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[cyba]

hier mal ein paar infos zu UWNK, finde die ganze geschichte sehr interessant:

uWink, Inc. (OTCBB: UWNK) is a digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California that develops interactive entertainment software and platforms for restaurants, bars, and mobile devices. Led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari (NasdaqNM: ATAR) and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE: CEC), uWink is currently building a new entertainment dining experience called uWink Bistro (working title) which leverages uWink’s proprietary network and entertainment software, including the uWink Game Library.

Shares Outstanding: 18.14M
Float: 13.59M

First restaurant has recently opened and will now become the next gaming and restaurant chain founded by the legendary Nolan Bushnell, inventor of Pong & founder and ex-CEO of Atari (with only $500 that he turned around and sold four years later for $28 mil) and Chuck E. Cheese (now a billion $ company). He is considered the "Father of the Video Game Industry." Company blogs tease that Hollywood has begun filming.

(1) First restaurant is currently open and attracting brisk business as they prepare for their grand opening, on November 30th, 2006.

(2) Up to 50 more restaurants (mostly franchises) to open by Xmas 2007. Very futuristic and unique concept. They already have countless parties beating down their doors. Initial franchise information due to be published by the end of calendar 2006. Franchise model = a lot of short term profits via franchise fees while passing on the risk to the franchise holders. Chuck E. Cheese the CEO built to 200+ restaurants within 5 years.

(3) "This weekend, the first meals were served out of uWink’s kitchen and Hollywood came to film it!" (from the company's Aug 13, 2006 blog)

(4) CEO's policy, as seen with Atari and Chuck E. Cheese is immediate and massive growth. A quote of his from answers.com: "The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer."
http://www.answers.com/topic/nolan-bushnell

(5) Similar but different from Dave & Busters - all games come free with food and drink and are at the table and bar. Food and drink can be ordered directly from the terminals for fast and accurate service. Whole new style of games that allow for a social atmosphere (with games between tables and projectors to flash giant screens on the wall to simulate master games) instead of the anti-social gaming that is more D&Bs which each participant playing more by himself. See the links for the fascinating details. There's also a lot more than games at the terminals - movie trailers (before they even hit the internet), magic tricks, fortunes, and the old-fashioned carnival stuff that tests your whatever by putting your hand on the screen, comedy skits, music videos, etc.

(6) Food-wise, the menu was created by one of the pioneers of California Pizza Kitchen and he was directly responsible for making it the huge success it is. (John Kaufman, former Vice President of Operations at California Pizza Kitchen, who helped it grow from its very first restaurant to a chain of 68 restaurants and 3,000 employees)
http://www.freshnews.com/cgi-bin/jsj_news/print.cgi?article_…

(7) Company has no long term debt.

(8) Analyst Eric Wold of Merriman Curhan Ford Co. says that the trick is to distinguish yourself from the other chains serving up predictable dining fare. Bushnell "will bring something to consumers they can't get anywhere else," Wold says. He adds that "the tabletop terminals can be remotely managed—unlike arcade games that break down—and that video meal-ordering will allow the company to save on labor costs for servers."

(9) Two Atari employees who previously worked for Nolan -- Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the founders of Apple Computer, Inc.

(10) In short, this is Chuck E. Cheese meets TGIFriday's of the future, IMO.

Info on the games and entertainment:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=1…
http://uwink.com/media2.htm

What's the deal with UWNK and its legendary founder?
Click on a few of these links from the media:
http://uwink.com/innews.htm
plus this: http://www.answers.com/topic/nolan-bushnell

company website (lots of info): http://www.uwink.com

uWink official blog (a good read with frequent updates): http://blog.uwink.com/

[cyba]

hier ein paar bilder vom ersten restaurant und der software:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/uwink/

[Buddah]

interessante Aktie!

[cyba]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 25.524.042 von Buddah am 19.11.06 10:08:10

Lebed hat UWNK gestern auf seine Stocks to watch list gesetzt, kann mir nicht vorstellen das Nolan ihn dafür bezahlt hat...

http://lebed.biz/

November 18th, 2006:
uWink Inc (UWNK)
Current Price: $2.08
Speculative Rating: 1

UWNK engages in the design and development of interactive entertainment software and platforms for restaurants, bars, and mobile devices in the United States.

UWNK provides delicious modern comfort food made with fresh ingredients ordered via touch screen terminals at the table and served by runners, quickly and accurately.

UWNK at-the-table-entertainment includes games, table-to-table tournaments, selected internet fun, edutainment, and movie trailers. The dynamic projected interior provides diners with scrumptious i-candy and a hip, ever changing environment.

UWNK is led by both Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari Inc (ATAR) and Chuck E Cheese (CEC).

UWNK has been breaking out big on huge volume and looks ready to explode.

[cyba]

hier ein link zum CNBC Morning Call video:

mms://streaming.vmsdigital.com:80/111306/NDV36496_01.wmv

[cyba]

uWink Inc. ist content partner von Mondobox

http://www.mondobox.com/content.html

[cyba]

hier der volle text der email die jonathan lebed verschickt hat:

just posted four new stocks to watch on Lebed.biz. One of them,
UWNK, I gave a speculative rating of 1... my highest level of
confidence.

I have been trying to negotiate an investor relations contract
with UWNK for weeks but they decided they didn't need any help.
UWNK is going to become so big that I decided to start covering it for free.

Right now I don't own any position in UWNK but I intend to start
accumulating one soon.

uWink Inc (OTC BB: UWNK)
Current price: $2.08

This could become our biggest stock to watch of the year.

Let me explain why...

Nolan Bushnell founded and was former CEO of Atari, the first ever
video game company. He also invented the game Pong. He is known as
the father of the video game industry.

Nolan Bushnell also founded and was former CEO of Chuck E Cheese.
He built Chuck E Cheese to 200+ restaurants in 5 years and now they
have 500+ restaurants today.

Nolan Bushnell is combining his experiences from founding Atari and
Chuck E Cheese, to start his new company UWNK.

UWNK is going to be opening up uWink Bistro restaurants around the country.

The restaurants are designed in a way that is very modern, hip and chic.

The tables at uWink Bistro have built in touch screen terminals.
You order all of your food and drinks directly from the screen.
The food and drinks are served by runners quickly and accurately.

On the touch screens you can play video games, surf the Internet,
watch music videos, movie trailers, etc.

The restaurant is setup as a social environment where there are more
games in between the tables that get projected to giant screens on the
wall where everybody in the restaurant can play against each other.

The menu at uWink Bistro was created by John Kaufman, one of the
pioneers behind California Pizza Kitchen.

UWNK recently opened their first restaurant in LA. I visited the
location a few weeks ago when I was in LA for the Carmen Electra
party. UWNK has plans for rapid growth and would like to have 50
locations before the end of 2007.

Nolan Bushnell has what it takes to make this happen.

Without Nolan Bushnell, there might not even be computers and iPod's today.
He put Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on their feet by giving them
their first jobs at Atari, before they left to start up Apple
Computer. As you know, Bill Gates went on to steal his operating
system from Apple.

Therefore, Nolan Bushnell is responsible for video games, computers,
iPod's and all of the good things we have today...
plus he built a billion dollar restaurant chain.

uWink Bistro is very unique and it will be impossible for anybody
to compete with them. UWNK spent $10 million and 4 years developing
their proprietary network and entertainment software, including the
uWink Game Library.

UWNK to me is a no-brainer. I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes
one of our biggest winners ever. Make sure you research it immediately.

[cyba]

noch eine email von lebed:

Everybody this weekend is going crazy. They are waiting in lines forever to be the first to purchase the new video game consoles PS3 and Wii. None of this would be happening today if it wasn't for UWNK's CEO Nolan Bushnell.

He invented video games. He created the first ever video game Pong. He is the father of the video game industry. He founded and was former CEO of the first ever video game company Atari.

He then came up with the idea for Chuck E Cheese. It would be a restaurant with video arcades, small rides, and other kinds of entertainment for kids. He grew Chuck E Cheese to 200 locations in 5 years and today it is a billion dollar company.

Now he is going to do it again with uWink Bistro. This new restaurant chain is for people of all ages.

UWNK has spent the past four years and over $10 million developing their own proprietary entertainment technology. They are using this technology to create an interactive, social restaurant where at the table touch screens let you be in control of your meal and your fun.

UWNK has developed their own games and terminals where customers can play and interact in a social environment while they are eating, drinking, and having fun. The games are very casual and simple to play so that women who normally don't play games can participate.

The restaurants are designed with a very attractive modern, hip, and chic decor. They are divided up into different activity zones including a central bar and lounge area which features the most active drinking and entertainment experience.

UWNK just opened their first location in LA and they are going to grow as rapidly as possible. They plan to have 50 locations by the end of 2007. They would like 1/3 of their restaurants to be company owned and 2/3 to be franchises.

I believe this is like investing into the Cheesecake Factory or Panera Bread at the ground-floor when they opened their first restaurant. I believe UNWK will become a billion dollar company one day.

Remember that I am not being compensated for UNWK and I don't own a position yet but I intend on accumulating one soon.

[Buddah]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 25.534.765 von cyba am 19.11.06 20:40:07

super Arbeit! Bist Du schon drinnen?(ich leider noch nicht)
hatte die Aktie schon länger auf der Watch und plötzlich ist sie mir davon gelaufen...naja warte auf nen Rücksetzer.
grüsse B.

[cyba]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 25.536.148 von Buddah am 19.11.06 22:02:05

yup ich bin drin
leider etwas spät erst seit donnerstag und hab freitag nochmal nachgekauft...

[cyba]

lebed meints wohl ernst

noch ne email:

I just picked up my Nintendo Wii. It is amazing how far video games have come since UWNK's CEO Nolan Bushnell invented the first video game Pong and the first video game console Atari.

I believe Nolan Bushnell is going to build UWNK into a billion dollar company just like he did with Chuck E Cheese. (the market cap of UWNK right now is only $40MM)

Nolan Bushnell has a famous quote that says it all, "The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer."

This isn't some concept OTC BB company with a great idea that will never follow through with it. I can guarantee you that Nolan Bushnell will grow this company rapidly during the next year.

I have been playing the Nintendo Wii for the past hour. What I like about it is how simple it is to play. Nintendo realized they need to be different to compete with Sony and Microsoft. The Wii enables anybody to pick up and start playing who never played before.

Nolan Bushnell is using the same concept with UWNK. The games they have developed are very simple to play. He realizes that only 15 million out of 300 million Americans are gamers. He wants to attract the 285 million non-game players. UWNK's games are a catalyst for social interaction, not the obsession of greasy-haired adolescent outcasts.

Once UWNK has 50-100 locations they are going to introduce 2-3 additional games they have developed that will link all of the restaurants together so customers can compete against diners throughout the country.

I am so excited about UWNK. The reaction I have been getting about this company is overwhelming. I have gotten hundreds of emails about it today after sending out my initial alert last night.

[cyba]

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Daily Update 11/13:

"Nolan Bushnell founded Atari in 1972. He sold the company in 1976 and spent the money to found Chuck E. Cheese. He's out of that business now and apparently feels the stores aren't being run the way he'd like to see them. Now, he's started a new restaurant called uWink (OTC: UWNK.OB), which is currently capitalized at less than $40 million (then again, it only has one restaurant). I'm not including this note to encourage any investment, but Bushnell's story is interesting -- just ask ValueBlogger [links to article]. I hope Bushnell turns out to be wrong about his first restaurant chain, and Chuck E. Cheese's last earnings report shows it seems to be turning things around."

[cyba]

videos über uWink:

http://barcampla.org/11/16/2006/dispatches-from-uwink/

[cyba]

Turning cheese into dough
FORTUNE Magazine
By Ellen Florian Kratz, Fortune
November 21 2006: 12:56 PM EST

(Fortune Magazine) -- NOLAN BUSHNELL, 63, founder and CEO of uWink

Nolan Bushnell made his first fortune in 1976 when he sold gamemaker Atari to Warner Communications for $28 million. Next he convinced parents that gobbling bad pizza, playing arcade games, and watching a robotic rat named Chuck E. Cheese was a good use of their kids' time. Now the entrepreneur is merging the concepts in uWink, a restaurant where customers play interactive games as they dine. Days after his first establishment opened near L.A., Bushnell spoke to FORTUNE's Ellen Florian Kratz.

Why is your business called uWink?

I wanted a name that was playful. Short names are better than long names.

So you think adults want to play videogames while they're eating?

Most videogame experiences that people have today are isolated, and I don't perceive that as being social. I want to create a situation where a group of four goes into a restaurant not knowing a person in there and leaves with six new friends.

You don't have any waiters and waitresses. Won't customers feel a little neglected?

It's almost the opposite. People say, 'Gee, it's so easy for us to [use the touchscreen] for another drink or appetizer.' They're saying it's a little bit like Las Vegas in that it's too easy to spend money.

What's an example of a game you have in the restaurant?

We've got a best-friend game for birthday parties in which the birthday person makes a list of things that she likes and then everybody else tries to guess what they are. Of course, the person who most matches the birthday person is clearly the best friend. Tween girls love that one.

Have you played Grand Theft Auto?

I don't want to be a prude, but I just don't believe that any industry should race to the bottom. I perceive those things to be not good for kids or adults.

You say you've done some clever financial engineering. Can you give an example?

If you're having a normal meal, you never ever pay for game play. It's free. But if you're just hanging out, there's a game surcharge. We're trying to make an economic model that is significantly more profitable than a regular restaurant.

So what was Steve Jobs like when he worked for you at Atari?

Steve was a little bit, let's say, meticulous. I loved him dearly and still do. He didn't abide fools gladly.

Is the food better than Chuck E. Cheese's?

Yeah. In fact everyone made me promise I'd forget everything I learned about pizza at Chuck E. Cheese. uWink's macaroni and cheese has garlic and extra flavors you don't expect because we're using high-quality cheeses [like smoked mozzarella].

Have you ever had your birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's?

I have not. My kids have.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/…

[cyba]

auf der homepage tut sich was... paar updates!

http://www.uwink.com/

ausserdem hat jemand in einem us board eine email bekommen wo ihm mitgeteilt wurde das bereits jetzt in einigen states franchise möglichkeiten bestehen!!!

