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November 28, 2007

Miliki Shrink, LAFE's Revolutionary Compression Utility

Use the "Shrink & Email" feature to save valuable transmission time when sending pictures and documents to family, loved ones, friends and colleagues. Compress large documents and presentations to save storage space and reduce transmission/download time. Shrink is designed to performed high compression of a variety of data types including documents (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PDF, etc) and digital images (e.g., JPEG, BMP, GIFS, Animated GIFS, PNG, TIFF, etc). Shrink utilizes a suite of computational methods optimized for particular data types and formats. Shrink uses a Content Sensitive Approach to identify and decompose a data type to suitable constituents for effective compression. For example, an image is automatically grouped into one of many classes of pictures such as photo realistic, natural, line drawing, bi-tonal etc. Documents are also decomposed into constituent classes such as text, tables, formulas, embedded pictures etc. Shrink then selects the best scheme for compressing each component from the suite of algorithms and filters. The result is a significant compression that is much better than what is produced by other compression techniques. Shrink significantly reduces the time required to send and receive large images and documents over the Internet and optimizes storage spaces on hard drives and flash cards. A ZIP file can be further compressed using Miliki Shrink. A Shrink folder can also be converted into a ZIP folder.

Buy a copy of Miliki Shrink

LAFE Powered ShrinkMyTunes Launched

UK-based ZGROUP plc, under exclusive worldwide distribution agreement with LAFE, launched ShrinkMyTunes on July 25, 2007. The following is a sampling of news reports on the product launch:

Press Release

Compress ZIP Files! Store and Send More Digital Camera Photos;
LAFE Technologies Launches Miliki Shrink

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2005 -- LAFE Technologies, specialists in data compression, data delivery and encryption applications, today announced the release of Miliki Shrink, software for compressing digital pictures and documents. Miliki Shrink significantly reduces the time required to send and receive large images and documents over the Internet and optimizes storage spaces on hard drives and flash cards. With Shrink, you can compress your ZIP files. You can also convert a Shrink folder into a ZIP folder.

Miliki Shrink is designed to perform high compression of a variety of data types including pictures (e.g., JPEG, BMP, GIFS, Animated GIFS, PNG, TIFF, etc) and documents (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PDF, etc). Shrink utilizes a suite of patented methods optimized for particular data types and formats. Shrink uses a Content Sensitive Approach to identify and decompose any data type to suitable constituents for more effective compression. Digital images are automatically grouped into special classes of pictures such as photo realistic, natural, line drawing, bi-tonal etc. Documents are also decomposed into constituent classes such as texts, tables, formulas, embedded pictures etc. Shrink then automatically selects the best scheme for compressing each component from the suite of algorithms and filters. The result is a significant compression that is much better than what is produced by popular compression techniques.

Miliki Shrink (Encoder) can be purchased online at www.miliki.net/shrink. The Decoder is free to download.

About LAFE Technologies

LAFE Technologies holds several patents on data delivery, data transport, data compression and encryption methods including those based on its proprietary Cellular Automata Transforms ("CAT") technology.

Press Release

LAFE Technologies launches a Revolutionary Data Compression Engine

Monday October 3, 2005, 10:00 am ET

BEACHWOOD, Ohio- LAFE Technologies is proud to introduce a content-sensitive data compression engine that offers five times faster transmission and smaller storage requirement than all currently available compression engines. Supabit is a dynamic software development engine available to third parties and is composed of award winning and patented compression schemes.

Supabit offers maximum compression of documents, digital images and multimedia files. In addition, the component architecture of Supabit provides enormous flexibility to support new data types.

"Unlike conventional compression approaches that apply a single algorithm to all data," explains Dr. Olu Lafe, Chairman and CEO of LAFE Technologies, "Supabit analyzes the content of each data type and selects the optimum algorithm from a wide battery of compression schemes."

With Supabit, you have the ability to set quality parameters of perceptual data such as images, audio and video files. This feature permits maximum compression with minimal perceptible loss of data quality. This unique compression engine supports a variety of Operating Systems including Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac OS X, as well as a range of developmental environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio, Delphi, GCC and Eclipse.

"We wanted to develop a compression engine that was not only efficient but one that works with all popular development environments," states Lafe. "Industry sectors such as communications, security, fianance, bio-medical have a need for a smart and multi-purpose compression engine that will seamlessly integrate into existing applications."

