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<p>Leading-Edge Global Technology Company Located In Lethbridge Launches<br />
Premiere Online Community Website Product</p>
<p>Lethbridge, AB...Spymac Network Inc. today demonstrated the recently<br />
released Spymac 4 -- the world's most innovative online community -- from<br />
its development base in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The demonstration was<br />
held at the Lethbridge Community College with special guest, actress Leslie<br />
Bega.</p>
<p>Co-founder and CTO Kevin April said, "Spymac 4 takes emerging technologies<br />
-- like podcasting, RSS and blogging -- to the next level by integrating<br />
them into its community, which involves nearly one million members and<br />
spans more than 135 countries. We are creating the world's most powerful<br />
online social network and, with Spymac 4, anyone can connect their ideas,<br />
work, products and services with anyone else in the world quickly and<br />
easily."</p>
<p>The company's new premium service, Spymac Club, features an unsurpassed 9<br />
GB of storage space -- 3 GB e-mail, 3 GB gallery space, and 3 GB of file<br />
and web site storage. A Spymac Club subscription costs $25 USD per year and<br />
unlocks functionality that lets members effortlessly share their files,<br />
bookmarks, multimedia, web site and blog with specific groups of friends or<br />
contacts. Club members also get access to Spymac's desktop software, are<br />
given tools to build their own online community and can easily earn money<br />
online.</p>
<p>April added, "We're two to four years ahead of competition like Google,<br />
Yahoo and Apple in terms of building easy-to-use, active online<br />
communities. Spymac 4 gives users everything from e-mail and forums to<br />
multimedia galleries, desktop integration and e-commerce services for the<br />
masses. There's nothing else out there like it."</p>
<p>To launch Spymac 4, the company invested in a multi-million dollar cluster<br />
system to create what's possibly the most powerful hardware powering any<br />
third-party Macintosh site in the world. These operations are based in<br />
Dusseldorf, Germany.</p>
<p>Co-founder Holger Ehlis, President & CEO based in Dusseldorf, said,<br />
"Countless dual-processor servers, several redundant storage systems and<br />
high speed fiber-channel connectivity ensures blazing speed, performance<br />
and reliability, and gives us the scalability needed to grow for years to<br />
come."</p>
<p>Cheryl Dick, CEO of Economic Development Lethbridge, said, "Having this<br />
type of successful global technology company with operations based in<br />
Lethbridge demonstrates how competitive our city is in the international<br />
marketplace. This is an exceptional addition to the growing economic<br />
diversity in Lethbridge and we are very proud to have Spymac here."</p>
<p>"Lethbridge is a knowledge-based community with experts in many fields. The<br />
addition of a leading-edge technology firm enhances our cities position in<br />
a global marketplace and we wish Spymac all the best in their continued<br />
success." said Lethbridge Mayor Bob Tarleck.</p>
<p>April added, "We deliberately selected Lethbridge as a base when we<br />
researched possible locations. With the low cost of doing business,<br />
exceptional quality of life, and the hub location in terms of access to<br />
technology cities like Seattle and San Francisco, we knew this would be a<br />
strong foundation for growth."</p>
<p>"Spymac's growth has been impressive and we are excited about the new<br />
release," said actress Leslie Bega, whose film credits include "Get<br />
Shorty," "Mobsters" and "Dating Games People Play." Leslie is involved with<br />
Spymac partner GreenZones.org and is based out of California.</p>
<p>Spymac Network Inc. was the first company to introduce a free one gigabyte<br />
(GB) e-mail service to the public back in April 2004. With Spymac 4, all<br />
members receive 1 GB of web site storage, 1 GB of storage to share music,<br />
photos and movies, and will maintain their 1 GB e-mail account.</p>
<p>Spymac Network Inc., established in 2001, is a New York City corporation<br />
with offices in Dusseldorf, Germany and Lethbridge, Alberta. It employs 25<br />
people, plus several freelancers, and more growth is anticipated for web<br />
development staff in the Lethbridge office. With a registered membership<br />
quickly approaching one million, (<a href="http://www.spymac.com" title="http://www.spymac.com">http://www.spymac.com</a>)www.spymac.com is<br />
one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet and the company can be<br />
reached at 1-866-5-SPYMAC (779622).</p>
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