[cyba]

Posted by: Rawnoc
In reply to: quetzal who wrote msg# 5902
Date:11/25/2006 5:20:28 PM
Post #of 6031

MY LATEST VISIT TO UWINK (LAST NIGHT)

We were a party of 5 (two couples + their daughter) at around 8:20pm. The other couple plus their 9 year old daughter had never been there. The daughet and father immediately ran over to the 6 player light table. Huge change in the friendliness and enthusiasm of the staff than from my other visits. Prior they seemed to all have a half-confused glazed look on them. Now every single one of them act like I'm a guest at my own surprise party. Huge non-stop sincere looking smiles and extremely witty.

Anyway, we gave our name, said party of 5, exchanged quick-witted jokes with the staff (it was clear to me that somebody in management implement some massive positive changes and/or training in the last couple of weeks), but then Nolan walked in. (he seems to fall from the sky every time I go, lol). Spent a good 5-10 minutes talking to him. Here's some of what he told me:

(1) He was pleased to inform us that Ruby's Diner (another chain-type restaurant in the mall) despite Ruby's being there for over 20 years and right next to the movie theatre on the grand floor and despite UWINK not even being "officially" open yet and no advertising whatsoever, UWNK currently has more customers than Ruby's Diner that Friday night!
(2) Every single day at UWNK has been a consistent record breaker since opening. This means every Monday has been the best Monday they've had, Tuesday the best Tuesday they've had, etc.
(3) They have 20 engineers in China creating games. The 6 player games are going to have some really cool games on them. The current simple games (like 6 play pong) are just for show because he "just wanted to light up the tables."
(4) At the Grand Opening party, he thinks there will be Hollywood Stars there but he cannot confirm any specific names for sure. He said he refuses to pay them to eat in his restaurant because "that would be just wrong" he said with a smile to have to do that. In addition, he has confirmed that 9 prospective franchisees so far will be attending the party.
(5) The wife of the other couple was talking to Nolan
He said they got approved for another location in San Jose, CA (45 minutes from San Francisco - only mentioing it to us after she suggested a location that happened to be 10 minutes from there so there may be several other locations approved that he didn't mention)

My additional observations since my last visit....

(1) The bar area uses two big wall projectors as TVs for sports, etc. instead of art.
(2) The terminals have a leaf/Fall color scheme and design now.
(3) Seating capacity is now fully open (on the inside) with all terminals fully functioning and operational throughout the entire restaurant. Prior the back area was sectioned-off for the programmers doing their thing. This added maybe an additional 30% capacity or so (which was badly needed last night)
(4) 8:20pm when we arrived the place was pretty packed! Bar area was full and there were maybe 3-4 empty tables (including the one we got) out of the expanded capacity. Also interesting to note is the parties were larger than previous visits. More parties of 4, 5, and 6 filling the tables instead of just 2.
(5) Just prior to entering the restaurant, a group of teenage girls were walking by and one dropped her jaw, pointed at the uWink sign and shouted rather excitedly, "Ohhhhhh, I heard about this place!!!"
(6) A few new items on the menu. A dessert or two also. New buttons for additional help. "Get me a runner here now" (i forget the exact wording) "Get me a refill" "I need this condiment" etc.
(7) The 9 year old demonstrated how easy the terminals are (at least for kids). Each couple shared a terminal + she got one for herself. 5-10 minutes after we sat down while we were still figuring out which appetizers we wanted to share, and the bartender was uncorking the wine we brought with us, a pizza and a shirley temple mysteriously appeared that the little girl apparently ordered with ease within seconds of sitting down. She absolutely loved the place.
(8) There is a place that mentions that they are traded publicly and what their stock symbol is.
(9) Food quality was delicious as always with the pizza looking most tasty this time. 9 year old loved it anyway. Very skinny girl who is picky and doesn't eat much wolfed the entire thing down pretty fast, lol. My GF's friend is a manager for a fine-dining restaurant near San Francisco and she was very impressed and shocked with the quality of the food. My girlfriend is half-Thai and a chef + restaurant owner herself and always rips apart every Thai restaurant we go to with her critique but was astonished by the Thai dish they serve being one of the best she's ever had anywhere (and she's eaten at dozens of Thai restaurants). Her friend, also a big fan of Thai food, agreed. Her only criticism was that she thought they should kick it up a notch in terms of how formal the place is. Upgrade the uniforms from t-shirts to polo shirts. I tended to agree there. Plus she was concerned about table turning - getting people to leave quickly so that new people can be sat. Her thinking was that with so much "eye candy" it's very tempting to sit there and chit-chat for hours while just slowly sipping coffee. I agree, but I think in the big picture that can be a good thing. Like Starbux.


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[cyba]

heute eröffnet das erste uWink Lokal offiziell!!!

wollen mal hoffen das dann bei der gelegenheit ein paar franchise news kommen und ordentlich medienrummel ist!

[cyba]

NEWS!!!!

uWink Launches Franchise Program
Monday December 4, 8:30 am ET
Program Provides Franchise Partners with uWink Technological Infrastructure, Restaurant Operations, Original IP and Media Content

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a publicly-held digital entertainment company, today launched its national franchise program. Through the program, uWink will provide franchise partners with the technological infrastructure, operational support, and intellectual property and media content to open uWink restaurants in selected areas of the country and internationally, expanding on the beta uWink restaurant which opened in suburban Los Angeles this fall.

In addition to expansion through its franchise program, uWink plans to open new company-owned restaurants in the Southern California region in the coming months.

uWink is a new restaurant concept that combines food, drinks and entertainment -- inviting guests to eat, drink and play at the same time, from their tables. uWink is the latest innovation from Nolan Bushnell, the founder and former CEO of Atari and the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain -- now CEC Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:CEC - News). Guests order food, drinks and media directly via touchscreen terminals at their tables while uWink runners deliver guests' selections. Guests can participate in the entire uWink experience as a single table or eventually engage other tables and interact with guests and tables at other uWink restaurants. The first restaurant opened last month at the Westfield Promenade in Woodland Hills, Calif.

"Since the opening of our beta restaurant last month, we have been inundated with requests from potential franchisees. With the help of our customers, we've spent the last month refining the uWink experience so we can expand to a national level," said Mr. Bushnell, chief executive officer at uWink, Inc. "Our innovative blend of technology, entertainment and food enables us to provide franchisees with a turnkey offering that is easy to deploy and maintain, while also allowing uWink to sustain a steady revenue stream."

In September, uWink hired Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, a law firm experienced in franchise matters, to assist the company in drafting the required franchise disclosure documents and contracts. Since that time, uWink has completed all the necessary documents, including the company's Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC). The company also intends to begin registering its franchise program in states and foreign countries that require such action shortly. Prospective franchisees should contact uWink to receive more information about the company's franchise program and to request a qualification package.

uWink, Inc. is a publicly-held digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, Calif., that develops interactive entertainment for restaurants and bars. Led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE:CEC - News), uWink is a new entertainment dining experience that leverages uWink, Inc.'s proprietary network and entertainment software. For more information, visit: www.uwink.com.


Contact:

uWink
Alissa Bushnell, 415-235-9532
[e-mail]
or
104 West Partners
Ashley Cox Cohen, 303-522-0783
[e-mail]

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

vorhin neues 52wkhigh bei 2.55

[cyba]

unter news/press coverage auf www.uWink.com gibt es 2 neue videos...

[cyba]

unter franchise stehen jetzt die staaten wo interessierte franchisenehmer jetzt uWinks aufmachen könnten...

The uWink Opportunity

Our first uWink restaurant opened in October 2006 in Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles area). At this time, we expect this restaurant to be the model for our franchised restaurants.

For those interested in franchising, we are currently.available in 25 States (listed below). As we begin our franchise operations in the United States ,we are also proceeded with the registeration process to offer franchises internationally as well.

Available in: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, DE, ID, IO, FL, KA, MA ,MS, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, VT, WV, WY

[cyba]

Letter to Shareholders

http://blog.uwink.com/2006/12/10/uwink-form-8-k-for-investor…

To Our Shareholders:

I am writing today to update you on our amended Form SB-2 registration statement filed with the SEC on December 8, 2006 and other amended SEC filings we have made in the last 10 days.

This year we raised a total of approximately $3,000,000 from 63 investors in two private placement transactions, one in March 2006 and the other in September 2006. In these transactions we sold approximately 10,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 warrants to purchase common stock (a warrant is a right to purchase a share of common stock at a fixed price). We priced both these transactions at $0.30 per share (and the exercise price of the warrants at $0.345 per share), at a time when our stock was consistently trading below $0.30.

The investors in these transactions were largely our officers and directors and our friends and family, and we appreciate their faith and support during this important year for our company. We used the proceeds from these transactions to develop and open our first uWink restaurant in Woodland Hills, California.

Like many small public companies, we, in conjunction with our financial, legal and accounting advisors, structured and accounted for these transactions as typical PIPEs (private investments in public entities). Because the securities we issued in these transactions cannot be resold (at least for the first year) without registration with the SEC, we agreed with our investors that we would file a registration statement with the SEC to allow for the resale of their shares and warrants, as is typical in PIPE transactions. In addition, as is typical in PIPE transactions, we agreed that, if this registration statement was not “effective” within 180 days, we would pay the investors monthly cash penalties equal to 1.5% of their investment until the registration statement became “effective”.

We filed a registration statement on Form SB-2 with the SEC on September 29, 2006 to register for resale the approximately 10,000,000 shares and 5,000,000 warrants we issued in these transactions. Shortly thereafter, the SEC notified us that they would “review” our registration statement, a standard process during which the SEC reviews the information provided by the company and, generally, issues a comment letter to the company suggesting improvements and clarifications.

We received a comment letter from the SEC on November 9, 2006. We filed an amended SB-2 registration statement on December 8, 2006 with the responses to those comments, as well as an amended annual report for 2005 and amended quarterly reports for 2004 and 2006, providing additional and revised information in response to the SEC comments.

In that letter, the SEC raised two questions in particular that required significant revisions to our previous filings.

Firstly, the SEC questioned whether the shares and warrants we were proposing to register for resale were eligible for resale on a “shelf” registration, given the number of securities registered relative to our total shares outstanding and given that certain of our officers and directors were registering securities for resale.

In response, our officers and directors have agreed to remove all their shares and warrants from the registration statement and our other 2006 investors have agreed to remove their warrants from the registration statement. As a result, we reduced the number of shares being registered for resale from 15,867,001 to 7,495,254 (30% of our total outstanding) in our amended SB-2 registration statement.

Secondly, the SEC questioned our accounting for the warrants issued in our 2006 private placements. Originally, in consultation with our outside auditors, we accounted for the value of the warrants (as calculated using the Black Scholes valuation formula) in the equity section of our balance sheet. In their letter to us, the SEC questioned whether we should instead account for the value of these warrants as an expense on the income statement and as a liability on the balance sheet, because we were obligated to pay penalties to our investors for failure to register the warrants.

At the time we received the SEC letter, our outside auditors advised us that the SEC was now requiring expense/liability accounting treatment for warrants like ours. Therefore, we decided to amend and restate our 2006 quarterly financial statements to reflect an expense on the income statement and liability on the balance sheet for the Black Scholes value of the warrants issued to investors in 2006.

Our 2006 investors have now permanently waived both their right to have their warrants registered and to receive penalty payments for our failure to register their warrants. Thus, it is important to note that we do not have any monetary obligation in respect of these warrants. In addition, we believe we now have a strong argument to remove the warrant liability from our balance sheet at December 31, 2006.

Above all else, we believe in open communication with our shareholders and hope that this letter will help explain our recent SEC filings. Please do not hesitate to contact me at [e-mail] or at 818 909 6030 ext 112 with any questions.

Respectfully,
Peter Wilkniss
Chief Financial Officer

[cyba]

gibt reichlich neue fotos auf flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=uwink&s=rec

[Buddah]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 26.207.220 von cyba am 15.12.06 16:16:49

sieht gut aus.Die Frage ist halt, ob sich das Konzept durchsetzt.
Sollte es sich durchsetzten (international) könnte uWink selbst jetzt noch nen Tenbagger werden.(man schaue sich zB mal nen Langzeitchart von Starbucks an)
Aktuell ist halt schon ne Menge eingepreist.cyba,kennst Du zufällig jemanden vorort,der uns seine Eindrücke von uWink schildern kann?
Ich treffe über die Feiertage ein Bekannte aus Californien,werde sie mal befragen.
Grüsse B.

[cyba]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 26.210.860 von Buddah am 15.12.06 18:34:46

leider nein, ich hab auch nur die fotos und die berichte von den leuten vom iHub board die dort vor ort sind...
und halt die berichte die man sich so ergooglen kann von leuten die dort waren.

mein eindruck bis jetzt ist das das konzept aufzugehen scheint aber wichtiger ist jetzt für die aktie das UWNK wahrmacht was sie angekündigt haben und zwar zu franchisen.

sollte da nicht bald was kommen dann wird der kurs sicherlich weiter zurückgehen.

[cyba]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 26.210.860 von Buddah am 15.12.06 18:34:46

bekannte befragen, gute idee
anhand der berichte kommt das konzept ja vor allem bei frauen sehr gut an, und dort wo viele frauen sind...

[cyba]

Coming Soon… New uWink Web Site!

We’re in the process of updating/revamping/changing/morphing/etc. uWink’s website and it’s looking great!

We know our present website doesn’t reflect the current state of our business or our aspirations!

So Stay Tuned!

We look foward to showing you our new website in the New Year!

Happy Holidays!


http://blog.uwink.com/2006/12/21/coming-soon-new-uwink-web-s…" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://blog.uwink.com/2006/12/21/coming-soon-new-uwink-web-s…

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Atari founder serves games, food and possibly love
Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:52am ET

By Lisa Baertlein

LOS ANGELES, Dec 22 (Reuters Life!) - Lovelorn video gamers who are better with consoles than conversation, have a new venue -- a restaurant where each table has touchscreens for ordering food and for playing a variety of social games.

Entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, founder of the original Atari game company and the children's U.S. restaurant franchise Chuck E. Cheese, has set up uWink in a shopping mall in Woodland Hills, a Los Angeles suburb, to attract an adult dating set.

Bushnell, a life-long gamer and uWink's master game designer, cemented his place in video game history three decades ago when he introduced Atari's first product -- the now legendary table tennis game "Pong" -- to the world. He sold Atari in 1976, four years after its was launched.

