balancing, personal transportation device that's designed to operate in
any pedestrian environment.

    Exhibitor Name:  Wind River
     Booth# 718
    The Redlake MotionXtra HG-100K is a network based, state of the art camera
that is designed for capturing high-speed events in harsh environments.

    Exhibitor Name:  Wind River
     Booth# 718
    Xanavi CARWINGS is a unique telematics system that makes innovative
car-infotainment and telematics-enabled features accessible to the Japanese
mass market.

    Exhibitor Name:  Wind River
     Booth# 718
    Magneti Marelli, an international leader in the design and production of
high-tech components and systems for the automotive industry, has developed
this new integrated navigation, communication and entertainment system, The
Nucleo Info Telematico (NIT) for the Maserati Spyder.

    Exhibitor Name:  Xilinx, Inc.
     Booth# 1813
    The Gibson Digital Guitar brings the 1930s technology of conventional
electric guitars into the Digital Age, opening a virtually unlimited array of
musical possibilities for guitarists.

    The following exhibiting companies will also display their entries in
their respective booths:  Accelerated Technology, BSQUARE Corp., Certicom
Corp., Echelon Corp., Extended Systems, Lantronix, and Renesas Technology
Corp.

    About CMP Media LLC
    CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company
providing essential information and marketing services to the entire
technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide.
Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer
comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet the individual
needs of marketing professionals. Its diverse products and services include
newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services,
education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing.

    CONTACT:  Linda Riedman of Fleishman-Hillard for CMP Media LLC,
+1-503-402-1442, or riedmanl@fleishman.com.

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