FST wins nationwide ICT Innovation award with FancyPants embedded software platform

Sydney, Australia, April 26, 2007 - "FancyPants(TM)" has received a national "Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation” award, in a competition administered by the Australian Government Department’s  Austrade and The Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA).

"FancyPants is an advanced GUI & high-performance Multi-Media platform for embedded application development. While media centric and dramatically enhancing the user experience, FancyPants requires a minimum of hardware resources. This enables reduced hardware costs for the likes of mobile phones, PDA's, TV set tops, vehicle navigation, Point-Of-Sale, kiosks, industrial, medical and scientific devices", said Robi Karp - CEO of Fluffy Spider Technologies (FST).

"Developed by FST, FancyPants enables businesses to differentiate themselves and better service users. For example, VeriFone International is a global leader in secure electronic payments, with over 12 Million terminals in 100 countries and head quarters in USA. For their new generation of terminals, VeriFone selected FancyPants as preferred GUI and Multi-Media platform, integrating high-impact advertising with an advanced GUI for secure transactions, in a single Point-Of-Sale device", said Mr Karp.

"FancyPants enables clients to quickly develop eye-catching, sophisticated and friendly user interfaces with minimal technical expertise, and for third-parties to add further value for their local
markets. It's also highly portable and users can not only change skins but also screen layouts. FancyPants supports Linux, WinCE and Symbian operating systems, as well as the Qtopia display subsystem", said Mr Karp.

"The ICT Innovation award recognises the excellent features and benefits of FancyPants and our international track record. We invite prospective resellers, product managers and developers to visit www.FancyPants-Graphics.com for further details", said Mr Karp.

About Fluffy Spider Technologies P/L
FST specializes in providing advanced GUI and high-performance multimedia products for embedded application development, backed by comprehensive custom development services. Since 1995, clients include Toshiba, VeriFone, Ericsson, HP, Optus, Vodafone and GEC.  FST also has a Memorandum of Understanding with NICTA - Australia's ICT Research Centre of Excellence.  For more information on FST and its products visit www.fluffyspider.com or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

About "Secrets of Australian ICT Innovation competition 2006"
The competition is an initiative of the Committee Marketing ICT of Australia (CoMICTA), a committee made up of representatives from state and territory governments, Austrade, Invest Australia, DCITA, industry associations and research bodies. The competition selects leading innovative Australian ICT companies and research organisations to share in $105,000 worth of prizes.  Funding for the competition is provided by government and major ICT companies Cisco Systems and DELL. Further details at www.itsecrets.com.au