Empower Technologies Launches New Corporate Website

Richmond, B.C. – January 4, 2005 – Empower Technologies unveiled a newly designed corporate website today. Working alongside Infinite Media Ltd. based in Toronto, Ontario, Empower continues with its brand redevelopment campaign initiated earlier this year, which has modernized and revitalized the creative identity and messaging of the advanced technology company.

This modern, newly designed site (www.empowertechnologies.com) integrates expanded company information positions its product offerings, echoing the progressive innovations associated with embedded technologies. Loaded with new features and expanded product information, the site will launch Empower into a new level of intelligent electronics including home audio, portable communication and custom Linux-based embedded solutions. The corporate website represents the initial segment of a phased web enhancement program, which will see revitalized creative concepts for both the LinuxDA (www.linuxda.com) and PowerPlay (www.powerplaydevices.com) websites.

“More and more people are using the internet as their primary source for researching new products,” said Paul Leung, CEO of Empower Technologies. “With our entrance into the audio market, it is essential the Empower corporate image reflect the progressive and innovative nature of our new products. Our new site provides our target audience access to exciting updates and product information through a number of different media.”

About Empower Technologies

Founded in 2000, Empower Technologies is a provider of Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions for the consumer electronics industry and the intelligent appliance market.

Empower is an innovative company that introduced to the world LinuxDA O/S, the first and only complete Palm® Handheld compatible Linux Operating System scaled down for the Motorola Dragonball CPU platform. By uniting top professionals from within the computer industry and developing quality partnerships and strategic alliances, Empower is committed to being the leading provider of Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions for consumer electronics manufacturers.

Empower’s brands are “LinuxDA” (www.linuxda.com) a Linux-based embedded operating system and “PowerPlay” (www.powerplaydevices.com) smart consumer electronics.

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Empower Technologies, LEOs, PowerPlay and LinuxDA are the trademarks of Empower Technologies, Inc. All other brands are trademarks of their respective owners.