Bushnell's new target market is 21 to 35 year old women, although he also hopes to appeal to school kids and families during the day.

"If you've got a restaurant full of women, you're automatically going to attract men," he said.

The new restaurant, which Bushnell wants to franchise, is steeped in LA cool -- with dark wood, sleek surfaces, videos projected onto walls, bistro fare and sophisticated adult cocktails.

It is a far cry from his first restaurant venture, Chuck E. Cheese, where kids go for pizza, arcade games and birthday cake, although the central theme -- gaming -- is the same. Nolan, who took Chuck E. Cheese public and left the company in 1983, has already established uWink as a public company that trades under the ticker UWNK.

Each table at uWink has a pair of touchscreens for ordering food and playing conversation-fueling trivia games covering everything from entertainment to politics and sports.

The library at uWink, which opened in October this year, already has more than two years of game content, including more than 45,000 questions that update weekly.

But Bushnell wants mingling to be the name of the game at uWink, which hosts "room games" where every table in the restaurant can compete simultaneously. The next level of play, to be introduced soon, is table-to-table competition.

Players can stand at so-called party tables and play a fast-paced, six-player game called "Ping" -- a tribute to "Pong."

Bushnell said one of his goals is to take the social risk out of buying a stranger a drink.

"The only thing we're not going to do is determine who is hot and who's isn't," he joked, referring to hotornot.com, an online dating site where people rate each other's looks.

© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&…

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Nolan Bushnell Post auf iHub:

Posted by: Buck22
In reply to: hexonx who wrote msg# 7415
Date:12/22/2006 2:20:56 PM
Post #of 7418

I want to wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous holiday season and thank you for your support and interest in our project. May 2007 exeeed all our expectations.

I am very proud of what the team has been able to accomplish this year and we have a great 07 planned.

None of this would be possible without our shareholder and customer support. Thanks!!!

From the uWink team

Happy Holidays

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uWink’s Television Debut - TOP CHEF - Wednesday, January 10th @ 10 p.m.!
December 28th, 2006

Last summer I thought uWink’s TV debut would be January 2007, when reality TV show, Top Chef, airs an episode filmed at uWink. Little did I know that we’d have CNBC, LA TV, FOX 13, AP TV, and so many others, filming uWink!

To catch uWink’s pre-opening TV debut, tune into the BRAVO channel, Wednesday, January 10th. Check your local schedule for show times, but in LA it is on at 10 p.m.

Also, we’ll be watching the episode LIVE at uWink on January 10th, so if you want to come down and join in the fun, we’d love to share with you the back story!

BTW, the episode is entitled: “Unhappy Customers”. Remember the episode was filmed at uWink over the summer, before uWink was opened, so don’t be thinkin’ that it was uWink’s customers that were unhappy!

Bon Appetit!

http://blog.uwink.com/

[cyba]

allen lesern hier ein (verspätetes) frohes, erfolgreiches und vor allem gesundes neues Jahr!

hier mal ein interessanter Bericht über uWink:

http://www.shandyking.com/2007/01/06/uwink-is-restaurant-20/

[cyba]

auf der uwink blog seite tut sich schonmal was, neue grafik:



http://blog.uwink.com/

[cyba]

uWink Hosts Season Premiere Screening of Fox's Hit TV Show ``24''
Wednesday January 10, 8:30 am ET
Guests Will Enjoy a Larger-Than-Life "24" Screening and Test "24" Knowledge with Customized Show Trivia Throughout Night

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink:



WHO:        uWink, an entertainment dining experience, serves modern

            comfort food just the way you want it through touch screen

            terminals located at each table. uWink opened in

            mid-October 2006. The unique restaurant concept was

            created by Nolan Bushnell, the founder and former CEO of

            Atari and Chuck E. Cheese. Mr. Bushnell saw a need for a

            social, interactive dining environment where adults can

            engage with one another and enjoy food, drinks and fun.

            uWink was born from this vision.



WHAT:       uWink will host two special screening events for the

            two-day, four hour season premiere of Fox's hit TV show

            "24."



            uWink will project the season premiere on the walls for a

            larger-than-life screening experience. Guests will be

            eligible to win prizes, including free desserts and

            t-shirts, by competing in a "24 Trivia Challenge" that

            will take place during commercials throughout the

            two-hour premiere.



            uWink will continue to host weekly screenings of "24" each

            Monday at 9 P.M. Each screening will offer fans a chance

            to compete for prizes by answering custom "24" trivia

            questions. Also, uWink is challenging guests to write

            their own "24" trivia questions and submit them for a

            chance to win various prizes.



WHERE:      uWink

            Westfield Promenade

            6100 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, 2310

            Woodland Hills, CA 91367



WHEN:       Sunday, January 14:

            8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.

            Monday, January 15:

            8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.

Contact:

uWink
Jamie Haley, 818-635-6809
Alissa Bushnell, 415-235-9532

Source: uWink

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uWink Featured on Tonight's Episode of Reality TV Show ``Top Chef''

Wednesday January 10, 8:25 am ET

Get a Glimpse into the Creation of a New Restaurant Concept

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), an entirely new restaurant concept that combines food, drinks, and entertainment, today announced that its initial restaurant in Woodland Hills, Calif., will be featured tonight on the hit reality TV show, "Top Chef," on BRAVO. Shot last summer before uWink opened, "Top Chef" filmed in uWink's kitchen and "shell" before construction was completed or technology installed. The show provides a glimpse into uWink's "before" and "after."

uWink is a new dining and entertainment concept from Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, where guests order food, drinks and media - such as games, comedy shorts and horoscopes - directly via touchscreen terminals at their tables. Patrons can play video games or participate in trivia contests, while they wait for their food to arrive.

"uWink is a unique concept, where food, presentation and fun come together to create the ultimate dining experience, which is exactly what the "Top Chef" contestants are striving to achieve in order to win," said Nolan Bushnell, chief executive officer at uWink, Inc. "This episode is providing us an opportunity to show the restaurant before the magic was added and showcases our unique dining concept. "Top Chef" couldn't have been a better fit for our TV debut."

The "Top Chef" episode follows the contestants as they prepare a complete dining experience in an attempt to stay on the show to compete for $100,000 and a feature in Food & Wine magazine.

There will be a live viewing of the episode at uWink, located at the Westfield Promenade in Woodland Hills, Calif., at 10 p.m. PT, and local fans are invited to attend.

Source: uWink, Inc.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 26.810.438 von cyba am 10.01.07 14:32:21

hier mal der TV Bericht von Fox 11 10 O'Clock News:

http://uwink.com/videos/fox_24.wmv

[cyba]

10QSB/A, Quarterly Report

http://research.finance.myway.com/custom/iac-com/html-secfil…

[cyba]

vom uWink blog:

Working to Fix the Wait Times on Friday and Saturday Nights
January 22nd, 2007

We know a lot of you are having trouble getting in to check us out on Friday and Saturday nights due to long wait times. In order to help solve this we are adding more tables and chairs (seats) both inside and outside to better accomodate the demand.

About 28 more steats should be added shortly. Thank you for your interest and support of uWink, and we especially thank you for your patience.

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"Your Waiter Today Will Be a Computer"
While still a blip to most restaurateurs, DIY ordering terminals could have customers across the country ordering from a touchscreen

by Kerry Miller

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jan2007/sb20070…

[cyba]

tjo, scheint so als würden viele die geduld verlieren?!

hab heute kräftig nachgekauft auch wenns der griff in das fallende messer war vielleicht, ich denke nicht das Nolan ein scammer ist.

naja wir werden auch wieder bessere tage sehen, time will tell!

[cyba]

fast wieder bei $2

http://www.fastcasual.com/article.php?id=6709&na=1

A silver lining

Not everyone is seeing doom and gloom if the minimum-wage bill is passed. Businesses offering self-service technology are hoping for a boost as restaurants seek to replace unskilled workers with devices such as self-service order pads.

Van Nuys, Calif.-based uWink debuted its first uWink Media Bistro in Los Angeles in October. The company plans to begin a nationwide expansion in 2007.

The concept, developed by Chuck E. Cheese founder Nolan Bushnell, features touchscreen ordering pads at customer tables. The pads also function as video-game consoles.

Calvin Watkins, manager of Baltimore-based Chosen Media Inc., sees the minimum-wage increase as the first step in pushing restaurants down the path followed by banks, where customers interact with technology more than people. Chosen Media sells touchscreen technology similar to that used by uWink.

According to Watkins’ calculations, a typical 40-table restaurant requires one server for every four tables, or 10 servers per shift. Adoption of touchscreen technology could cut that number down to one person for every 10 tables, or two servers per shift.

Those two people would mainly function as food runners, Watkins said.

In its 2007 forecast, the NRA named self-service technology its No. 2 trend to watch for full-service restaurants. Presently, only about 3 percent of fast-casual operators and 4 percent of fine-dining restaurants offer self-service technology, according to the forecast.

Adoption of self-service technology isn’t a matter of if, but a matter of when, Watkins said.

“It’s going to be a generational thing. Our generation is always going to want that interaction, but the younger generation has grown up with technology,” he said.

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Hot off the Press - uWink T-Shirts!

http://blog.uwink.com/2007/02/09/hot-off-the-press-uwink-t-s…



naja...

[cyba]

Moving Beyond Pong and Pizza
By Justin Ewers

Posted Sunday, February 18, 2007

WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF.-Nolan Bushnell is on fire. Sitting at a table at uWink, his sleek new digital restaurant, the inventor of Pong, the world's first video arcade game, has pushed aside his plate of garlic and mushroom pasta to show he's still got it. Booting up Sharp Shooter, a basketball video game designed by uWink, Bushnell, 64, works the touch-screen of the computer mounted on the table in front of him with the dexterity of a 12-year-old. He sinks shot after shot-nine in a row-until flames consume the basket. Finally, a ball bounces out, and his score appears on the screen. Bushnell furrows his brow: "I'm better than that," he says.

It's not the first time the thought has occurred to Bushnell. Not only did this founding father of the digital age invent Pong in 1972, but his fledgling software company, Atari, also launched one of the first home video game consoles a few years later. Bushnell sold Atari for $28 million in 1976, but he never stopped designing new ways to make gaming better. Later that year, worried that seedy arcades weren't good places for kids to play, Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's, a still-thriving pizza parlor-cum-video game palace.

Now, Bushnell is at it again. In October, he opened the first of what he hopes will be a worldwide chain of uWink restaurants, a dining-entertainment experience where customers can not only order food from computer consoles at their tables but play games and challenge strangers to table-to-table trivia tournaments. Call it an adult version of Chuck E. Cheese's for the 21st century-minus the creepy mechanical mice, of course-and this time, the food will be palatable, too. "People used to joke when we were starting that we'd have to forget everything we knew about pizza-making," says Bushnell with a laugh. "I understood what they meant." UWink's executive chef is a Wolfgang Puck alum.

Click to order. Bushnell's new eatery, with its stylish white walls and waterproof computer consoles, is not only a far cry from Chuck E. Cheese's-it's a radical leap away from the way most other restaurants operate. "I have a rule about not doing things twice," says Bushnell. "In some ways, I didn't do this sooner because I didn't want to replow an old field." The combination of touch-screen technology and networked computing, he thinks, has paved the way for a new kind of restaurant. Apart from its ever present video games, there are no waiters at uWink, only "runners" who bring diners their already-ordered food. Want salad dressing on the side? A few clicks will do the trick. Accidentally drop a fork on the ground? Same goes. "The most difficult hire of the restaurant set is good waiters and waitresses," says Bushnell. UWink avoids the problem entirely. Eliminating waiters, Bushnell estimates, will cut uWink's costs by 6 percent-not an insignificant number for a publicly traded company looking to franchise. He plans to open six restaurants in L.A. and Las Vegas by the end of the year.

Labor savings aside, Bushnell hopes uWink's games will be its main attraction. "Most video games today are too isolating," he insists. "I want to bring the social back into game play." UWink is everything Halo and Grand Theft Auto are not: Its more than 40 games-which range from PG-13 "truth or dare" challenges to lightning-round trivia matches-are neither violent nor complex. Their target audience is a decidedly new demographic: 21-to-35-year-old women. "Where the women go, men follow," he chuckles. Equally true, of course, over the past 30 years: Where Nolan Bushnell goes, entire industries have been known to follow.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/070218/26eespo…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 27.845.788 von cyba am 20.02.07 12:49:27

He plans to open six restaurants in L.A. and Las Vegas by the end of the year.

endlich mal ein grund nach vegas zu fliegen

[cyba]

uWink Issues Stockholder Letter Detailing Progress of Business
Tuesday February 20, 8:00 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a publicly-held digital entertainment company, today provided shareholders with a letter from CEO Nolan Bushnell updating them on the progress of the business since the opening of the company's first restaurant.

"Today, I am very proud to announce that we believe that uWink has delivered strong proof of concept for the next innovation in the restaurant industry," stated Nolan Bushnell, CEO.

Following is the full text of the letter:

February 20, 2007

Dear Shareholder,

I wanted to personally thank you for your support and give you an
assessment of the progress of uWink and our first restaurant. Today, I
am very proud to announce that we believe that uWink has delivered
strong proof of concept for the next innovation in the restaurant
industry.

Since we opened the doors to our prototype restaurant in Woodland
Hills, California on October 16, 2006, our monthly revenues have grown
steadily from $30,000 in October to $87,000 in November to $161,000 in
December to $185,000 in January '07. We expect to continue our revenue
growth as we layer in additional capacity and software designed to
create activities that will add revenue streams and fill the
restaurant during traditionally slow times.

With little promotion, we are currently serving approximately 3,000 -
3,500 guests per week in Woodland Hills, and these guests are playing
between 50,000 and 60,000 games per week on our terminals. Our
customers' level of engagement with our entertainment offerings has
far exceeded our expectations.

The uWink experience - the ambience, the food, the fun, the service -
is attracting new customers everyday. We are currently running one
hour-plus wait times on weekends. We will be adding additional inside
and outside seating in the next few weeks to meet the current and
growing crowds.

