Version 8 introduces ActiveCare 2.0: A patent-pending technology that automatically tunes a PC while it’s on but not in use. ActiveCare runs in the background without creating drag on a system, taking up RAM, or interrupting the user with schedulers and pop-up messages.

Two other major new features are a registry repair tool that graphically displays and then removes RAM-hogging bloat and fragmentation that remain when a registry is cleaned of errors, and DriveSense, which visually reports the data from up to 46 SMART sensors on the hard drive and alerts the user to potential hard drive problems.

Minor improvements include:

• New navigation within System Mechanic let you perform most tasks with fewer clicks.
• iolo’s application library now targets more programs that slow the startup process.
• System Mechanic 8 inherits your Windows Vista theme for an integrated look and feel.

ABOUT SYSTEM MECHANIC

System Mechanic is a dedicated PC tuneup utility designed to keep a computer in peak operating condition. The software combines over 40 powerful tools in a single console, fixing and maintaining a PC automatically.

All computers slow down with use as their owners install and uninstall software, add and delete files, and perform any of the normal activities that leave file remnants, fragmented drives, registry conflicts, and system errors that degrade PC performance.

While Microsoft Windows includes basic utilities that clean up junk files and organize hard drive space, System Mechanic goes far beyond these simple programs in power, scope, and thoroughness, resulting in sustained PC performance close to the level of a computer just out of the box.

Currently used by 19 million customers worldwide and trusted for more than a decade, System Mechanic consistently receives rave reviews and major industry awards, including Laptop Magazine Editor’s Choice of 2008, CNET Editor’s Choice, and Computer Shopper’s Best Utility of 2007.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Current subscribers will receive System Mechanic 8 for free. For everyone else, the software is available for $49.95 US in 18,000 retail stores, including Best Buy, Fry’s, Target, Wal-Mart, and Costco, from etailers like Buy.com, and directly from iolo.com. A single license can be installed on up to three PCs.

Search and Recover restores email and Outlook calendars, contacts, and tasks. It retrieves deleted MP3s, photos, videos, system files, or even entire folders — in some cases several years after they were lost. Recovery is guided by user-friendly wizards and accompanied by help tools and extensive documentation.

In version 5, Search and Recover offers more intelligent recovery algorithms, expanded file type and media support, increased user control over the data recovery process, and a redesigned interface with improved usability.

PRODUCT PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Search and Recover retails for $39.95; a single copy can be legally installed on up to 3 PCs. The software is available in over 18,000 storefronts worldwide and may also be ordered directly from www.iolo.com.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Search and Recover operates on 32-bit versions of Windows Vista, XP, and 2000. It supports all drive types (IDE, SCSI, USB, etc.) and most portable digital devices such as digital cameras, music players, memory cards, and flash drives.

ABOUT IOLO TECHNOLOGIES

iolo technologies produces award-winning PC tuneup software and system utilities, which are recognized worldwide for the comprehensive care and protection they offer to PC systems and data. iolo software is carried by most major retailers and is also available from e-tailers, by mail order, and from distributors and resellers in the U.S. and abroad. For more information, please visit www.iolo.com.

With over 20 million users worldwide, System Mechanic is the world’s top-selling PC tuneup product. To date, however, the product has been available exclusively in English, but the company is now looking to heighten its visibility by launching an aggressive localization initiative that will allow for market penetration in non-English-speaking areas of the globe.

“This agreement introduces the iolo brand and our industry-leading System Mechanic technology to a promising new market,” said Noah Rowles, CEO of iolo technologies, “We chose Micro Application because of its track record, its marketing expertise, and its solid reputation. We’re confident that our partnership with Micro Application will create long-term benefits for both companies involved and of course for French-speaking customers as well.”

The French-language version of System Mechanic is available on the Micro Application website for the retail price of 39.95 euros (€39.95), and may be purchased as an electronic download or as a boxed item. A single license can be legally installed on up to three PCs.

ABOUT IOLO SYSTEM MECHANIC

System Mechanic is a dedicated PC tuneup utility designed to keep a system in peak operating condition. The software combines over 40 powerful tools in a single integrated console, repairing and maintaining a PC automatically.

All computers slow down with use as their owners install and uninstall software, add and delete files, and perform any of the normal activities that leave file remnants, fragmented drives, registry conflicts, and system errors that impair PC performance.

Windows has long included several basic performance utilities that clean up junk files and organize hard drive space. The best PC tuneup utilities go well beyond Windows in both power and scope, resulting in performance close to the level of a computer just out of the box. iolo technologies, which has focused on PC tuneup for nearly a decade, has emerged as the industry leader in this rapidly growing class of software.

ABOUT IOLO TECHNOLOGIES

iolo technologies, a privately held firm located in Los Angeles, produces award-winning software that optimizes and protects Windows systems. iolo products are recognized worldwide for providing comprehensive and effective solutions that meet a wide range of PC needs. iolo products are carried in over 15,000 retail storefronts and are also available from all major e-tailers, by mail order, and from a multitude of distributors and resellers in the U.S. and abroad. For more information, please visit www.iolo.com.

