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Hard Dollar Offers Turnkey Software/Hardware Solution to Construction Industry Through Partnership with Panasonic

Panasonic Selects Hard Dollar as its Construction Industry Toughbook® Premier Partner Citing Hard Dollar’s Modern, Leading Technology

TEMPE, AZ – December 8, 2004 – Hard Dollar Corporation, the construction industry's leading provider of integrated estimating and job control software, today announced it has become a Panasonic Toughbook® Premier Partner. The Hard Dollar/Panasonic partnership enables Hard Dollar to meet the needs of its construction industry customers by offering a turnkey software/hardware solution.

Panasonic Computer Solutions Company is the leading provider of “ruggedized” portable computers. As a Panasonic Toughbook® Premier Partner, Hard Dollar is authorized to sell the entire line of high-performance, wireless-enabled notebook computers to its customers.

Using Hard Dollar’s BID*BUILD software on the wireless-ready Toughbook, field personnel can access and enter data directly from the field – in real-time. Companies will enjoy greater efficiency and up-to-the-minute data, and field personnel will have access to everything they need while in the field, eliminating wasteful downtime and unnecessary trips to the office. Hard Dollar’s modern technology, built on Microsoft .NET, allows full utilization of the optional Toughbook touch screen, aiding usability and boosting user performance by speeding data access and entry.

Hard Dollar chose to partner with Panasonic in order to offer its construction industry customers a resilient hardware solution -- one suitable for use on the job site. Panasonic seals every Toughbook port, hinge, keyboard and connector for unparalleled durability. Toughbooks also undergo stringent testing procedures that measure for dust, water, vibration, extreme temperature and moisture resistance, as well as drop shock absorption.

“The construction industry demands ruggedized mobile computing. With Panasonic’s ruggedized expertise and Hard Dollar’s leading software we are able to provide a comprehensive solution for the construction industry,” said William Presler, business development manager, strategic markets, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company.

“Construction estimating and job control requires real-time data in order to maximize profits. Through our partnership with Panasonic, we are able to offer our customers an incomparable software and hardware solution – one that delivers performance, connectivity and durability,” said Scott DeFord, Hard Dollar chief revenue officer.

About Hard Dollar Corporation

Founded in 1989 by construction industry veterans, Hard Dollar Corporation is the world’s leading provider of integrated estimating and job control software for construction contractors. Hard Dollar BID*BUILD is a comprehensive suite of fully integrated software modules, designed specifically to manage the rigorous and ever-changing demands of construction projects in real-time to maximize profits. Hard Dollar BID*BUILD was named “Technology's Hottest” by Constructech magazine, the leading national publication on construction technology.

Hard Dollar systems are deployed today by thousands of users to manage billions of dollars worth of transportation, water and sewer, heavy civil, environmental remediation, power and industrial projects every month. For more information on the company or its products, visit www.harddollar.com.

About Panasonic Computer Solutions Company

Panasonic Computer Solutions Company is the leading provider of ruggedized notebook PCs for mobile professionals in the USA. The company is a unit company of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, the principal North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan (NYSE: MC). Matsushita Electric is one of the only manufacturers today that directly controls the process of design, manufacture and quality assurance of its notebook PCs. Many key components, including LCD panels, Lithium- Ion batteries, DVD and CD-ROM drives, and board-level electronics are the products of its divisions. The products, people and business of Panasonic Computer Solutions Company are entirely dedicated to the needs of the professional user, including Fortune 1000 business and government professionals. Panasonic also supplies mobile computing solutions to over 3,000 police departments in the United States. For more information on Panasonic Toughbook® computers, visit www.panasonic.com/toughbook

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