Just to note, all of this has been accomplished in LESS THAN FOUR
MONTHS, with word of mouth being our main promotion vehicle. I'm very
proud that we have been able to prove our concept, despite opening our
first restaurant in a historically difficult restaurant location, and
that we have become a destination for so many.

And, as with any innovative endeavor, we are working to improve things
in response to customer feedback. In the next few weeks we will be
making significant changes to our ordering process to give our
customers more flexibility and control over when and how their orders
are sent to the kitchen. We are also making improvements to the
checkout process and plan to make noteworthy changes to our table,
chair and terminal designs in our next location.

Over the next several weeks we plan on rolling out the next phase in
uWink game play, which will allow group competitions and tournament
play. Stay tuned! We believe this is a very important addition to the
overall uWink experience. To help build the uWink community and to
better communicate the uWink experience, we will be unveiling a
significant upgrade to our website. This new website is designed to be
flexible enough to grow along with us, and robust enough to provide
our fans, shareholders, franchisees and customers all the information,
community and resources they need.

Our food reviews from the press and customers have been excellent, a
testament to our Executive Chef Greg Schroeppel's menu and execution.
Following are quotes from some of the press food reviews:

"The food is designed to be a primary draw. The globally inspired
menu of uWink includes such appetizers as Thai-style chicken
lettuce cups, barbecued pork sliders and hummus with olive
tapanade served with fried yucca chips."
- LISA JENNINGS, NATION'S RESTAURANT NEWS

"Burger fanciers can enjoy a field day here, being able to make
their half-pounder just about any way they like it. "Build your
own" invites the alluring option. Just touch the screen and you
get what you want here. Even your horoscope."
- LARRY LIPSON, RESTAURANT REVIEWER LA DAILY NEWS

We plan on growing through a combination of company-owned and
franchised stores. We are currently in active negotiations on a number
of additional restaurant sites in the Los Angeles and greater
California areas. In addition, we are in various stages of
negotiations with a number of potential franchisees. While we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to secure additional sites or sell
franchises, we hope to have some definitive news for you in the coming
weeks and months.

Overall, I am extremely impressed with where we are to date. I'm proud
to be part of the great team that has effectively transformed this
innovative concept into a successful reality. Thank you for your
support and I look forward to a prosperous future.

Sincerely,
Nolan Bushnell
CEO
uWink, Inc.

Source: uWink, Inc.

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uWink to Present at Restaurant Investment Conference March 6, 2007 in Las Vegas
Wednesday February 28, 8:30 am ET
Restaurant Finance Monitor's Spring Conference Will Outline Industry-Leading Experts' Ideas and Recommendations for 2007 Restaurant Investment Landscape

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), an entirely new restaurant concept that combines food, drinks, and entertainment, today announced it will present at the Spring Restaurant Investment Conference on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 8 a.m. CEO Nolan Bushnell, former founder and CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, will discuss uWink's unique restaurant concept - where guests use touchscreen terminals to order food, drinks and entertainment options directly from the table - and its plans for expansion through additional company-owned restaurants and its franchise program.

A live audio webcast will be available at the Investor Relations section of the company's website (www.uwink.com), and an archived audio webcast of the presentation will be available until March 13, 2007.

What: The Restaurant Finance Monitor's Spring Restaurant Investment
Conference is a two-day investment and economic conference
attended by leading restaurant, financial and economic
experts, including a number of recognized Wall Street
analysts, who will discuss the current restaurant investment
landscape and provide their ideas and investment
recommendations for 2007.

When: Tuesday, March 6, 2007
8 a.m.

Where: The Rio Hotel
3700 W. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89103

uWink, Inc. is a publicly-held digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, Calif., that develops interactive entertainment for restaurants, bars and mobile devices. Led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE: CEC - News), uWink recently launched a new entertainment dining experience called uWink that leverages uWink's proprietary network and entertainment software. The first uWink restaurant opened in October 2006 in Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.uwink.com.


Contact:

uWink
Alissa Bushnell-Tappan, 415-235-9532
[e-mail]
or
104 West Partners
Ashley Cox Cohen, 303-522-0783
[e-mail]

Source: uWink, Inc.

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US Entrepreneur Serves High-Tech Restaurant Fare
By Mike O'Sullivan
Los Angeles
28 February 2007


A pioneer in the video game industry, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, is blending high-tech entertainment with high-end cuisine in a new venture called uWink. Mike O'Sullivan reports, Bushnell hopes to bring computer consoles to corner restaurants throughout the United States and overseas.


Nolan Bushnell

Bushnell founded Atari games in the 1970s, then sold the company to Warner Communications for $28 million in 1976. Then, he concentrated on his chain of pizza restaurants, called Chuck E. Cheese's, which still operate under different management. The restaurants serve up pizza and games in a noisy environment custom-made for children.

Today, Bushnell is trying a modified concept for the adult market, with his first restaurant in suburban Los Angeles. At the center of each table is a touch-screen console on which patrons order their drinks and meals.

"What we want to do is to make, first of all, a very, very good restaurant - good food, good fun," said Nolan Bushnell. "But the automatic ordering makes it so that the fun actually starts when you are ordering your food. It is faster, it is easier, and it is actually more controllable than a waiter-waitress kind of a experience."


High-tech uWink bar

The computer console is also a labor-saving device. The electronic ordering system reduces the number of servers needed in the restaurant.

Patrons can play games as they wait for their food or after they finish eating, testing their knowledge of trivia, or taking a three-dimensional tour of the world's historic sites.

"You can see what it looks like to be standing in the middle of the Gaudi Park in Barcelona, or on a street scene in Portugal, or standing in the grand ballroom of the Vienna Opera House," he said.

The restaurant is aimed at patrons of all ages, and the games are intended to add to restaurant's party atmosphere. Bushnell says many who come are skeptics.

"A lot of people have come at the behest of their friends, or what have you," explained Nolan Bushnell. "And they thought, well OK, I'll do the ordering, but I'm not a game player. I would say that at least 20 or 30 percent of the people that come have not played a game for 20 years or 30 years. Zero percentage of the people leave without playing some games and having a great time."

He says games are part of the attraction, and food is the other part. His executive chef trained at high-end restaurants, including the well-known Spago. Bushnell says he makes American standards, sometimes with a twist, such as a hamburger topped with guava sauce.

"Hamburgers, pizza, pasta, some interesting fish and meat entrees, as well as some tremendous salads and soups," he said.

Bushnell plans to extend uWinks across the United States with both company-owned restaurants and a franchise operation, then move into Asia and Europe. He says customers seem to like the concept. In one recent week, 3,500 patrons dined on burgers, salads and pasta, and played 60,000 games.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-28-voa77.cfm?rss=unit…

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Wild game on the menu at Bushnell's new eatery
The serial entrepreneur and inventor of 'Pong' put computer touch- screens at each table.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Times Staff Writer
March 5, 2007

With Chuck E. Cheese's, Nolan Bushnell created a place where a kid can be a kid. At his new restaurant in Woodland Hills, an adult can be a kid.

UWink Media Bistro is a mash-up of Bushnell's greatest hits.

As founder of Atari Inc., he created the electronic table-tennis game "Pong" and the Atari 2600 game console, which together jump-started the video game industry in the 1970s. His next commercial venture, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater, proved that the unlikely combination of animatronic mice and pepperoni could indeed mix.

His new restaurant in the Westfield Promenade, uWink, distills the two ideas, seeking to re-create the infectious fun of early arcade games while serving food for a more mature palate — such as slow-roasted pork and crispy calamari.

At uWink, food and frolic are delivered through interactive touch-screen displays, which stand back-to-back like pup tents in the center of every table. Guests can use those screens to place orders, challenge one another to a quick trivia game or giggle about a palm reading. It's designed to appeal to women, who flock to such computer games as solitaire and "Bejeweled" but have been largely ignored by console game developers.

The spare, sleek lines of the interior, the angular seats and the light walls that serve as video projection screens lend it a futuristic feel that complements the electronica.

Whether it's a recipe for success remains to be seen. The company is so strapped for cash, Bushnell had to personally sign the lease for its first location.

Playing games is his life's work. Now 64 and living in Brentwood, this gray-bearded giant of a man hasn't let the kid in him die. Respected technologists consider him a one-man incubator, whose agile mind dreams up personal robots, talking teddy bears and other fanciful concepts — sometimes long before they're commercially viable.

"In the early days of the video game business, everybody played," Bushnell said. "The question is, what happened? My theory — and I think it's pretty well borne out — is that in the '80s, games got gory, and that lost the women. And then they got complex, and that lost the casual gamer."

That nostalgia for simplicity has worked for Nintendo Co., the Japanese entertainment company that courts people who don't want to devote hours to mastering the complex button-mashing combinations required to play most console games. Its Wii console — which features a motion-sensing controller that, for example, users can swing to launch a virtual tennis serve — outsold Sony's hotly anticipated PlayStation 3 more than 2 to 1 last holiday season.

UWink has taken both design and marketing cues from Nintendo. All of uWink's short-form games can be played with the most elemental of controllers — the index finger. And the electronic diversions themselves — horoscopes, love meters and a trivia game called Zillionaire — have a slumber-party feel.

Bushnell hopes these casual games bring out the kind of natural interaction that flows when friends or families gather to play board games.

On a Monday night in February, Carol Greenhut, 49, of Tarzana plucked away at a mah-jongg-inspired tile-matching game called "Shanghai Express," while her 13-year-old son, Henry, and his friend, AJ, watched Kiefer Sutherland's image projected on three of the bistro's walls. This weekly viewing party for the Fox show "24" attracted about two dozen people. Bushnell sat alone at the bar and later chatted with guests as he departed for the evening.

Greenhut joked that uWink was the one restaurant where her son willingly accompanied her to dinner. He can get a burger and talk to his mother as they play video games in an atmosphere she finds appealing.

"It's refreshing to do something different," she said.

Steve Cannon, 41, of Thousand Oaks invited the three friends who meet at his house each week to watch "24" to instead join him at uWink. He said he loved the techno atmosphere and his ability to control the flow of food.

"I found out about the place one week ago, and I've been back four times," he said. "I keep bringing new people."

Not every diner that night was sold on the idea of electronic conversation-starters. Cheryl Liu, 25, of West Los Angeles tested her romantic compatibility with her date, Paul Lee. Although she found meals served in the glow of a computer screen to be novel, she said the restaurant wasn't compelling enough to draw her back. "It's not something where I'd say, 'Hey, let's drive all the way to Woodland Hills,' " she said.

Dennis Lombardi, executive vice president at restaurant consultancy WD Partners, said uWink ran the risk of going the way of other narrowly targeted entertainment-themed restaurants that the public lost its taste for, such as the Fashion Cafe, which was financially backed by models.

"A lot of people play games on the Internet, but usually not in groups," Lombardi said. "They may play in a virtual environment. But that's different from saying, 'I'm going to go somewhere with two or three of my friends and do this.' "

More fundamental obstacles could prevent uWink from becoming Bushnell's next great franchise. UWink Inc. has accumulated losses of $33.5 million, and its accountants have questioned whether it can raise enough money to stay in business or fund its planned expansion, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bushnell offered an upbeat assessment of the restaurant's prospects in a recent letter to shareholders. He wrote that the company's revenue grew steadily from about $30,000 in October, the first month in operation, to $185,000 in January, without much advertising. He said guests were playing 50,000 to 60,000 games a week at the restaurant's terminals, and he was negotiating to open more restaurants in California.

Bushnell has founded more than 20 companies during a career marked by tremendous success for some while other concepts, such as the Androbot mobile companion, never caught on.

He sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976 for a reported $28 million. Shortly after that came a business Warner wasn't interested in developing: Chuck E. Cheese's, the pizza joint where, as its slogan says, "a kid can be a kid."

The chain expanded and sales soared to more than $100 million in three years, but Bushnell was forced to resign after two failed reorganization attempts. It has since emerged from bankruptcy and, under new ownership, grown to more than 500 restaurants.

Bushnell also hatched a plan to create talking teddies that could respond to children's voices. He sold the idea to Hasbro Inc., which a decade later turned the concept into the Furby.

"This isn't Nolan's biggest idea — this is Nolan's latest idea," technology forecaster Paul Saffo said. "He always makes money off 'em."

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Bringing Technology to the Dinner Table

We recently told you about how Disney is staying on top of technology trends with audio-animatronic Muppets, and now, a new restaurant is incorporating technology into its theme. uWink Media Bistro opened last October in Woodland Hills, just outside of Los Angeles. The idea for the high-tech bistro came from Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari Inc. and creator of the table-tennis game, "Pong," and the children's restaurant chain, Chuck E. Cheese's.

The goal of uWink Media Bistro is to bring back the fun of early arcade games while still serving a more sophisticated menu for adults. Each table includes two interactive touch-screen displays that stand back-to back in the center of the table. With those screens, customers can place orders, play trivia games and even experience a palm reading. Though many gaming companies target a mostly male demographic, uWink's touch-screen displays are targeted more toward women.

It's too soon to tell if this restaurant is just a trend or if it has lasting power, but all the same, it's a new, creative idea that definitely falls outside the box.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/entry/175368.html

[cyba]

heute ist übrigens die "Restaurant Investment Conference" in Las Vegas

hier die uWink PowerPoint Präsentation dazu:

http://www.uwink.com/documents/20070306_presentation.ppt

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Totaler Schrottwert!!

Überbewertet ohne Ende - Konsi muss her!!

m.M.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 28.261.226 von SlayGrosswildjaeger am 12.03.07 21:07:38

ach slay

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antwort der IR auf eine besorgte investor email:

Dear Don,

We are working very hard on franchises and we hope we can make some announcements regarding expansion very shortly. In the meantime, please know that we're very excited about what we've accomplished so far. What seems to be getting lost a little bit is that we've successfully implemented self-service ordering and at-the-table entertainment technology in a full service restaurant, something that has never been done before. And, our customers are loving it! Which is reflected in our extremely positive word of mouth and long weekend wait times. Based on what we see day to day in the restaurant we are very optimistic about the future.

Again, thank you for interest and support of uWink.

Best,
Alissa

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beta seite ist wieder offen:

http://beta.uwink.com/

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Form 8-K for UWINK, INC.

