TThe K4Xtreme™ accelerates video creation – and desktop backup/restore and archiving

Garden Grove, CA – July 17, 2003 – Kano Technologies (www.kanotechnologies.com) has introduced its K4Xtreme™ 4x DVD+RW/R drive. A complete storage solution, the fast new drive is available in an internal model for the PC, and external models for PCs and Macs. The K4Xtreme has a 4x write speed for both DVD+RW and +R media. A storage capacity of 4.7GB per DVD makes the K4Xtreme the perfect choice for video archiving, and data backup and archiving.

“This is simply the fastest DVD+RW/R system currently available,” said Robert Young, Kano’s director of national sales. “We are extremely pleased to be one of the first companies to introduce the 4x DVD+RW capability. The K4Xtreme can record an entire DVD in less than 15 minutes. It can also write to and read CD media at speeds of 24x10x40x, and can read DVD-ROM at a speed of 8x.”

“Using a USB 2.0 or FireWire™ 400 (1394A) connection, a user can easily add K2Xtreme DVD+RW burning capability to a PC or Mac laptop or desktop,” Young continued. “PC users opting for the internal model can connect with an IDE interface.”

The extremely compatible "+R" format allows the K4Xtreme to create home movies that play in most set-top DVD players. K4Xtreme PC models use Roxio™ DVD Creator 6 to quickly create photo and video archives, business training videos, and promotional videos on DVD. Roxio features drag-and-drop video, menu backgrounds, video transitions and titles. The PC models also use WinDVD4 for DVD video playback on a PC desktop. The K4Xtreme Mac model includes Roxio Toast Lite for audio and video recording and playback.

All K4Xtreme models have the ability to schedule automated backups. The PC models offer award-winning NTI™ Backup NOW! and Mac models feature Dantz Retrospect for data backup.