ShowStoppers delivers Digital Holiday preview

Press Event Showcases What's Hi-Tech Hot for Gift-Giving Season

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 -- Just in time for gift-giving season and the all-important fourth fiscal quarter, 19 companies last night previewed digital toys and tools at ShowStoppers® for the Digital Holidays, a press-only showcase event in New York City.

Hundreds of reporters, editors and columnists, ranging from ABC to BET, Associated Press to Bloomberg, USA Today to the New York Times, engadget to Martha Stewart Living Radio, plus industry and investment analysts, attended the special event, which showcased hi-tech products and services for work, home and play.

Product introductions and sneak previews included, among others, a 3-D computer gaming system, Internet TV (IPTV), GPS navigation systems for wireless phones, how to check under the hood before you drive over the river and through the woods for holiday dinner, custom and snow-ready protection for iPods -- from CarMD, CardScan, Check Point/ZoneAlarm, Cisco-Linksys, CyberDefender, D-Link, FlapDaddy.com, H20 Audio, Honest Technology, ifrogz, iZ3D, Kingston Technology, McAfee, Paragon Software, Smith Micro Software, Sunbelt Software, TeleNav, VIA Technology and ZyXEL Communications.

"This was a one-stop look at what's hot for the gift-giving season and fourth fiscal quarter, in time for reporters to get an early jump on coverage," said Steve Leon, founder and partner, ShowStoppers.

The next two invitation-only events are ShowStoppers @ the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 8, 2007; and ShowStoppers @ CTIA Wireless, Mar. 27, 2007.

ShowStoppers is also breaking new ground with the first US press event at CeBIT, the world's largest technology tradeshow, Mar. 16, 2007, in Hannover, Germany, produced in partnership with Hannover Fairs USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Messe, which manages CeBIT.

Companies interested in demonstrating to the press should contact Dave Leon, 845-638-3527. Working journalists are invited to register to attend by contacting Steve Leon, 512-288-0950.

ShowStoppers is the longest-running, continuously-owned and operated series of showcase events for technology, consumer electronics and business press. ShowStoppers events have helped more than 1,000 companies meet more than 10,000 reporters since 1993. Sponsors at recent events include such innovative young companies and industry leaders as Microsoft, InFocus, Linksys, Zone Labs, Leviton, Opera Software, Kingston and OQO. ShowStoppers events are regularly attended by, among others, ABC, CBS, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, This Old House Magazine, Business Week, Cargo, Consumer Reports, engadget, Fortune, Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Maxim, Money, Outlook 4Mobility, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Stuff, USA Today, C/Net, Dow Jones, eWeek, IDC, InfoWorld, Jupiter Research, Network World, Newsweek, PC Magazine, PC World, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, USA Today and ZD Net.