FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Palo Alto, CA - Tuesday, May 6, 2008) - AquaMinds Software Corporation announced today that NoteTaker, NoteShare and NoteShare Server have all been updated to new versions. All three products require a minimum user system running Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. As with previous updates, the new versions are free downloads to all registered AquaMinds users. The new software is available today from the company's download site at http://www.aquaminds.com/updates.jsp and available for purchase from AquaMinds online store at http://www.aquaminds.com/buy.jsp

NoteShare Delivers Pervasive Computing, Collaboration and Web 2.0 Integration
The new updates to NoteShare and NoteShare Server deliver integrated support for RSS feeds and dynamically updated Web Notebooks. These two new features (used in combination) provide a seamless and convenient mechanism for notifying users of when a shared notebook's content has been updated, changed or modified.

The elegance of the shared notebook RSS feed is that it can be subscribed to and viewed on any number of platforms including smart devices such as the iPhone and iPod Touch The new NoteShare-specific RSS feed feature for the shared notebook also delivers intelligent, clickable links back to the source notebook itself along with clickable links to the web notebook version if enabled as well as the NoteShare Express live notebook version. The RSS feed makes it easier for viewers to monitor a shared notebook, access and view it on-demand.

One Button Web Publishing Boosts Communications
The Web Notebook feature has been enhanced by making updates automatically upon any save event to the source notebook; shared or otherwise. A typical application scenario might be a teacher or instructor managing a shared notebook for posting class homework and assignments. Any changes or updates being made to the shared notebook would also be automatically updated in the web notebook version which is accessible from any web browser making it an ideal communications platform to support students and parents accessing classwork information from the Internet. And both the RSS feed and web notebook can display and deliver QuickTime media such as voice memos, movies and music for instant podcasting and rich media-casting.

NoteShare's one button web publishing model also applies to workgroups and business teams that are working from a shared notebook to manage to do lists, project notes and client information. By subscribing to the RSS feed of the team's project notebook, remote viewers on Internet-enabled devices such as the iPhone can monitor and access team information by viewing the web notebook on their Safari browser. Web notebooks are automatically optimized for iPhone and iPod Touch viewing but work everywhere on any standard web browser.

Enhanced Desktop Productivity with Web 2.0 Technologies
"These new updates have been designed to enhance productivity by leveraging Web 2.0 technologies that our users have been asking for" said Scott Love, president of AquaMinds Software. The new RSS feed feature is especially powerful because it adds a flexible notification service to NoteShare-based collaboration and sharing. Shared notebooks are ideally suited for managing outlines, notes, to do lists, web snippets (pages too) and organizing project information all of which can now be tracked and monitored via the RSS feed.

Love commented during the software demo that "Notebook sharing is easy yet very compelling as an application for turbocharging a team's productivity with information sharing and knowledge capture. You can organize your project information in one place (the shared notebook as memory archive), create an RSS feed for the notebook (or even for a specific page or section) and at the same time, create an automatically updating web notebook version of it for browser access on any platform (Windows, Linux, Mac and smartphones). I do this daily now when viewing my shared To Do list pages from the Safari web browser on my iPhone"

Desktop to Webtop - Collaboration Anywhere, Anytime and All The Time
"We truly offer the best of both worlds when using NoteShare and NoteShare Server in combination for notebook sharing and collaboration. " NoteShare provides instant, peer-to-peer (P2P) notebook sharing which is ideal for adhoc meetings, brainstorming and same room sharing between NoteShare users. NoteShare Server delivers non-stop sharing so teams can work at different times on the same notebook without any limitations on access or availability. Much of a team's productivity is gained by asynchronous workflow and collaboration which is what we provide; you can work real-time or anytime with NoteShare."

Seamless Web Access To Your Shared Notebooks
NoteShare is a powerful desktop productivity application that lets you work with your own notebooks locally on the desktop (and share them with P2P networking) but at the same time, you can work with others in the cloud by using NoteShare Server to support asynchronous as well as same time, synchronous workflow. The integrated RSS feed and auto-updating web notebook features deliver browser access to extend the value and convenience of viewing and accessing your information that is organized in your shared notebooks. Seamless web access is an essential part of NoteShare and NoteShare Server sharing.

