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BLBR--BlueBear Starts Full Field Trials With LACE Its Premiere Product That Fights Child Exploitation


2007-04-25 08:00 ET - News Release

OTTAWA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/25/07


BlueBear Networks International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) announced today that its premiere product LACE (Law Enforcement Against Child Exploitation), which assists police in the fight against child exploitation, is undergoing trials with four police agencies. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and York Regional Police (YRP) are currently conducting full LACE field trials while the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Defense (DOD) will start testing and evaluating LACE in early May.

LACE is a computer program that helps investigators automatically categorize the huge number of digital images (case media-evidence files) typically found on a suspect's computer, PDA, or cell phone. For example, a confiscated computer hard drive might hold over 200,000 digital images that are suspected to include images of child pornography and must be categorized by police in preparation for court proceeding. If categorized manually the task might take several months of grueling effort but when LACE is applied the task can be completed in a couple of days. LACE also significantly reduces investigator stress and burnout and provides the police agency with a huge return on investment. Further, the categorized results can be shared with every LACE user so that all parties benefit from the work done to categorize images. This sharing of results is unique and ensures that the larger community of police agencies benefit from the efforts of each member.

Speaking about LACE, Jeff Nash, Technical Director of BlueBear, stated, "Initial LACE trials conducted in 2006 by York Regional Police proved very successful. We have built upon that success and are proud to provide police with the ability to rapidly process child exploitation cases that would otherwise have gone unprocessed. LACE has been a very satisfying experience."

About BlueBear Network International, Inc. BlueBear Network International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BLBR) is a Nevada company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. BlueBear develops and markets the world's first system LACE that automatically processes and categorizes media-evidence files from seized computer hard drives in child exploitation cases. LACE and a companion product IDLE, can search, and identify victims, suspects, & witnesses in police facial images databases located worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.bbninternational.com/

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Securities Litigation Improvements Act of 1996. The words "believe, expect, estimate, and project" and similar expressions define forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. BlueBear undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are currently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated in, or underlie the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties to which forward-looking statements are subject include, but are not limited to, the company's ability to meet its projected growth, the effects of government regulation, competition and other material risks.


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