2-Apr-2007

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation


ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On April 2, 2007, we completed the sale of $857,000 of convertible promissory notes to 19 accredited individual investors. The notes have a six month term, accrue interest at 10% and are secured by the assets of the Company. The notes are convertible, at the option of the holder, into the same securities issued by the Company in (and on the same terms and conditions pari passu with the investors in) any offering of its securities that results in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $3,000,000. Upon conversion, the holder is entitled to receive, as a conversion incentive, additional securities equal to 20% of the aggregate principal value plus accrued interest converted. Among those participating in this transaction, were Peter Wilkniss, our Chief Financial Officer, who invested $25,000 and Dennis Nino, the brother-in-law of our CEO, who invested $50,000.

We are using the proceeds from this transaction for working capital purposes.

The form of convertible promissory note is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1.

The securities issued to these investors have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and until so registered the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or availability of an applicable exemption from registration.

This announcement is not an offer to sell securities of uWink, Inc.

The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of convertible promissory note attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1.


Item 2.03. CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION

The information called for by this item is contained in Item 1.01, which is incorporated by reference.


Item 3.02. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The information called for by this item is contained in Item 1.01, which is incorporated by reference.

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10KSB:

http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx…

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Entertainment Executive Joins uWink Board of Directors
Monday April 9, 8:30 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), an entirely new restaurant concept that combines food, drinks, and entertainment, announced today that Liz Heller, CEO and founder of Buzztone, Inc., a marketing company that combines online and off-line word-of-mouth marketing techniques, has joined uWink's Board of Directors. Ms. Heller is one of the most active "Internet entertainment" executives in Hollywood, bringing a wealth of experience and contacts throughout the entertainment and technology industries to uWink's Board.

Ms. Heller is known as a new media pioneer. She has produced movies, launched brands, and built a client roster that includes some of the top brands and companies in America, including: Pepsi, Atlantic Records, Microsoft, AOL, Paramount Pictures, Discovery Networks, Warner Bros., Electronic Arts, and many more.

"We are very excited to have Liz join our board. Her knowledge will be a tremendous asset as we continue to build out uWink's content and entertainment offering," said Nolan Bushnell, uWink's CEO. "Liz has always impressed me with her understanding of new mediums and her ability to leverage them from a marketing and branding perspective. We look forward to the contributions that she will make as we enter the next phase of the company's growth."

"The first time I visited uWink it became very clear to me that this restaurant concept is a hit due to the unique way in which technology and social experiences meld in a dining environment," said Ms. Heller. "And the opportunity to work with Nolan, the creator of two very well known and global brands, while he develops another worldwide company is very exciting. I also look forward to working with uWink's esteemed group of board members to help shape the direction of the company."

At Buzztone, Ms. Heller works to facilitate consumer connections on behalf of brands in the cause, entertainment, media, and product industries. As chief visionary she is in charge of creative content, strategy, operations and funding. The most recent example of her influence in this arena includes Buzztone's work on initiatives like the launch of the (PRODUCT) RED and Stop Global Warming's Virtual March.

Prior to founding Buzztone, Ms. Heller served as Executive Vice President of Capitol Records from 1994 to 1999 and led the charge in developing award winning websites such as Hollywoodandvine.com and Bluenote.com. Ms. Heller also oversaw Capitol's soundtrack department, executive producing hit records such as Hope Floats, Good Will Hunting and There's Something about Mary. In 1995, Ms. Heller produced the feature film adaptation of Jim Carroll's "The Basketball Diaries," which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis. Ms. Heller was also VP of Artist Development for MCA Records. She started her career at Epic Records. Ms. Heller currently resides in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles.

Source: uWink, Inc.

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http://www.consumermachine.com/?p=137

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Have some fries with that multiplayer game
Robert Mitchell

April 11, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Nolan Bushnell, the legendary high-tech inventor who founded Atari and the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant franchise, is at it again with his latest venture, uWink. Like Chuck E. Cheese, uWink, launched last October, is a restaurant with a high-tech twist. Instead of video games, however, this time it's all about social networking and high-tech entertainment. Computerworld's Robert L. Mitchell spoke with Bushnell, the company's CEO, and his daughter, game designer and publicist Alissa Bushnell, about the start-up, which Bushnell hopes to franchise across the country.


Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari
and Chuck E. Cheese, is trying to
mix social networking and food with
his newest venture.

What's the idea behind uWink? It's to create an entertainment facility that combines food and fun but in a more at-the-table relationship. We really want to create social games. These are games that a lot of people can play in which conversation actually increases as opposed to decreases, and everybody is having a great time. Everybody has a digital life these days, but every once in a while, they want to leave the house and actually meet somebody. We're here to facilitate that.

But isn't uWink also a restaurant? That's correct. We have a touch-screen terminal at every table, sometimes two. You can order food, and then you can order the drinks, and then you can ... play games. Some are free, some are pay. The objective is to have a technology environment that increases conversation. All of the walls are also dressed with video so that we can change the look and feel of the restaurant.


The goal is to encourage teens and others to spend
lots of time, and money, while playing games like this
e-version of Truth or Dare.

What technology are you using? It's custom-built; we're using Python. We interface with a Volante open-source [point-of-sale] system. We use Mac minis at the terminal level. It's very robust in that we have very serious backup servers, and the restaurant is actually run on DC, so we don't have to run AC out to the tables.

So the order system at each table is a Mac mini? It's a flat-panel touch screen that is driven by a Mac mini.

Since you order from a screen instead of a server, how do customers get their food? You order your food, and it's brought to the table. What is interesting about that is it feels blindingly fast. Sometimes you touch an order of a Coke ... and boom, it's at your table. Everything else seems slow once you've gotten used to this. After a customer places an order and swipes the access card to confirm, it takes only moments for a ticket to print for the item that they have requested. Any drink requests print at the bar to be filled and then are delivered by runners. Any food requests print at the ticket machine in the kitchen. After the item is prepared by the kitchen, it is quickly delivered to its table by designated food runners.


The terminal at each table gives users a choice of free and paid content, as well as food and drink.

What sorts of social networking games do you offer? Can tables play against each other? The table-to-table thing is about putting you on the same team as opposed to putting you on different teams. Alissa did a game called Truth or Dare, an old teenage party game. But we did it electronically, and it is hugely successful. People do it and end up standing on chairs and singing like Britney Spears and all kinds of funny stuff.

I assume that you want people to order food and keep tables turning over. How do you keep people from parking themselves at tables for long periods of time and just playing games? If you price things correctly, I'm very happy to have people sit and spend money playing games. What happens is, after a period of time, the free games go away. And so if you're going to be there playing, we'll be happy to host you. We can make money through game playing, or we can make money through food. We really don't care.

We believe that we will end up with 25% to 30% of our revenue coming from non-food and -drink sources. Since we opened the doors to our prototype restaurant in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Oct. 16, 2006, our monthly revenues have grown steadily from $30,000 in October to $87,000 in November to $161,000 in December to $185,000 in January '07. We have not broken out or publicly announced the revenue split between food and game revenues.

What's next? We think there's a huge advertising opportunity for us. The amount of page views we have is astounding. It's Internet kinds of numbers in one little restaurant. As we build out our chain, that will be a huge, huge opportunity for us.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewA…

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Ausbruch nach oben

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=UWNK&p=D&yr=0&mn=4&dy=0&id=…

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 28.845.703 von cyba am 16.04.07 21:53:21

etwas zu früh gefreut
denke hier müssen solid news her... franchise oder neues eigenes restaurant...

[cyba]

neue website jetzt online:

http://www.uwink.com/

[cyba]

Posted by: nosleep
In reply to: None
Date:4/28/2007 11:41:52 PM
Post #of 10893

check it out! Uwink in the news in Canada.

http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/bplayer/ElevenP.html

Click the link and on the right hand side there is a link called "play with your food" it's just over 3 minutes long. This aired in Vancouver on CTV news last night, april 27.

According to the report there has been over 200 franchise inquiries. You'd think a couple of 200 would be good to go ;-0

Looked busy and looked like lots of people were having fun! Enjoy the video!

Uwink, Uwait, Uwin! I think the saying goes, raar! C'mon Nolan give us the news we want!

Nosleep

[cyba]

uWink to Open New Location at The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles
Tuesday May 1, 8:30 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, a new restaurant that combines food, drinks and entertainment, today announced that it has signed a letter of intent to open a new location at the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles. The new uWink restaurant is scheduled to open by early 2008.

The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center is a 250,000 square foot retail entertainment lifestyle center with a distinctive outdoor-oriented design. It is one of the most recognizable retail assets in the Southern California marketplace. The focal point of the complex is a centralized courtyard where consumers access the collection of shops and restaurants within the property.

The center boasts a strong national and regional tenant base. The tenant mix successfully appeals to a broad range of consumers living in the property's primary and extended trade areas. These trade areas stretch to the South Bay cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance as well as the Westside communities of Culver City, Westwood and Santa Monica.

The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center is situated between Howard Hughes Parkway and Sepulveda Boulevard, located only three miles north of the Los Angeles International Airport on one of the most highly trafficked sections of the Interstate 405, and benefits from unparalleled freeway visibility.

Its major tenants include The Bridge Cinema De Lux; Nordstrom Rack; Borders Books; Marie Callender's Grill; Starbucks Coffee; Ben & Jerry's; Jamba Juice; Johnny Rockets; Islands; Subway; Mrs. Fields and Rubio's Baja Grill.

"We're excited to open in this prime Los Angeles location," said Nolan Bushnell, chief executive officer of uWink. "This is a perfect spot for us given its accessibility to our prime demographic living on the Westside of Los Angeles."

"We are very pleased to bring this innovative and distinctive restaurant concept to The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center," said Todd Siegel, Asset Manager at PASSCO Companies, LLC. "It's a perfect addition that will be a fantastic new venue for our clientele."

uWink is an entirely new restaurant concept that combines food, drinks, and entertainment - inviting guests to eat, drink and play at the same time, from their tables. Guests order food, drinks and media directly via touchscreen terminals at their tables while uWink runners deliver guests' selections quickly and accurately.

uWink, Inc. is a publicly-held digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, Calif., that develops interactive entertainment for restaurants, bars and mobile devices. Led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE:CEC - News), uWink recently launched a new entertainment dining experience called uWink that leverages uWink's proprietary network and entertainment software. The first uWink restaurant opened in October 2006 in Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.uwink.com.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

Citi's Chief Economist to Address Valley Economic Summit

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., May 01, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Lewis S. Alexander, chief economist and head of Citi's Economic and Market Analysis (EMA) department, will discuss national economic trends at the 2007 San Fernando Valley Economic Summit, co-presented by the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley and California State University Northridge. The Summit will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2007 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City. It will also feature video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell, CEO and founder of uWink, Inc. (UWNK) , who will address entertainment technology and creativity in the 21st century and its significant presence and impact on the Valley region.

Previously, Alexander served as global head for emerging markets in Citi's EMA department from 1999-2005. Prior to Citigroup, he had a long career at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where he served most recently as deputy director, division of international finance. Alexander received his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1987. He also holds A.M. and A.B. degrees in economics from Stanford University.

Bushnell is known for bringing "PONG," Atari Corporation, and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater to the masses, and is revered as the "Father of the Video Game Industry." With uWink, Inc., he and his team have built a social entertainment restaurant concept where guests can order their food, drinks, and entertainment via touch screens at their table. The prototype is based at Westfield Promenade Mall in Woodland Hills, and Bushnell plans to open more. The 2007 San Fernando Valley Economic Summit is sponsored by Van Nuys-Los Angeles World Airports, and will feature first releases of the 5th annual Economic Forecast of the San Fernando Valley by the Economic Research Center at Cal State Northridge, sponsored by Citibank; and the 4th annual San Fernando Valley Real Estate Outlook by the Center For Real Estate at Cal State Northridge.

The Summit will also feature California Real Estate Commissioner Jeff Davi, an Exhibitor Expo, and eight dynamic panels including key industry trends - entertainment, manufacturing, mixed-use developments, international trade, financing real estate projects, tax and equity optimization structure, "green" buildings' current issues, and the 2007 apartment market outlook.

Tickets are $125; tables of 10 are $1,250. Contact the Economic Alliance at 818.379.7000, www.economicalliance.org.

SOURCE: Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley

Economic Alliance
Karen Pearson, 818-370-7000
[e-mail]

Copyright Business Wire 2007

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und damit ist das 3. restaurant angekündigt... PR kommt noch

Full May 7th Summary - UWINK GOES HOLLYWOOD

http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx…

On May 7, 2007 the Company issued a press release announcing that it has signed a letter of intent to open a new restaurant location at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. This transaction remains subject to the execution of a definitive lease agreement. Assuming prompt execution of the definitive lease agreement for the location, the new uWink restaurant is expected to open by early 2008. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.


UWINK GOES HOLLYWOOD: NEW LOCATION TO OPEN AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER

CIM Group Brings Rising-Star Restaurant to Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., - May 7, 2007 - uWink, a new restaurant that combines food, drinks and entertainment, today announced that it has signed a letter of intent to open a new location at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. The new 6,500 square foot uWink restaurant is scheduled to open by early 2008.

Hollywood & Highland Center has 387,000 square feet of national and local fashion and luxury retailers, some of Hollywood's hottest clubs and restaurants and the 3,400-seat Kodak Theatre.

Hollywood & Highland Center attracts over 18 million visitors per year. At this one-of-a-kind, high profile destination, the best in retail, fine dining and unique entertainment venues come together with the vibrant world of today's Hollywood. Directly connected to the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Center is a hot spot for locals as well as a "must see" destination for international visitors.

"We loved this location from the moment we saw it," said Nolan Bushnell, chief executive officer of uWink. "Hollywood & Highland is the epicenter of Hollywood and the entertainment industry, which fits perfectly with uWink's mission and demographic."

"We are proud to add this rising-star restaurant to our lineup," said Terry Migliaccio, Vice President of Leasing at Hollywood & Highland Center "uWink will provide our clientele with great food, refreshing drinks and Hollywood-caliber entertainment."

The center features over 60 top retailers, nine of L.A.'s finest restaurants, Grauman's Chinese 6 Theatres, two popular nightclubs and Lucky Strike Lanes, a high tech and trendy bowling alley/nightclub. The center's renowned Kodak Theatre is the venue for the worldwide live broadcast of THE ACADEMY AWARDS(R) CEREMONIES as well as other notable awards shows, such as THE BET AWARDS, THE ESPYS, THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALS and THE AFI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. Throughout the year, live performances at the theatre include musicals, ballets, concerts, plays and original programming.