ABOUT MICRO APPLICATION

Founded in 1981, Micro Application publishes mass audience software, video games, technical books, and IT goods. Since 1997, the company has been the number one publisher of Vie Pratique (practical applications) in France, and now sells an additional 5.5 million products annually in French-speaking Canada, North Africa, Switzerland, Benelux, and Senegal.

Micro Application’s diverse catalogue of software, games, IT books, and printing paper reaches a broad base of customers with varying skills. The company has grown rapidly since 2002, and adds 300 new products to its catalogue each year. For more information, please visit www.microapp.com.

iolo lance System Mechanic sur le marché français avec Micro Application

Dans un accord signé au début de cette année, iolo technologies, LLC, éditeur de logiciels basé à Los Angeles, a noué un partenariat avec Micro Application, éditeur et distributeur français, pour distribuer System Mechanic, le logiciel utilitaire top classé d’optimisation de PC, sur le marché français.

Avec plus de 18 millions d’utilisateurs dans le monde, System Mechanic est le produit d’optimisation de PC parmi les mieux vendus dans le monde. Jusqu’à aujourd’hui, le produit était uniquement disponible en anglais, mais la société cherche maintenant à augmenter sa visibilité en démarrant un plan de localisation agressif qui permettra de pénétrer des marchés dans les zones non-anglophones du globe.

“Cet accord introduit la marque iolo et notre technologie de pointe System Mechanic dans un marché prometteur,” indique Noah Rowles, CEO de iolo technologies. “Nous avons choisi Micro Application pour sa force commerciale, son expertise marketing et sa solide réputation. Nous sommes certains que notre partenariat avec Micro Application va apporter des bénéfices sur le long terme aux deux sociétés, et bien entendu aux clients francophones également.”

La version française de System Mechanic est disponible chez les revendeurs informatiques, sur le site Micro Application au prix de 39.95 euros, en téléchargement ou en boîte. Chaque produit peut être installé légalement sur un à trois PC.

À PROPOS DE IOLO SYSTEM MECHANIC

System Mechanic est un utilitaire spécialisé dans l’optimisation du PC pour conserver le système dans des conditions optimales. Le logiciel fournit plus de 40 outils puissants accessibles dans une seule interface, pour réparer et optimiser un PC automatiquement.

Tous les ordinateurs subissent des ralentissements au fur et à mesure de leur utilisation. Les utilisateurs installent et désinstallent des logiciels, ajoutent et suppriment des fichiers, et effectuent de nombreuses tâches, tout ceci laissant des fichiers superflus, des disques fragmentés, des registres encrassés, et des erreurs système qui dégradent la performance du PC.

Oui, Microsoft Windows fournit des utilitaires de base pour nettoyer les fichiers superflus et organiser l’espace disque, mais System Mechanic va beaucoup plus loin en termes de puissance, nettoyage et optimisation, pour rendre au PC sa nettoyage d’origine, telle qu’elle était lorsque le PC a été déballé.

À PROPOS DE IOLO TECHNOLOGIES

iolo technologies, LLC, une société privée basée à Los Angeles, développe une technologie hautement récompensée qui optimise et protège les systèmes Windows. Les produits iolo sont reconnus dans le monde entier pour apporter des solutions réelles aux larges besoins du PC. La ligne de produits iolo inclut System Mechanic et System Mechanic Professional, une suite efficace d’outils d’optimisation et de sécurité; iolo AntiVirus; et iolo Personal Firewall, logiciel de sécurité Internet; Search and Recover, un puissant programme de récupération de données; et DriveScrubber;, un outil de destruction irrémédiable de données les rendant irrécupérables. Les produits iolo sont disponibles dans 15 000 points de vente, dans tous les circuits majeurs de distribution, en vente directe, et à travers une multitude de distributeurs et revendeurs aux USA et à l’étranger.

À PROPOs DE MICRO APPLICATION

Fondé en 1981, Micro Application publie des logiciels grand public, des jeux vidéo, des livres informatiques, et d’autres solutions informatiques. Depuis 1997, la société est numéro 1 en Vie pratique en France, et vend annuellement plus de 5,5 millions de produits au Canada, Afrique du Nord, Suisse, Belgique et Sénégal.
Le catalogue très large de Micro Application, couvrant les logiciels, les jeux, les livres et le papier, touche un public extrêmement large. La société connaît une croissance rapide depuis 2002, et propose 300 nouveautés par an.

The new home page reflects iolo’s focus on PC Tune-up and offers fewer but clearer paths to popular pages on www.iolo.com.

Site content is organized in common-sense categories. Revamped global navigation makes it possible for customers to view any major page with a single click, and dropdown menus offer shortcuts to all product pages, free trials, tech support, and press information.

“We hope to guide customers to the right information faster,” said Peter Losh, E-Commerce Manager for iolo technologies. “Since only a handful of pages are responsible for most of our site traffic, we’re making it a little easier to find the links to those pages.”

The most-sought information on iolo.com resides in product detail and resource pages for System Mechanic and System Mechanic Pro, iolo’s award-winning PC care utilities. System Mechanic is a dedicated PC Tune-up product, while System Mechanic Pro adds several layers of data protection with anti-virus software, a powerful firewall, military-grade data destruction, and several other security tools.

