Watsonville, Calif., MAY 15, 2002-- Aladdin Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc., today introduced the new Deluxe version of StuffIt(tm) for Windows(r). StuffIt Deluxe(tm) 7.5 builds on its "most comprehensive compression utility" reputation by including new exclusive features to make compression easier, faster, and safer, to fit the way people work. StuffIt Deluxe 7.5 introduces exclusive productivity features including integration with Microsoft Office products, task automation, and improved compression. Internet users will appreciate StuffIt's advance in compression technology because smaller files move across the Internet faster, which mean less waiting for downloads and email attachment transfers. Independent tests confirm that StuffIt's improved compression is now the best available. "Aladdin's StuffIt 7.5 consistently creates smaller ZIP files than PKZip and WinZip in my tests and is fully compatible with existing ZIP decompressors, even those dating back nine years." reported Jeff Gilchrist, author of industry-standard compression test site, http://www.compression.ca.