TouchStone Software

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TouchStone Software Corporation, Inc.
Company typePrivate since 2010
IndustrySoftware
Founded1982;43 years ago (1982) in Seal Beach, California, United States
Headquarters
Marco Island, Florida
,
United States
Parent Phoenix Technologies (2008–2010)
Website www.touchstonesoftware.com
Former headquarters in Seal Beach, California, pictured in 2022 TouchStone Software Former Headquarters Seal Beach California 2022.JPG
Former headquarters in Seal Beach, California, pictured in 2022

TouchStone Software Corporation, Inc., founded in 1982, is an American software developer for the personal computer (PC) industry, specializing in system update technology. [1] [2] It also owns and operates a network of Internet Web properties. Based in Marco Island, Florida, the company was a subsidiary of Phoenix Technologies until 2010 [3] [4] when it was acquired by the former management team who had sold the company to Phoenix Technologies in 2008.

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The company's portfolio of Internet properties serves as the main outlet to deliver its software products, such as RegistryWizard, DriverAgent and BIOS Agent.

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References

  1. ↑ Xmodems: The right blend?, Computerworld, 13 May 1985, Page 15, ...Corporate Profiles...Founded in 1982...public...since 1984, Touchstone Software Corp...provides compatibility software for the IBM Personal Computer, Apple...Unix worlds...offices...locate at 90 Electric Ave., Seal Beach, Calif. 90740...SourceL Yates Ventures, Inc...
  2. 1 2 Peering Into Penny Stocks, By John Gantz, InfoWorld, 29 Apr 1985, Page 72, ...What's been the top-performing...stock...It's Touchstone Software...it went public August 16, 1984...first product...at...Comdex...communications program called PC Works...Unihost and Macline to allow...computers to link with IBM PC's...1984 sales were a mere $609,000...25-employee payroll...
  3. ↑ "Phoenix Technologies Ltd. completes acquisition of Touchstone Software" (Press release). Phoenix Technologies. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  4. ↑ "TouchStone Software: Contact us". TouchStone Software. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022.
  5. ↑ The 1998 Utility Guide: Troubleshooting Utilities, PC Mag, 24 Mar 1998, Page 126 ...www.checkit.com...
  6. ↑ The 1997 Utility Guide: Antivirus Utilities, PC Mag, 8 Apr 1997, Page 117
  7. ↑ Product Reviews: windows 95 anti-virus software: Dose of TouchStones's PC-cillin thwarts viruses, By Joe Peschel, Page 103, InfoWorld, 24 Feb 1997
  8. 1 2 Online technical support comes of age with e.support and e.checkit, By Earl Greer, InfoWorld, 21 Oct 1996, Page 58
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