Announcing Starter Kit Bundles - Turbo Boost Your Classroom and Workgroup Collaboration Today
Starting today, AquaMinds is now offering specially priced "starter kit bundles" to help classroom and workgroup users boost their collaboration and information sharing. The starter systems each include a NoteShare Server license and a set of NoteShare licenses for individuals. Customers can choose from one of three configurations based on number of NoteShare licenses they want to start with. Qualified academic customers can order from the AquaMinds online store at the following link: http://www.aquaminds.com/academicServerBundles.jsp

Consumer and business customers can order from the AquaMinds online store at: http://www.aquaminds.com/sohoServerBundles.jsp  The starter kit bundles require a minimum OS X system running 10.4 or higher. No special hardware or server software is required to install and run the software. The NoteShare Server software is intended to be run on a dedicated system that is running non-stop such as a Mac Mini (an ideal system for this type of configuration).

Scott Love talked about the new software bundles and solutions in an earlier interview, "The starter kits are an easy and affordable way to get started with notebook sharing and collaboration for any classroom or small workgroup application. The kits all include a NoteShare Server license (MRSP $199.95) which provides 24x7, non-stop notebook sharing and management. This is really key because NoteShare provides instant, peer to peer sharing of notebooks but not dedicated sharing. We know from experience that notebook sharing is even more powerful if you have both instant and non-stop access to shared notebooks."

NoteShare and Mac OS X Market Trends Show More Business Adoption
Notebook sharing and collaboration use is branching out from the classroom to the meeting room. Love talked about AquaMinds users, "When we introduced NoteShare in 2006, we were clearly serving education customers first and continue to do so. What we're now seeing is that NoteShare is not only gaining popularity in the small business segment but also among enterprises that are warming up to the Mac. In some cases, Macs are spreading into marketing and sales departments so enterprise adoption is very real as we see NoteShare use by businesses increasing this year and beyond. Why? Mainly because our products are ideally suited for the information workplace. Sharing notebooks and leveraging team collaboration are daily productivity boosters."

About AquaMinds Software Products
NoteTaker, which was first introduced in 2002 (nearly a year before Microsoft's OneNote ) combines the power of outline and information processing in an highly interactive "visual notebook" interface that supports multi-page, compound documents. Designed to deliver personal productivity with everyday use in mind, NoteTaker is the ideal software choice for individuals organizing, managing and publishing their own notes, projects and information.

NoteShare, first introduced in 2006) seamlessly integrates all of NoteTaker's productivity features with peer-to-peer (P2P) network sharing technology for delivering instant collaboration among users. Popular in both classrooms and meeting rooms, NoteShare is a power tool for any team seeking to boost project collaboration and communications by capturing knowledge, sharing notes and managing to do lists.

AquaMinds newest product, NoteShare Server, (first introduced in 2008), extends the power of notebook document sharing and collaboration by enabling affordable, 24x7 notebook sharing for classrooms and offices alike. Designed to run on a basic Mac OS X user system running Tiger or Leopard, NoteShare Server is the first and only notebook sharing application that can run on any size network without dedicated server hardware while at the same time, supporting at least 36 concurrent viewers working on the same notebook or on their own notebooks. NoteShare Server works in tandem with NoteShare as a client-server application solution but with the flexibility of a desktop application.

NoteShare Express (free web brower add-on technology) NoteShare Express is a web-based application that allows anyone to view notebooks actively being shared by the full version of NoteShare. Once you enter a NoteShare user's web URL into your browser, the NoteShare Express applet will begin to load and the shared notebook directory will appear. Using a standard web browser on Windows, Linux or OS X, anyone can now view notebooks being actively shared by NoteShare. This includes being able to remotely see updates, live edits, and presentations given from the shared notebook. NoteShare Express is a convenient, fast way to publish shared notebook documents for access and viewing by non-NoteShare users. Once a NoteShare user has NoteShare Express installed and configured, any of their shared notebooks are available and up to date for live viewing using a standard web browser.

No Risk Trial Demo: NoteTaker and NoteShare are both available as full featured test drives. "Free 30-Day Trial" Version Available at http://www.aquaminds.com/updates.jsp.