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Kingston Technology speeds up the World Cyber Games

Sponsors Australian arm of huge global gaming championships

Sydney, Australia – 15 June 2007 – Kingston Technology, the world leader in memory products, has announced its sponsorship of the Australian arm of The World Cyber Games (WCG) tournament, a massive global gaming extravaganza.

Over one million people will compete this year for the title of World Cyber Games Champion 2007 National Champions in their respective countries, making WCG the world’s largest video game tournaments.

Beginning in 2000, the WCG is held annually and is the only single cyber game competition encompassing six continents. This year around 70 countries worldwide will compete in this global event which adopts the same Host City concept as the Olympic Games.

Australia’s national finalists will be determined by the state based qualifiers (NSW, VIC, SA, WA, and QLD), culminating in a national final event which will be held at Luna Park in Sydney on August 25 and 26. Seven winners of the National Final in Australia will be flown to the Grand Final in Seattle, USA. Australian finalists will compete against 700 of the world’s best gamers from the six competing continents. The WCG 2007 Grand Final will be held from October 3rd to 7th, 2007 at Seattle’s Quest Field Stadium.

Australians will battle it out in the PC games Counter Strike 1.6 and WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, and the Xbox 360 console game Dead or Alive: 4.

Kingston’s fastest memory module, the HyperX DDR2 1200MHz, will be provided in each competition computer at the Australian national finals.

“Speed is one of the most important factors in gaming. During competition a millisecond can mean the difference between winning and losing,” said Vaughan Nankivell, regional manager, Australia and New Zealand, Kingston.

“Kingston’s high performance DDR2 memory modules, HyperX and hi-speed ValueRAM produce the fastest memory possible for gaming enthusiasts,” said Nankivell.

Kingston’s DDR2 1200MHz HyperX memory modules are the fastest performing memory available that provide speed and performance gamers need. The DDR2 1200MHz HyperX is shipping in 512MB and 1GB modules as well as 1- and 2GB memory kits. Kingston memory comes with a lifetime warranty and free technical support.

For more detailed information on Kingston memory products, please visit the Kingston web site at: www.kingston.com or call toll free on 1800 649 469.

For more information on the World Cyber Games Australia, please visit the WCG web site at: http://au.worldcybergames.com.

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Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, USA, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, and sales offices in the United States, Taiwan, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Russia, and Latin America. Kingston serves a network of distributors, OEMs, and retail customers in 104 countries.

For more information, please visit the Kingston Web site at: www.kingston.com or call toll free on 1800 649 469.

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 Ms Marites Bairstow
Kingston Technology
Strategic Development, Australia and New Zealand
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Oyster Bay, NSW 2225, Australia
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