Kingston Technology Holds HyperX Contest in Canada

Entrants Can Win a $3,000 Gaming System Powered by HyperX and Other Prizes

Fountain Valley, CA – June 10, 2009 -- Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is holding a contest for Canadian residents* to win a HyperX® gaming system or other prizes. Entrants should go to www.kingston.com/hyperx/contest to register.

"Kingston is proud to hold this contest as a thank you to all of our supporters and fans of the HyperX line of enthusiast memory in Canada," said Jennifer Shih, marketing coordinator, Kingston® Canada. "The HyperX name has become a trusted brand worldwide and continues to gain popularity with the recently released T1 heatspreaders, 12GB triple-channel kits and the new HyperX Fan which looks cool while keeping the memory cool."

Eight prizes will be awarded:

• One gaming system powered by Kingston HyperX memory worth $3,000 (U.S.)
• One Kingston SSDNow M Series 80GB solid-state drive
• One HyperX DDR3 2GHz 6GB triple-channel memory kit
• Five DataTraveler® HyperX 16GB USB Flash drives (one per winner)

Kingston would like to thank the following sponsors for the gaming system components: Intel® (CPU); ASUS (motherboard and GPU); Cooler Master (case, CPU cooler and power supply); and Smooth Creations (case artwork).

The contest continues through July 31, 2009. Details and a complete list of rules and regulations can be found at www.kingston.com/hyperx/contest

About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
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. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and sales representatives in the United States, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, China, and Latin America. For more information, please call 800-337-8410 or visit www.kingston.com.

Editor’s Note: For additional information, evaluation units or executive interviews, please contact David Leong, Kingston Technology Company, Inc. 17600 Newhope Street, Fountain Valley, CA USA 92708, 714-438-1817 (Voice). Press images can be found in Kingston’s press room at kingston.com/press/default.asp

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