Since acquiring the center in 2004, CIM Group has added premier retailers such as Virgin Megastore's west coast flagship in 20,000 square feet, BCBG Max Azria, Lucky Brand Jeans, Fossil and American Eagle Outfitters to its collection of top retailers.

About CIM Group:
CIM Group is an integrated, full service real estate investor with in-house acquisition, development, finance, leasing, and management capabilities. CIM Group directs its efforts towards districts of high population density, including the downtown areas within large cities, smaller "main street" districts within towns and suburban cities, and other locations which lie within the metropolitan areas of the country. Since its inception in 1994, CIM Group has been a leading force in the creation of great streets in the cities of Santa Monica, San Diego, Pasadena, Brea and Hollywood.

About uWink:
uWink is an entirely new restaurant concept that combines food, drinks, and entertainment - inviting guests to eat, drink and play at the same time, from their tables. Guests order food, drinks and media directly via touchscreen terminals at their tables while uWink runners deliver guests' selections quickly and accurately.

uWink, Inc. is a publicly-held digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, Calif., that develops interactive entertainment for restaurants, bars and mobile devices. Led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE: CEC), uWink recently launched a new entertainment dining experience called uWink that leverages uWink's proprietary network and entertainment software. The first uWink restaurant opened in October 2006 in Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.uwink.com.

Media Contact:

Alissa Bushnell
VP, Marketing and Public Relations
uWink
415-235-9532
[e-mail]

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.190.877 von cyba am 07.05.07 16:59:09

und hier die PR:

uWink Goes Hollywood: New Location to Open at Hollywood & Highland Center
Monday May 7, 7:04 pm ET
CIM Group Brings Rising-Star Restaurant to Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, a new restaurant that combines food, drinks and entertainment, today announced that it has signed a letter of intent to open a new location at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. The new 6,500 square foot uWink restaurant is scheduled to open by early 2008.

Hollywood & Highland Center has 387,000 square feet of national and local fashion and luxury retailers, some of Hollywood's hottest clubs and restaurants and the 3,400-seat Kodak Theatre.

Hollywood & Highland Center attracts over 18 million visitors per year. At this one-of-a-kind, high profile destination, the best in retail, fine dining and unique entertainment venues come together with the vibrant world of today's Hollywood. Directly connected to the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Center is a hot spot for locals as well as a "must see" destination for international visitors.

"We loved this location from the moment we saw it," said Nolan Bushnell, chief executive officer of uWink. "Hollywood & Highland is the epicenter of Hollywood and the entertainment industry, which fits perfectly with uWink's mission and demographic."

"We are proud to add this rising-star restaurant to our lineup," said Terry Migliaccio, vice president of leasing at Hollywood & Highland Center. "uWink will provide our clientele with great food, refreshing drinks and Hollywood-caliber entertainment."

The center features over 60 top retailers, nine of L.A.'s finest restaurants, Grauman's Chinese 6 Theatres, two popular nightclubs and Lucky Strike Lanes, a high tech and trendy bowling alley/nightclub. The center's renowned Kodak Theatre is the venue for the worldwide live broadcast of THE ACADEMY AWARDS® CEREMONIES as well as other notable awards shows, such as THE BET AWARDS, THE ESPYS, THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALS and THE AFI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. Throughout the year, live performances at the theatre include musicals, ballets, concerts, plays and original programming.

Since acquiring the center in 2004, CIM Group has added premier retailers such as Virgin Megastore's west coast flagship in 20,000 square feet, BCBG Max Azria, Lucky Brand Jeans, Fossil and American Eagle Outfitters to its collection of top retailers.

Source: uWink

[cyba]

Hollywood & Highland gets uWinky
Monday, May 7, 2007, by jwilliams



Our new favorite obsession, sitting in silence with a dining mate while playing video trivia, is soon to arrive at our new favorite ugliest hang out. Yes, indeedy, uWink is opening a restaurant at Hollywood & Highland and suddenly the hazy skies have gone blue. In one of those ebullient press releases that could only be penned by the most highly talented flacks, we learn that uWink will open in early 2008 in a 6,500 sq. ft. space in H&H, a "hot spot for locals as well as a “must see” destination for international visitors." Via the release:

“We loved this location from the moment we saw it,” said Nolan Bushnell, chief executive officer of uWink. “Hollywood & Highland is the epicenter of Hollywood and the entertainment industry, which fits perfectly with uWink’s mission and demographic.”

“We are proud to add this rising-star restaurant to our lineup,” said Terry Migliaccio, vice president of leasing at Hollywood & Highland Center. “uWink will provide our clientele with great food, refreshing drinks and Hollywood-caliber entertainment.”

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2007/05/hollywood_highl.php

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.224.049 von cyba am 09.05.07 08:41:05

Celebrate Mother’s Day @ uWink!
May 8th, 2007

One of the coolest things about uWink is our flexibility and our ability to change and morph. We can do things that other restaurants can’t do - like change our interior to include photos from our customers - making uWink theirs! This mother’s day we’ve asked our customers to email us digital photos of their moms by May 10th and we’ll project the photos on our walls! How cool is that? At uWink, every customer is a star! mothers day

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Form 10QSB for UWINK, INC.

15-May-2007

Quarterly Report


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATIONS

PLAN OF OPERATION - UWINK RESTAURANT

We are currently operating and continuing to develop an entertainment restaurant concept called uWink. We opened our first uWink restaurant in the Westfield Promenade Shopping Center in Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles area) on October 16, 2006. We have secured an approximately 10 year lease on this location.

We spent approximately $1,000,000 to build out and equip the Woodland Hills location for our first restaurant, including approximately $400,000 on leasehold improvements; $375,000 on technology, furniture and fixtures; $180,000 on certain "pre-opening" expenses (including staffing, staff training and menu development costs and initial inventory); and $75,000 on licenses.

To staff the restaurant, we have hired an executive chef, 6 managers and 64 full time and part time non-managerial restaurant staff.

Our near term strategy is to prove our concept at the Woodland Hills location and subsequently seek to open 3 to 6 additional company-owned and/or managed restaurants within the next 6 to 12 months.

On May 1, 2007, we announced the signing of a letter of intent to open a new restaurant location at the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles, California. On May 7, 2007, we announced the signing of a letter of intent to open a new restaurant location at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. Both these transactions remain subject to the execution of a definitive lease agreement. Assuming prompt execution of the definitive lease agreements for these locations, we expect both locations to be open by early 2008. In order for us to open these new locations, as well as additional company-owned restaurants, in furtherance of our growth plans, we will, in all likelihood, need to raise additional capital.

As of the date of this report, we do not have any material commitments for capital expenditures.

Our longer term growth strategy is to open additional company-owned and/or company-managed restaurants in new markets and to franchise our concept, focusing on multiple-unit area development agreements with experienced operators. We are targeting a mix of one-third company-owned restaurants and two-thirds franchised restaurants. We expect we will also seek to generate additional revenue through the sale of media equipment to franchisees.

We expect that we can currently satisfy our cash requirements for the next 2 to 3 months. We expect to need to raise additional amounts of capital through the sale of our equity or debt securities within the next 2 to 3 months because we do not expect to have sufficient funds remaining following completion of the build out to fund our corporate overhead and expenses and growth; and we do not expect the cash flow from our first restaurant location to be sufficient to cover our corporate overhead and expenses and growth. As of the date of this report, we have no commitments for the sale of our securities nor can we assure you that such funds will be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Should we be unable to raise the required funds, our ability to finance our operations and growth will be materially adversely affected.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

GENERAL

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related footnotes for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2007 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB. The discussion of results, causes and trends should not be construed to imply any conclusion that such results or trends will necessarily continue in the future.

OVERVIEW

We are a digital entertainment company, based in Los Angeles, California, that designs and develops interactive entertainment software and platforms for restaurants, bars, and mobile devices. Over several years of operation, we have invested substantial time and capital in the development of over 70 short-form video games (uWink Game Library) and our SNAP! countertop game machine and Bear Shop entertainment vending product.

From 2003-2006, we largely derived our revenue from the sale of SNAP! countertop game platforms (and its predecessor platforms) and the Bear Shop entertainment vending machine, related clothing, and software licensing fees.

Our entertainment vending platform, Bear Shop, offers animated point of purchase vending. The Bear Shop product allows customers to pick outfits and accessories for a plush/stuffed bear using an interactive touch screen resulting in thousands of combinations. The foundation of the Bear Shop product is an interactive entertainment-vending platform that we believe can be leveraged to create various vending machine products.

We have made a strategic decision to reposition ourselves as an entertainment restaurant company. As a result, we wound down our SNAP! and Bear Shop manufacturing and sales operations and we decided not to enter the 2006 or 2007 marketing cycle of tradeshows and advertising for SNAP! and Bear Shop. This decision also allowed us to liquidate inventory and product-related receivables. Given our perception of the market opportunity in combining dining with short form, social video gaming/entertainment and our management team's experience in the digital entertainment and restaurant industries, we believe that the restaurant project is the most cost effective way to monetize our investment in technology. As a result, we have licensed our SNAP! and the Bear Shop intellectual property to third party manufacturers in exchange for licensing fees.

Going forward, our strategy is to leverage our network and entertainment software assets, including the uWink Game Library, to develop and operate an interactive entertainment restaurant concept called uWink. The uWink concept is designed to allow customers to order food, drinks, games from the uWink Game Library and other digital media at the table through touch screen terminals. This concept integrates food and our interactive entertainment software to provide what we believe to be a new entertainment dining experience.

We believe that the software platforms and touch screen terminals we have developed, and are continuing to develop, for our restaurant concept can be deployed in other restaurants, bars and mobile devices. While we have no current plans to do so, we may in the future seek opportunities to employ these assets in some or all of these other venues.

We are aiming our concept to compete in the "fast-casual dining" segment of the restaurant market. We believe we combine some of the best elements of the fast-casual dining market, including freshly prepared food with generous portions at attractive price points and quick turnaround times, with our innovative touch screen ordering and entertainment to create a new experience for fast-casual dining patrons.

We opened our first uWink restaurant in Woodland Hills, California in the Westfield Promenade Shopping Center at 6100 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Woodland Hills, California 91367 on October 16, 2006.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

In 2006, with the commencement of restaurant operations, we adopted a 52/53-week fiscal year ending on the Tuesday closest to December 31st, and fiscal quarters ending on the Tuesday closest to March 31, June 30 and September 30, as applicable, for financial reporting purposes. As a result, our 2006 fiscal year ended on January 2, 2007 and our fiscal first quarter 2007 ended on April 3, 2007. For purposes of the following discussion, the three month periods ended April 3, 2007 and March 31, 2006 are sometimes referred to as fiscal quarters.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation as a going concern. We have incurred a net loss of $1,291,546 for the three months ended April 3, 2007, and as of April 3, 2007, we had an accumulated deficit of $36,425,161. These conditions raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Fiscal first quarter 2007 compared with fiscal first quarter 2006.

Net sales for the three months ended April 3, 2007 increased by $528,529 (1,050%) to $578,876, from $50,347 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. In 2006, we wound down our SNAP! and Bear Shop manufacturing and sales operations and repositioned ourselves as an entertainment restaurant company. Revenue from our first restaurant, which opened on October 16, 2006, amounted to $557,907 (96% of total first quarter 2007 revenue) for the three months ended April 3, 2007. There was no revenue associated with our entertainment restaurant operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The other first quarter 2007 revenue of $20,969 was generated through the liquidation of part of our remaining SNAP! and Bear Shop inventories. First quarter 2006 revenue reflects the liquidation of part of our remaining SNAP! and Bear Shop inventories. In addition, we generated licensing revenue of $10,000 (20% of total revenue) in the first three months of 2006 from the licensing of some of our games to Mondobox LLC.

Cost of sales for the first quarter of 2007 totaled $198,128, compared to $34,168 for the first quarter of 2006, representing an increase of $163,960 (480%). Cost of sales for our restaurant amounted to $195,903 (35% of restaurant revenue) in the three months ending April 3, 2007. As our restaurant matures and we continue to optimize our menu and menu cost structure and generate a greater percentage of media revenue, we expect that our restaurant cost of sales will drop to the 23%-27% (of restaurant revenue) range.

Non-restaurant cost of sales amounted to $2,225 for the first quarter of 2007, as compared to $34,168 for the first quarter of 2006. The decrease in non-restaurant cost of sales is attributable to lower SNAP! and Bear Shop sales volume resulting from our decision to wind down our SNAP! and Bear Shop operations. In addition, we sold 16 Bear Shop machines in the first quarter of 2007 for $16,000. There was no cost of sales associated with these machines, as they had been fully reserved for in prior periods. As a result, our non-restaurant gross margin was 89% for the first quarter of 2007, as compared to 32% for the first quarter of 2006.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended April 3, 2007 totaled $1,658,794, compared to $395,326 for the three months ended March 31, 2006, representing an increase of $1,263,468 (320%).

The increase in SG&A is attributable to $496,469 of restaurant SG&A in 2007 (including restaurant salary and benefits expense of $339,057), higher corporate salary expense ($422,011 in 2007 as compared to $163,819 in 2006), increased engineering consulting expense ($81,980 in 2007 versus $6,651 in 2006), higher legal and accounting expense ($123,099 in 2007 versus $38,179 in 2006) and higher nominal stock option expense in 2007 resulting from the continued amortization of fair value expense of options issued prior to 2007, coupled with the recording of expense relating to the increased issuance of employee options in 2006 ($253,779 of expense for the first quarter of 2007 versus $110,034 of expense for the first quarter of 2006).

As a result, our loss from operations for the three months ended April 3, 2007 was $1,278,046, compared to a loss of $379,147 for the three months ended March 31, 2006, representing an increase of $898,899 (237%).

Total other expense for the first quarter of 2007 was $12,031, compared to $530,192 for the first quarter of 2006, representing a decrease of $518,161 (98%). This decrease was primarily attributable to the non-recurrence in 2007 of $500,444 of expense relating to the issuance of financing warrants in the first quarter of 2006.

