"Webshots Desktop 2.0 simplifies how you organize, view and share digital photos both online and on the desktop,” says Nick Wilder, founder and co-CEO. “We seamlessly combined all the photo management and sharing tools you’ll ever need in one, easy-to-use application and tested it with hundreds of thousands of Webshots users.”

 Webshots Desktop 2.0 offers the following capabilities:

 ·        Set up a Desktop Photo Gallery: Millions of stunning photos can be downloaded at www.webshots.com and viewed as full-screen slide shows, and displayed as wallpaper and screensaver.

 ·        Manage and Share Your Photos Online: Upload, store and share photos from a digital camera or PC on a personal Webshots homepage. Users can edit photos, invite friends to view photos, and copy photos to their screensaver with one click.

 ·        View and Track Friends' and Family's Photos: Users are automatically notified when favorite members have published new photos. Users can add favorite members' photos to their screensaver, post notes in their guest book, and share them as Photo Messages™.

  ·        Browse and Manage Photos on a Computer or Digital Camera: Plug in a digital camera and Webshots Desktop 2.0 will automatically preview photos, then copy photos to the user's hard drive, online albums, or screensaver with a few simple clicks.

 Webshots also offers innovative ways for customers to turn their favorite photos into personalized gifts, including prints, custom holiday greeting cards, t-shirts, mugs, mousepads and frames. Users can preview their photos on many different products and frames with Webshots’ gift building tools.

 Webshots Desktop 2.0 is compatible with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP operating systems. It is available as a free download at www.webshots.com.

 The Webshots Desktop application has logged over one hundred million downloads to date, ranking it the Internet’s most popular photo application. Webshots expects over 500,000 downloads of Desktop 2.0 in the first week.