LAFE Technologies is an industry leader in data compression and applications providing smart data transport, data archiving and data mining solutions by utilizing innovative computational and mathematical methods. A privately held company, LAFE invented and patented Cellular Automata Transforms (CAT), a powerful computational technique for compressing, encrypting and processing data.

Dr. Lafe is an internationally recognized mathematical and computational modeling engineer. He has consulted with US and International agencies including the Office of Naval Research, NASA, USDA, USAID, UNESCO and Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA). His research efforts have resulted in over 20 issued and pending patents.

For More Information Contact:

LAFE Technologies
28001 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 305
Beachwood, OH 44122
email: info@supabit.com

Press Release

LAFE Technologies Unit Purchases IA Global Acquisition Company

Monday July 18, 2005, 11:45 am ET

BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- Ominira Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of LAFE Technologies, today announced the purchase of IA Global Acquisition Company ("IAG") from IA Global Inc. (AMEX: IAO). The closing occurred on July 15, 2005 with an effective date of July 1, 2005. IAG was created to operate the assets of QuikCAT.com Inc which were acquired by IAO on June 10, 2004. The latest Ominira transaction means that several QuikCAT assets are now in the hands of LAFE Technologies. These include majority of QuikCAT's issued/pending patents and products such as the Miliki Super Compressor, the Messaging Optimizer and CAT Network Intelligent Peripherals (CATNIP).

Dr. Olu Lafe, Chairman and CEO of LAFE Technologies said, "We are pleased to have the enormous intellectual property of QuikCAT back in the hands of the parent company. We are looking forward to a bright future where we will achieve the goals and aspirations we had when these exciting technologies and products were conceived."

Miliki Super Compressor is a software product that uses the revolutionary Content Sensitive Compression Technology. Miliki compresses documents and images up to 10x more than ZIP software. Miliki significantly reduces the time required to send documents and images by email. Miliki also permits an average of 75% saving in storage space requirements on account of the effective compression. The product gives the user the control on the preferred image quality for visually lossless compression of digital photos.

The Messaging Optimizer, designed to work with Microsoft® Outlook and Lotus Notes E-mail transactions, significantly reduces the size of attachments thus enhancing the transport and storage of data across Enterprise networks.

CAT Network Intelligent Peripherals [CATNIP] transforms Java-enabled mobile devices (such as PDAs, cell phones, laptops and Tablet PCs) into real-time multimedia personal communications systems.

For More Information Contact:

LAFE Technologies
28001 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 305
Beachwood, OH 44122
email: info@lafenet.com

February 15, 2005

The Future of the Wireless Technologies

CEO speaks at John Carroll University

John Carroll University Presents a Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Event
Technology of the Future: Fact or Fiction
This Event is Free and Open to University staff, faculty, students and the public

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 15, 2005
www.jcu.edu
Contact: Joe Spilker– 216-397-5258

WHAT:
On March 7, 2005, John Carroll University’s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) will host Technology of the Future: Fact or Fiction. This will introduce technology that is expected in the coming years. It will focus on future wireless technologies with emphasis on civilian use that can make business more efficient. Military use will also be discussed with emphasis on how technology can make the U.S. safer at home and abroad.

WHO:
Olurinde E. Lafe is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lafe Technologies. As a result of a recent acquisition of former assets, Dr. Lafe is also the Chief Technology Officer of IA Global, Inc. The research efforts of Dr. Lafe have resulted in nine patents, and seven pending patents. The patents span the following areas:

   - Encryption (1)
   - Computational Process Modeling (1)
   - Image/Audio/Video Compression/Coding (6)
   - Accelerated Data Delivery In Communications Networks (1)

In addition to patents, Dr. Lafe has also worked for the Office of Naval Research
Strategic Defense Initiative Program on the “Star Wars” Project, and for the Defense
Advanced Research Program Agency, DARPA.

WHERE:
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Hts., Ohio 44118

WHEN:
Monday, March 7, 2005
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. in LSC Conference Room, Lombardo Student Center

For More Information About Event Contact:
Sophie Romack
Academic Advisor, SIFE
John Carroll University
216-397-1922
sromack@jcu.edu

This event is sponsored by the Students in Free Enterprise and promoted by the Public Relations Student Society of America