As a result, our net loss for the first quarter of 2007 totaled $1,291,456, compared to a net loss of $909,339 for the first quarter of 2006, representing an increase of $382,117 (42%).

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of April 3, 2007, our cash position was $105,067 and we had negative working capital of $1,980,047. Working capital represents our current assets minus our current liabilities and is related to our ability to pay short term debt as it becomes due.

On April 2, 2007, we completed the sale of $857,000 of convertible promissory notes to 19 accredited individual investors, including our CFO and the brother-in-law of our CEO ($25,000 of these proceeds were received from our CFO on April 10, 2007 and accordingly we issued the $25,000 note in favor of our CFO on that date). The notes have a six month term, accrue interest at 10% and are secured by the assets of the Company. The notes are convertible, at the option of the holder, into the same securities issued by us in (and on the same terms and conditions pari passu with the investors in) any offering of our securities that results in gross proceeds to us of at least $3,000,000. Upon conversion, the holder is entitled to receive, as a conversion incentive, additional securities equal to 20% of the aggregate principal value plus accrued interest converted.

Our debt at April 3, 2007 consisted of the following:

A $32,885 loan payable to the Company's former Vice President of Marketing issued on various dates in 2004 and 2005, 10% interest secured by inventory and receivables of the Company, due November 14, 2007. On May 14, 2007, we amended the terms of this note to: reduce the interest rate from 12% to 10%; extend the term from February 15, 2007 to November 14, 2007; prohibit prepayments on the note; and make the principal and accrued interest outstanding under the note convertible, at the option of the holder, into the same securities issued by the Company in (and on the same terms and conditions pari passu with the investors in) any offering of our securities that results in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $3,000,000. Upon conversion, the holder will receive as a conversion incentive additional securities equal to 20% of the aggregate principal value plus accrued interest converted. Accrued interest of $94,440 outstanding on this note as of April 3, 2007 is included under accrued expenses on the balance sheet as of April 3, 2007. During the three month period ended April 3, 2007, we repaid $14,400 of this note in cash.

$782,000 in Convertible Notes in favor of 17 accredited individual investors with maturity dates ranging from August 12, 2007 to September 30, 2007. The notes accrue interest at 10%, are secured by our assets, and are convertible, at the option of the holder, into the same securities issued by the Company in (and on the same terms and conditions pari passu with the investors in) any offering of our securities that results in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $3,000,000. Upon conversion, the holder will receive as a conversion incentive additional securities equal to 20% of the aggregate principal value plus accrued interest converted.

A $50,000 Convertible Note payable to Mr. Dennis Nino, brother-in-law of our CEO. This note is due August 28, 2007, accrues interest at 10%, is secured by our assets, and is convertible, at the option of Mr. Nino, into the same securities issued by the Company in (and on the same terms and conditions pari passu with the investors in) any offering of our securities that results in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $3,000,000. Upon conversion, Mr. Nino will receive as a conversion incentive additional securities equal to 20% of the aggregate principal value plus accrued interest converted.

On April 2, 2007, we entered into an agreement with our CFO, Peter Wilkniss, pursuant to which Mr. Wilkniss agreed to purchase a $25,000 six month convertible note. We received the $25,000 purchase price for this note on April 10, 2007 and issued the note on that date. The note accrues interest at 10%, is secured by our assets, and is convertible, at the option of Mr. Wilkniss, into the same securities issued by the Company in (and on the same terms and conditions pari passu with the investors in) any offering of our securities that results in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $3,000,000. Upon conversion, Mr. Wilkniss will receive as a conversion incentive additional securities equal to 20% of the aggregate principal value plus accrued interest converted.

As of the date of this report, we are not in default on any material debt obligation. We have filed as exhibits with the SEC all of our material financing arrangements.

CASH POSITION AND SOURCES AND USES OF CASH

Our cash and cash equivalents position as of April 3, 2007 was $105,067.

On April 2, 2007, we completed the sale of $857,000 of convertible promissory notes to 19 accredited individual investors ($25,000 of these proceeds were received on April 10, 2007). We are using the proceeds from this transaction for working capital purposes.

During the three months ended April 3, 2007, net cash used in operations was $969,390, compared to a use of cash of $254,660 for the three months ended March 31, 2006.

Our major uses of cash in operations in the first quarter of 2007 were to pay cash employee compensation and benefits of approximately $700,000, cash non-salary restaurant operating expenses of approximately $150,000 and cash rent expense of $81,908. The non-cash transactions that reduced cash used in operations relative to our net loss included: $253,779 of non-cash expense relating to employee stock options, and an increase in our accrued payroll of $51,121.

Our major uses of cash in operations in the first quarter of 2006 were to pay cash employee compensation of approximately $83,000 and cash rent expense of approximately $30,600. The non-cash transactions that reduced cash used in operations relative to our net loss included: $500,444 of non-cash expense related to the expensing of the fair value of financing warrants issued in the first quarter of 2006; $110,034 of non-cash expense relating to employee stock options, and an increase in our accrued payroll of $80,551.

During the three months ended April 3, 2007, we used $59,833 in our investing activities, largely related to equipping the outside patio area of the restaurant. During the three months ended March 31, 2006, we used $5,000 in our investing activities.

During the three months ended April 3, 2007, our financing activities provided cash in the amount of $1,079,283, as compared to providing cash of $1,301,102 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Net proceeds from debt issuance amounted to $809,080 in the first quarter of 2007, largely due to the sale of $832,000 convertible notes to 18 investors (including $50,000 from the brother-in-law of our CEO), as compared to net repayment of $117,000 in the first quarter of 2006. In addition, we received cash proceeds of $270,203 from the exercise of warrants and options in the first quarter of 2007. We received no proceeds from the issuance of common stock to investors in the first quarter of 2007, compared to net proceeds of $1,418,102 in the first quarter of 2006.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Our discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financials statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory reserves, and value of our stock and options/warrants issued for services. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions; however, we believe that our estimates, including those for the above-described items, are reasonable.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

Software development costs related to computer games and network and terminal operating systems developed by the Company are capitalized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 86, "Accounting for the Cost of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed." Capitalization of software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility and is discontinued when the product is available for sale. When the software is a component part of a product, capitalization begins with the product reaches technological feasibility. The establishment of technological feasibility and the ongoing assessment for recoverability of capitalized software development costs require considerable judgment by management with respect to the completion of all planning, designing, coding and testing activities necessary to establish that the product can be produced to meet its design specifications and certain external factors including, but not limited to, anticipated future gross revenues, estimated economic life, and changes in software and hardware technologies. Capitalized software development costs are comprised primarily of salaries and direct payroll related costs and the purchase of existing software to be used in the Company's products.

Amortization of capitalized software development costs is provided on a product-by-product basis on the straight-line method over the estimated economic life of the products (not to exceed three years). Management periodically compares estimated net realizable value by product with the amount of software development costs capitalized for that product to ensure the amount capitalized is not in excess of the amount to be recovered through revenues. Any such excess of capitalized software development costs to expected net realizable value is expensed at that time.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

We recognize revenue related to software licenses in compliance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA") Statement of Position No. 97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition." Revenue is recognized when the Company delivers its touch screen pay-for-play game terminals to its customer and the Company believes that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exits, the fees are fixed or determinable, and collectibility of payment is probable. Included with the purchase of the touch screen terminals are licenses to use the games loaded on the terminals. The licenses for the games are in perpetuity, the Company has no obligation to provide upgrades or enhancements to the customer, and the customer has no right to any other future deliverables. The Company delivers the requested terminals for a fixed price either under agreements with customers or pursuant to purchase orders received from customers.

The Company does not have any contractual obligations to provide post sale support of its products. The Company does provide such support on a case by case basis and the costs of providing such support are expensed as incurred. We earned no revenue from post sale support during the periods presented.

Restaurant revenue from food, beverage and merchandise sales is recognized when payment is tendered at the point of sale. Revenue from the sale of gift cards is deferred and recognized upon redemption.

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uWink Strengthens Executive Team to Manage Restaurant Growth
Tuesday May 29, 8:30 am ET
John Kaufman Promoted to Chief Restaurant and Development Officer and John Blake Appointed as Director of Restaurant Operations

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a new restaurant that combines food, drinks and entertainment, today announced the promotion of John Kaufman to Chief Restaurant and Development Officer and the appointment of John Blake as Director of Restaurant Operations. This addition and promotion strengthens uWink's restaurant and executive team, allowing uWink to manage restaurant growth, starting with planned restaurant openings at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood and the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles.

Mr. Kaufman's new responsibilities are to oversee all restaurant development and growth, including the building of the infrastructure that allows for expansion. Mr. Kaufman is also responsible for the continued development and implementation of restaurant and operational systems needed for efficient company store growth and franchise development and support.

Overseeing restaurant operations of uWink, Mr. Blake's responsibilities will include restaurant management and franchisee training, day-to-day restaurant operations, and store P&L. Mr. Blake will report to and work closely with Mr. Kaufman.

"John Kaufman continues to be a tremendous asset to uWink and John Blake is an excellent addition to our restaurant operations team," said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. "The strengthening of our team paves the way for expansion of our concept into a multi-unit chain. We now have the team in place to execute the next phase of our growth strategy."

Mr. Blake comes to uWink from Wood Ranch BBQ and Grill where he was VP of Operations. Prior to that Mr. Blake spent 17 years at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) where he was Regional Director of Operations covering the Los Angeles, Hawaii and Seattle territories. In his tenure at CPK, Mr. Blake was responsible for opening over 20 CPK locations, ensuring operational success in the areas of exceptional food quality, guest satisfaction and store profitability. Mr. Blake was also responsible for the opening of the first free standing, franchised CPK ASAP, working directly with the franchisee to ensure quality, systems and success.

Source: uWink, Inc.

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Little uWink is finally expanding
May 7, '07 12:18 PM

The tiny company uWink (UWNK - $1.66) is finally starting to expand. Since we met with management earlier in 2007, the company is finally starting to be vocal again, which must mean they are close to getting a financing completed. Why do we say this, because the company has issued two press releases in May already about new venues (near LAX and in Hollywood) that are scheduled to open in early 2008.

First, uWink signed an LOI for a location in the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in LA (3 miles north of LAX off I-405). It was not mentioned how big the uWink location will be within this 250k SqFt maill. The mall is said to have an outdoor oriented design (which matches nicely with the success uWink is having in the original and only location right now in Woodland Hills where they expanded the outdoor seating capability). This announcement noted there being strong national and regional tenants stretching to many surrounding communities and matches their prime demographic in West LA.

Second, uWink signed an LOI for a location in the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. This will be 6.5k sqft in the 387k sqft center, which is home to the 3,400 seat Kodak Theater where live broadcasts of the Academy Awards and other award shows are held. The center gets 18mn visitors per year and is considered a must see for international visitors and since it is the epicenter of hollywood it matches their demographic.

UWNK shares have soared since the start of May and are hence in an overbought condition now after having been extremely oversold two months ago when it flirted with $1.00. We see a chance for the stock to run to $2.00/share on this move, but for any weakness to be curbed at $1.30-1.40. We maintain that each location is likely worth $0.25/share to the stock, but with each one adding a little bit more for the benefits of scale. Hence, with three locations now announced, the stock should be able to be worth north of $0.75/share based on the should be free cash flows of each location. This is still a buy at your own risk type of stock, but one that I continue to believe is one of the best long-term opportunities on a percentage gain basis.

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On June 8, 2007, we completed the sale of $960,500 of convertible promissory notes to 16 accredited investors. The notes have a six month term, accrue interest at 10% and are secured by the assets of the Company. The notes are convertible, at the option of the holder, into the same securities issued by the Company in (and on the same terms and conditions pari passu with the investors in) any offering of its securities that results in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $3,000,000. Upon conversion, the holder is entitled to receive, as a conversion incentive, additional securities equal to 20% of the aggregate principal value plus accrued interest converted. Among those participating in this transaction were Nolan Bushnell, our Chief Executive Officer, who invested $125,000 and Dennis Nino, Mr. Bushnell's brother-in-law, who invested $125,000.

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ERSTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

uWink Announces First Franchise Area Development Agreement
Monday June 11, 8:30 am ET
Agreement is for Three Franchised Units in Miami Area

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a new restaurant that combines food, drinks and entertainment, today announced that it has entered into an Area Development Agreement with OCC Partners, LLC, for up to three franchised uWink restaurants in Miami-Dade County, Florida to be built over the next four years.

The agreement represents the first franchised uWink restaurants and the first restaurants on the Eastern seaboard. The units in this Area Development will also be the first to implement and exhibit uWink's "multi-lingual" capabilities, hosting a bi-lingual menu for both English and Spanish speaking customers.

"Entering into our first franchise development agreement is a milestone event and significant step in the growth of uWink," said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. "It is important to have the right franchise partner, and we are very excited about OCC Partners joining our team. We are looking forward to working with OCC Partners to bring uWink to Miami."

"It's not too often you get an opportunity to be part of an emerging franchise concept that is as innovative, unique and exciting as uWink," said Norman Silber, a spokesman for OCC Partners, LLC. "Nolan Bushnell has done it again, and we are thrilled to be able to bring this cutting edge dining and entertainment experience to Miami."

Source: uWink, Inc.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.820.858 von cyba am 11.06.07 14:35:08

Reverse Split 1:4 wird wohl nicht so gut aufgenommen vom markt...

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uWink Canada

Form 8-K for UWINK, INC.

25-Jun-2007

Other Events


ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On June 25, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing plans to create uWink Canada in partnership with a leading Canadian technology oriented venture capital firm, Jefferson Partners. The Company and Jefferson Partners plan to establish uWink Canada as a separate, independently-funded fifty-fifty joint venture entity in Canada to develop the Canadian market for uWink restaurants and related uWink products and services, in conjunction with an experienced Canadian restaurant operator to be selected by uWink and Jefferson Partners. This transaction remains subject to the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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UWINK ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR CANADIAN RESTAURANT JOINT VENTURE

LOS ANGELES - June 25, 2007 - uWink, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UWNK - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced plans for the creation of uWink Canada in partnership with a leading Canadian technology oriented venture capital firm, Jefferson Partners. uWink and Jefferson plan to select an experienced Canadian restaurant operator to facilitate the joint venture's development of the Canadian market for uWink restaurants and related uWink products and services.

