Year: 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Netopia’s Timbuktu Product Line Harnesses the Power of Mac OS X

Timbuktu Pro Preview Release Now Ready for Testing

ALAMEDA, Calif. (April 18, 2001) Netopia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTPA), today
announced the preview release of Timbuktu Pro Mac OS X. With its support of
OS X, Netopia extends a long tradition of support for Apple’s advanced
technologie s.

For more than ten years, Timbuktu Pro has been the leading remote control
and file transfer software for Mac OS.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Blue Nomad Releases Full Macintosh Version of WordSmith

Blue Nomad releases Mac OS conduit for WordSmith, its award winning word
processing application for Palm Powered(tm) handheld computers

Redwood City, California (April 16, 2001). Blue Nomad today introduced an
updated version of WordSmith that includes full support for Macintosh
users.

Dear Mac Enthusiast,

Starting today Formac is providing for download its latest ProTV software
version 2.6.1 .

Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2001

CUPERTINO, California – April 17, 2001 – Apple today announced that Apple
CEO Steve Jobs will kick off its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) with
a “fireside chat” with developers on Monday, May 21, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.

The five-day event, which runs from May 21-25, at the San Jose Convention
Center, will focus almost exclusively on Mac OS X, Apple’s next generation
operating system, with in-depth technical sessions and a showcase of the
latest development tools.

Other Activities at Apple’s WWDC 2001 include:

DataShell for Valentina Delivers Object Relational DB for FutureBASIC^3 Users

April 16, 2001.