Singapore - 8 March, 2006 - Hardware Zone Pte Ltd made a sterling performance at the inaugural Hitwise Online Performance Awards held at the Rouge Bar, Singapore. In celebration of the most popular websites across over 120 industries for the year 2005, representatives from Hitwise presented awards to online publication www.hardwarezone.com® for clinching top spots in three categories.

Based on market share of visits from Internet users in Singapore for the year 2005, www.hardwarezone.com® received the following accolades:

This unique awards program by Hitwise recognizes excellence in online performance through public popularity. Measuring the largest number of websites and local Internet users throughout the course of the year, Hitwise supplies the results through its unique award-winning methodology audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

"These three awards endorse www.hardwarezone.com®'s position as the leading I.T. portal in Singapore. It is extremely heartening to learn that we are the preferred source to consumers for technology news, product reviews, as well as knowledge-sharing amongst the community," said Mr. Lim Chuan Jer, Product Manager of www.hardwarezone.com®. "We hope that our unfaltering efforts have enabled our users to make better-informed purchasing decisions."

Hardware Zone represents some of the most integral sectors of the IT industry. The company seeks to enhance the quality of life through the synergy of its media products and information technology to become the de-facto guide to IT lifestyle with the promise of inspired content, innovative design and quality services.