ABOUT PC TUNE-UP

PC Tune-up refers to a category of products that maintain a computer system in peak running condition. All computers slow down with use as their owners install and uninstall software, add and delete files, and perform any of the normal activities that leave file remnants, fragmented drives, registry conflicts, and errors that impair PC performance.

Microsoft Windows has long included several basic performance utilities that clean up junk files and organize hard drive space. The best PC Tune-up utilities go well beyond Windows in both power and scope, resulting in performance close to the level of a computer just out of the box. iolo technologies, which has focused on PC Tune-up for nearly a decade, has emerged as the industry leader in this rapidly growing class of software.

ABOUT IOLO TECHNOLOGIES

iolo technologies is a privately held firm specializing in PC Tune-up. The Los Angeles-based company also develops award-winning security utilities, which it integrates into the professional version of System Mechanic PC Tune-up software. iolo products are carried in over 15,000 retail stores and are also available from all major e-tailers, by mail order, and from a host of international distributors and resellers.

iolo technologies, LLC
7470 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90041
press@iolo.com
www.iolo.com
tel: 323 257-8888
fax: 323 257-8885

“This suite does deep scanning of your system, offers to turn on security settings, and finds system errors other scanners miss,” continued LAPTOP’s editors.

ABOUT SYSTEM MECHANIC PROFESSIONAL

Los Angeles-based iolo technologies has built its fortune and reputation on System Mechanic, the best-selling PC Tune-up utility. The professional version of System Mechanic combines sophisticated registry repair, memory and hard drive defrag, internet optimization, and junk file cleanup with a powerful personal security suite.

In addition to complete PC maintenance, System Mechanic Professional offers a rescue program for accidentally deleted files, a military-strength data erasing utility, iolo Personal Firewall, and complete protection against malware.

PRICING AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

System Mechanic Professional runs on 32-bit Windows Vista, XP, and 2000, and retails for $69.95 ($39.95 for upgrades). A single license can be used on up to three PCs.

ABOUT IOLO TECHNOLOGIES

iolo’s system performance products have won multiple awards for quality and innovation, and are recognized worldwide for their ability to keep even aging computers in peak operating condition. iolo software can be ordered directly from www.iolo.com, and is also available in over 14,500 retail outlets, from all major e-tailers, by mail order, and from a wide range of international distributors and resellers.

iolo technologies, LLC
7470 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90041
press@iolo.com
www.iolo.com
tel: 323 257-8888
fax: 323 257-8885

Version 7.5 gives novice users a simplified “one button” fix for PC Tune-up. Advanced users can get even more out of their systems with over 70 PC Tune-up, repair, and maintenance tools.

iolo is offering this major update to current users for free. The new set of enhancements was such a success with critics, members of the press, and beta-testers that iolo CEO Noah Rowles felt it should be released at the earliest opportunity.

“Our customers are going to be treated to a significant product advancement,” Rowles said. “With this new version, we’re maintaining our position at the forefront of the rapidly evolving PC utility market, and diligently focusing on our roots as the maker of the number one product that completely rejuvenates, protects, and maintains even old, tired PCs and makes them run like new again.”

About System Mechanic

System Mechanic PC Tune-up utility includes a suite of automated tools that clean out hard drive clutter, repair registries, defragment drives and memory, manage applications, speed up internet connections, and remove spyware from a computer. Corrupt files, bad settings, and tangled registries will degrade a PC’s performance over time, leading to crashes, slowdowns, and system errors. System Mechanic first eliminates the problems that bog down a system, then automatically maintains that system at a high level of performance.

New Product Features

• Improved user interface with options for both novice and advanced users
• A defragmentation tool, which now defrags drives up to 70% faster than before and up to 30 times faster than the standard Windows defragmenter
• Advancements in proprietary low-level defrag functions that intelligently arrange drive contents for maximum performance and longer disk life

System Requirements

System Mechanic and System Mechanic Professional support 32-bit Windows Vista, XP, and 2000. System Mechanic Professional offers a firewall, a secure data destruction tool, and other security software not available in the standard version of System Mechanic.

Pricing and Licensing

System Mechanic retails for $49.95 ($29.95 for upgrades). System Mechanic Professional lists at $69.95 ($39.95 for upgrades). Both products can be used on up to three PCs. More information and free product evaluations are available at www.iolo.com.

About iolo technologies

iolo technologies, a privately held firm founded in 1998 and located in Los Angeles, produces award-winning PC Tune-up and security software. The iolo product line includes System Mechanic and System Mechanic Professional, a comprehensive suite of PC Tune-up and security tools; iolo AntiVirus and iolo Personal Firewall, software for internet security; Search and Recover, a powerful data recovery tool; and DriveScrubber, a utility that permanently erases data beyond DOD standards. iolo products are carried in over 15,000 retail storefronts and are also available from all major e-tailers, by mail order, and from distributors and resellers in the U.S. and abroad.

iolo technologies, LLC
7470 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90041
press@iolo.com
www.iolo.com
tel: 323 257-8888
fax: 323 257-8885