InterVideo,
Inc. a leader in digital media software technology and PC/CE convergence,
and leading web property provider Google, announced today a new partnership to
help bring internet and personal search capabilities to PC users with
InterVideo's leading line of PC software products. The initial project bundles
two recently released Google products with each of four main InterVideo
products.
"InterVideo wanted to include powerful Internet web search for our customers
along with our products," said Steve Ro, CEO and President of InterVideo. "By
incorporating the Google Toolbar and Google Desktop Search applications with
InterVideo products, users will have fast and convenient access to obtaining
information and managing multimedia files, not only through the internet, but
also on the desktop."
InterVideo will incorporate a Google Toolbar and Google Desktop Search
application with four of their robust product lines. Included is the ultimate
DVD playback solution, WinDVD® with over 100 million installations worldwide,
the well acclaimed complete DVD and authoring solution, WinDVD Creator®, the
award-winning video copy software, DVD Copy®, and the latest 9-in-1 utility
suite package, MediaOne®.
By the end of May, with every new trial and paid installation of these
InterVideo products on the web, users will have the option to install the Google
Toolbar application which includes a browser utility search engine for Internet
Explorer, a helpful Pop-up Blocker to eliminate annoying pop-ups, and a useful
Auto-Fill to help fill out Web forms instantly, as well as the Google Desktop
Search utility that provides a full text search of the user's emails, files, web
history and chats they have viewed.
About InterVideo, Inc. InterVideo is a leading provider of DVD
software. InterVideo has developed a technology platform from which it has
created a broad suite of integrated multimedia software products that allow
users to capture, edit, author, burn, distribute, and play digital video.
InterVideo's software is bundled with products sold by the majority of the
leading PC OEMs. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA with regional
offices in Europe, Taiwan, China and Japan. Visit the company's Web site at www.intervideo.com
Source: Intervideo
