Empower Technologies™ Corporation Announces Closing of Short Form Offering

Richmond, British Columbia – January 7, 2008 - Empower Technologies Corporation (“Empower”) (TSX.V: EPT) is pleased to announce the completion of Short Form Offering (the “Offering”) as of January 7, 2008 by closing the second tranche. The Offering was approved by the TSX Venture Exchange on November 7, 2007. The Offering was for up to 2,666,667 units (the “Units”) at $0.75 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one share and one half warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable into one common share for a period of two years at an exercise price of $0.90 per share. The warrants are non-transferable. The second tranche of the Offering resulted in the sale of 561,300 Units for a total of $420,975. In this Short Form Offering a total of 2,442,600 units were sold for gross proceeds of $1,831,950. The proceeds of the Offering will be used primarily to finance continued product development and marketing and sales expenses and for general working capital.

Canaccord Capital Corporation as agent for the Offering (the “Agent”), received an 8% cash commission and Agent’s warrants equal to 15% of the Offering sold, with each Agent’s warrant exercisable for a period of two years at $0.75. The Agent also received a corporate finance fee of 150,000 Units, having the same terms as the Units offered, and an administration fee of $5,000.

About Empower Technologies™

Founded in 2000, Empower Technologies (TSX.V: EPT) is an innovative company that brings the power and flexibility of the LEOs® (LinuxDA™ Embedded Operating System) to the dynamic embedded computing Industry and the emerging Intelligent Appliance Market, through their development of Linux-based operating software, embedded system technologies and solutions.

The products and services that form the base of its business activities include an embedded system development platform for LEOs®, based on Texas Instruments™ embedded CPU platform, that fulfill the needs and demands of developers and the embedded computing Industry. Empower is continuing to develop LEOs® and newer versions of embedded CPUs in line with Texas Instruments™.

By uniting top professionals from within the computer industry and developing quality partnerships and strategic alliances, Empower is committed to being the leading developer of Linux-based operating software and embedded system technologies and solutions for electronics manufacturers and developers.

Empower's brands are “LEOs®”, “LinuxDA™”, Linux-based embedded operating systems and “PowerPlay™”, smart consumer electronics.

Contact Information:

Media Enquiries:
Paul Leung – Chairman, President and CEO: pcleung@empowertechnologies.com
or via Tel @ (604) 278-3100

Investor Relations:
Exponent Communications Inc.
Toll-free:  (866) 914-5861
Tel:  (778) 292-1174
Fax:  (778) 292-1176
Email:  info@exponentcommunications.com

More Information on Empower Technologies: www.empowertechnologies.com
Sales Enquiries: sales@empowertechnologies.com or via Tel @ (604) 278-3100

Paul Leung
Chairman, President and CEO

Empower Technologies Corporation
# 405-5600 Parkwood Way
Crestwood Commerce Centre
Richmond , BC , Canada V6V 2M2

The statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements.  Such statements are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections using available information.  The company cautions that actual financial results could differ materially from the current expectations due to a number of factors.

The TSX Venture Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transactions and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.

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