ESTsoft Releases ALZip v7.0 Beta with New Speed Extractor Options

Seoul, Korea - ESTsoft Corp. today announced the release of ALZip v7.0 beta, the full featured zip archiving utility for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista, with new features for faster extracting, updating, and restoring backups.

The new Speed Extractor functionality in ALZip gives users one-click extraction, making ALZip the fastest way to extract files from archives. A second Speed Extractor option gives users a clean and simple menu, free from clutter that gradually creeps into Windows Explorer right-click context menus.

Further improving on archive extraction, new overwriting features let users freshen projects/file sets with just the newest files from an archive. Those looking to restore projects/file sets to a previously known good state can now overwrite files on disk with only the older, good files from their backup archives.

Well known for its cute "Egghead" characters, ALZip follows up with a robust set of functionality including support for extracting 36 archive formats and creating 8. Commenting on the Eggheads, a CNET editor wrote, "They show that aesthetics are still important, even in freeware."

v7.0 boasts other improvements such as full Windows Vista support including x64 editions and better compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007 file formats, as well as routine bug fixes.

ALZip is available in 25 languages and is now also available at ESTsoft's new ALTools Japanese web site at www.altools.jp.

Free for home users, commercial users can purchase licenses on the honor system for between $20 for a single license and $3 per seat for volume orders. Current licensees can upgrade for free. Free downloads are available at www.altools.net.

About ALTools

Named "AL" after the Korean word for "egg", ALTools are free PC utilities and multimedia programs that include ALShow, a DVD and movie player; ALSong, an MP3 live music lyrics player; ALSee, a picture viewer and photo editor; ALFTP, an FTP client/server; and ALPass, a secure web login and password manager.

About ESTsoft

ESTsoft is a leading Korean application developer located in Seoul. Other ESTsoft products include InternetDISK, a web storage solution, and CABAL Online, an MMORPG.


Contact:
Ryan Smyth
ESTsoft Research & Development Center
Bongcheon Dong, Kwanak Gu
Seoul, South Korea
151-836

Tel: +82-2-881-2352
Web: www.altools.net

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