Nero Certified For Windows Vista Logo Quality Program

Nero an early adopter to support the program announced at Microsoft's WinHEC Developer Conference

May 26, 2006

Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announces today that it has joined Microsoft as an early adopter independent software vendor (ISV) of the Windows Vista Certified for Windows Vista Logo Program. As participants in the program with its Nero Burning ROM as the pilot application, Nero will adhere to the specific standards created by Microsoft and offer its customers the seamless integration of Nero software into the Windows Vista operating system. "By being selected as an early adopter of the Windows Vista operating system and its quality requirements, Nero has a great opportunity to drive the awareness and recognition of our Nero 7 Suite to millions of future Windows Vista customers," said Jim Corbett, Executive Director, Nero AG. "Nero continues to offer the cutting edge technology and broaden its preeminence in digital media by partnering with industry leaders such as Microsoft." Nero Burning ROM, which is included in the Nero 7 digital media software suite, allows users to quickly and easily burn data, music and video onto discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray, or HD DVD). Finished discs can be enjoyed on computers as well as all CD (audio content only) and DVD players. With a comprehensive grouping of powerful applications, Nero 7 is an all-in-one solution for the management of data, audio, video, photo and TV content. More information about Nero and its products can be found under www.nero.com. About Nero Nero (www.nero.com) develops and distributes the world's leading digital media solutions for consumers and professionals. Today more than 200 million users worldwide rely on Nero's award-winning and trusted, industry approved applications to manage the needs of the connected digital home and forwardthinking corporations.7 Nero's rapidly-growing portfolio of products defines new levels of innovation in the company's three key areas of focus: Digital Media Solutions delivering multimedia applications for audio, video, photo and TV capturing, editing, burning, managing and sharing; Audio and Video Compression Technologies providing world-class interoperable standards-based solutions for encoding and decoding digital content with support for Next Generation HD and popular handheld formats; and VoIP Solutions - providing cost-effective voice, text and video communication over the Internet for home and business. Nero products are globally distributed by leading hardware manufacturers, international distribution partners and online portals, and can be purchased directly at www.nero.com. Nero provides worldwide coverage through Nero AG, based in Karlsbad, Germany and two subsidiaries: Nero Inc. in Glendale, California, USA and Nero K.K. in Yokohama, Japan.

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