The joint venture partners plan to establish uWink Canada as a separate, independently-funded Canadian fifty-fifty joint venture entity. Assuming prompt negotiation and execution of definitive agreements, the first Canadian uWink is expected to open late winter or early spring of 2008.

"Canada is an area with tremendous potential, and is a perfect fit for uWink," said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. "This is the first step toward uWink's international development plan and we look forward to further expanding our multi-lingual capabilities as we grow internationally."

"It is both an honor and a privilege to bring uWink to Canada," said David Folk, Managing General Partner of Jefferson Partners. "We believe the uWink concept is a brilliant innovation, combining cutting edge concepts in casual dining and interactive entertainment. It is perfectly suited to the Canadian market."

About Jefferson Partners:
Jefferson Partners (www.jefferson.com) is a technology oriented venture capital firm focused on financing and building innovative world class companies. Jefferson plans to hold its interest in uWink Canada through its newly established affiliate organization Jefferson EquiCorp.

About uWink:
The uWink restaurant concept allows customers to order food, drinks, games and other digital media at the table through proprietary touch screen terminals. uWink, Inc. is led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE: CEC). For more information, visit www.uwink.com.

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Media Contact:

Alissa Bushnell
VP, Marketing and Public Relations
uWink
415-235-9532
[e-mail]

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uWink Files Registration Statement in Connection with a Common Stock and Warrant Offering of up to $15 Million
Monday June 25, 5:34 pm ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed offering of up to $15 million of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock.

Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. has agreed to act as lead placement agent, and Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. has agreed to act as co-placement agent in connection with the offering. The placement agents are not purchasing the securities offered by uWink nor are they required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities, but will arrange for the sale of the securities offered on a "best efforts" basis. The warrants are not expected to be listed or traded on any market.

uWink intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for new restaurant development, for marketing of its franchise program and for general working capital needs.

A registration statement relating to the common stock and warrants has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. The securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.

The common stock and warrants may be offered only by means of a prospectus. Once available, copies of the prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained from Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., 600 California Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108, Telephone [phone], Fax [phone].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

About uWink:

The uWink restaurant concept allows customers to order food, drinks, games and other digital media at the table through proprietary touch screen terminals. uWink, Inc. is led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE:CEC - News). For more information, visit www.uwink.com.


Contact:

uWink
Alissa Bushnell
VP, Marketing and Public Relations
415-235-9532
[e-mail]

Source: uWink, Inc.

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SB-2 filed...

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We have applied for initial listing of our common stock on the American Stock Exchange, or AMEX. We cannot assure you that our common stock will be listed on the AMEX or, if listed, will continue to be so listed in the future. If AMEX declines to list or in the future delists our common stock from trading on its exchange, we could face significant material adverse consequences including:

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uWink Expansion in Full Swing
Posted on Jun 28th, 2007 with stocks: UWNK.OB

Matthew Crowder submits: Last November, I profiled a new restaurant concept called uWink (UWNK.OB). Though open only a few weeks at the time, this brainchild of Nolan Bushnell (of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese fame) had great aspirations to become the next big restaurant chain. A great deal has transpired concerning uWink in the seven plus months since I wrote that article, so I felt an update was in order...

The stock experienced a temporary pop in mid-November when uWink was featured on CNBC. It is rare for a company on the Over-The-Counter exchange to be the subject of a CNBC story but Bushnell articulated to Jane Wells uWink's vision of social gaming and targeting women with casual video games. Momentum traders stampeded in and out of the stock but the exposure the restaurant received was priceless.

In January, uWink launched "24" nights. Jack Bauer fans congregated at uWink every Monday night to watch their hero save the world again. The TV show was projected on the walls throughout the restaurant and customers played 24 trivia at their table's touchscreens during commercial breaks in a bid to win free desserts and t-shirts.

April brought a new full-featured website and another first for the ground-breaking restaurant: Touchscreen computers at 20 patio tables enabling outside ordering. Additionally, new media pioneer Liz Heller joined uWink's Board of Directors during the month. Buzztone, the marketing company Heller founded, specializes in cutting-edge online and off-line word-of-mouth promotion techniques.

May began with a bang with announcements of 2 new company-owned locations in California. First, the company has signed a letter of intent to open a location at the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles by early 2008. A week later, uWink signed a letter of intent to open a 6,500 square foot location at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood during the same timeframe. The illustrious center is home to Grauman's Chinese Theater and the Kodak Theatre where The Academy Awards ceremonies are held annually.

By the end of May, uWink had strengthened their management team with the appointment of John Blake as Director of Restaurant Operations. Blake joins fellow California Pizza Kitchen alum John Kaufman (who was promoted to Chief Restaurant and Development Officer) at uWink. Blake was Regional Director of Operations at the pizza chain, charged with restaurant management and training of franchisees. He worked closely with franchisees during openings of new California Pizza Kitchen locations. Furthermore, uWink CEO Nolan Bushnell joined the board of directors at NeoEdge Networks, a developer of ad-supported casual video game delivery networks, during the month. A strategic partnership between these 2 complementary companies is certainly a possibility.

In June, uWink announced their first franchise area development agreement. OCC Partners, LLC agreed to open up to 3 franchised uWink restaurants in Miami-Dade county, Florida, over the next 4 years. Of note, the restaurants will be the first to implement the chain's multilingual capabilities. The touchscreen computers at each table in their restaurants will feature bilingual menus in both English and Spanish. This was followed by the announcement of the creation of uWink Canada in partnership with Canadian venture capital firm Jefferson Partners. The 50-50 joint venture is expected to open its first restaurant in Canada by early spring 2008.

Moreover, uWink announced their plan to undergo a 1-for-4 reverse split of their stock. Now I know what you're thinking: "A reverse split is a sign a company is in trouble!" Not necessarily. In many cases that is true. Those situations are typically failing companies whose stock price has dropped significantly. The companies resort to a reverse split (typically ranging from 1-for-10 to 1-for-100) as a stopgap measure to prop up their stock price. In comparison, stocks who undergo a 1-for-4 or smaller reverse split have a much higher rate of successful price performance post-split.

uWink is targeting a modest 1-for-4 reverse split with the aim of listing their stock on a better exchange. The company has announced their plans to apply for listing on the AMEX, a move that will enable the company to attract the interest of large institutions and mutual fund managers. The reverse split will likely peg the price of uWink's stock in the $5 - $6 range, well in excess of the $2 minimum for listing on the American Stock Exchange.

Most recently, uWink just announced a follow-on offering valued at up to $15 million. They have also announced their intention to reincorporate in Delaware. These steps are necessary to more quickly achieve their goals of rapid expansion. Establishing a first-mover advantage is paramount to uWink as imitators will eventually crop up once uWink's unique touchscreen ordering and entertainment system gains traction.

In summary, uWink appears to be firing on all cylinders while making the housekeeping moves necessary to facilitate their next stage of growth in both company-owned and franchised locations. Prospective investors may initially be put off by the forthcoming follow-on offering and reverse split. Time will tell if these were the right steps to transform uWink into the next restaurant mega-chain. However I, for one, am not going to be left on the sidelines as this compelling growth story unfolds.

Disclosure: Author is still long UWNK.

http://smallcap.seekingalpha.com/article/39629

[cyba]

http://beta.uwink.com/pdf/Westside_Chronicle_6.17.2007.pdf

[cyba]

uWink Announces Preliminary Second Quarter Revenue
Monday July 23, 8:30 am ET
Revenue Growth Spurred by Increased Sales at Initial Woodland Hills Location

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced preliminary revenue of $718,694 for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended July 3, 2007, as compared to $578,876 in the first quarter of 2007 and $59,683 for its fiscal 2006 second quarter. Preliminary second quarter 2007 net sales at uWink's prototype interactive restaurant in Woodland Hills, California amounted to $682,064, as compared to $557,907 in the first quarter of 2007.

These results are preliminary and therefore may be subject to revision. uWink expects to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the three and six months ended July 3, 2007 on or about August 17, 2007.

"Our leadership team is very pleased with the Company's revenue growth for the second quarter of 2007," commented Peter Wilkniss, uWink's CFO. "This result further validates our proof of concept as we begin our roll-out."

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

post von iHub, er war beim meeting gestern:



Posted by: BadMutha
In reply to: DiggR who wrote msg# 13480
Date:7/23/2007 6:42:55 PM
Post #of 13494

All three proposals passed with ease. Just a couple shareholders questioned the r/s.

Peter Wilkness gave very simple and to the point answers (attract more invesment, get off the otc.bb, etc).

I was very impressed with him and Nolan. We have a sharp team working for us.

There were also the questions of why no PR lately. Peter explained that we are in sort of a "quiet period" now and have to be consrvative with releasing any new PR.
He said this was due to the $15 million stock and warrant offering as well as the Amex application.

Peter said we should have approval for NY, CA, and Illinois in the "4th quarter-ish" but no guarantees.

Nolan was very approachable and kind. Nancy Nino introduced me to him and he gave me his undevided attention.
He says the team they have in place now is 20 times better than what he had at Chuckie Cheeses.

Some things he told me made my jaw drop. uWink is gonna be huge. This meeting definately re-energized me.

[cyba]

uWink Announces Results of Special Meeting of Stockholders
Tuesday July 24, 8:30 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, announced today that the company's stockholders approved all three proposals presented for consideration at its Special Meeting of Stockholders held on July 23, 2007.

At the meeting, approximately 99% of all stockholders voting in person or by proxy approved each of the three proposals submitted for approval, as described below:

1. The proposal to change uWink's state of incorporation from Utah to
Delaware, pursuant to a merger with and into a newly-formed
Delaware corporation that was initially a wholly-owned subsidiary
of uWink;

2. The proposal to increase uWink's authorized number of shares of
common stock from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 (which, after giving
effect to the reverse stock split described below, resulted in an
increase in the authorized shares from 12,500,000 to 25,000,000);
and

3. The proposal to effect a reverse stock split, pursuant to which
every four shares of uWink's common stock issued and outstanding
was combined into one share of common stock.

The corporate actions approved pursuant to each of the proposals were effected as of July 23, 2007.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

uWink Adds VRWAY's Panoramic Images to Its Tabletop Entertainment Lineup
Tuesday July 24, 8:44 am ET
uWink Invites Its Customers to See the World Through Stunning 360 Degree Images

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced VRWAY Communication, a publisher of content-rich media, will provide its virtual reality panoramas to uWink restaurant's touch screen terminals, which guests use to order food, drinks and entertainment options directly from the table.

In addition to trivia games, horoscopes, movie trailers and more, uWink guests can now view VRWAY's interactive and immersive panoramic photos as part of the entertainment experience. VRWAY's lineup of images includes various places and attractions, including Athens, Paris, the Vatican and the moon.

"uWink's unique restaurant entertainment concept offers us an opportunity to introduce our panoramas to a brand new - and engaged - audience," said Marco Trezzini, founder and COO of VRWAY Communication. "We're thrilled to have our images become part of the uWink experience."

In addition to being found on uWink's own touch screen terminals, VRWAY's images are available online at www.arounder.com and in the digital magazine Arounder (www.aroundermagazine.com).

"uWink isn't a typical restaurant experience. We're able to offer our content providers a direct line to engage our customers," said Nolan Bushnell, chief executive officer at uWink, Inc. "We're pleased to provide more media-candy for our customers and to help VRWAY reach a new audience."

About VRWAY

VRWAY Communication, established in 1999, is a publisher of content-rich media for both print and the Internet. The VRWAY mission is to inspire Internet surfers and potential consumers by completely illustrating and immersing them in a unique and interactive experience - a virtual prelude to the real-world experience that awaits them, be it travel, leisure, fine dining or shopping. By providing the highest quality visual content, VRWAY helps consumers make educated decisions while offering online businesses a superlative visual medium to attract customers, showcase their goods, and increase their online sales. For more information visit: www.vrway.com. Headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, VRWAY also has operations in various European countries as well as in the United States.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

Imagination's ''Fact or Crap Beat Da Bomb'' Game to Be Added to uWink's Tabletop Entertainment Lineup
Tuesday July 24, 8:45 am ET
Imagination's DVD Games to be Sold at uWink Restaurants

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, (OTCBB:UWNK - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, and Imagination Entertainment, a global interactive games company, today announced a game distribution agreement to provide Imagination's "Fact or Crap" to uWink's tabletop entertainment lineup. uWink will also be providing customers with the ability to purchase the "Fact or Crap Beat Da Bomb" DVD game and other Imagination games at uWink restaurants.

In addition to trivia games, horoscopes, movie trailers and more, uWink guests will be able to play "Fact or Crap" via uWink's touchscreen terminals located at every table.

"We are thrilled to have our games on the uWink terminals as we seldom get a chance to have our games played at the point-of-sale," said Shane Yeend, Imagination founder and CEO. "We know that people who play our games fall in love with them and will want to extend the fun to their home, which makes uWink the perfect distribution partner."

To play "Fact or Crap," each participant takes a turn in the 'hot seat' as they race to answer all of the on-screen questions before time runs out and the bomb explodes. The amount of time you have before the bomb explodes is random and changes every time, so players never know how long they have to complete the challenge. "Fact or Crap Beat Da Bomb" is hosted by Howie Mandel, star of the hit television game show and best selling DVD game in America, DEAL OR NO DEAL!

"We are excited to add Imagination's fun and engaging games to our media and game content," said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. "We know these games will be very appealing to our customers, who are especially game-oriented, making us a prime location to purchase Imagination's great games."

About Imagination Entertainment

Imagination creates, produces and distributes the most compelling interactive entertainment in the world. Celebrating 23 years in business in 2007, Imagination has interests in traditional games and puzzles, DVD games, mobile phone games, interactive television and digital media production. In 2006, Imagination ranked as the market leader in the DVD games category with products available in 85,000 retail outlets across the world. Imagination's DVD games bring family and friends together, using patented DVDi technology, DVD Game Pro, to produce award-winning products. For more information, please log on to www.ImaginationGames.com.

Source: uWink

[cyba]

heute ist der R/S

für 4 alte UWNK aktien bekommt man eine UWKI aktie

an der AMEX wird es dann ein 3 stelliges symbol werden, wahrscheinlich UWK

Daily List:
http://otcbb.com/asp/dailylist_detail.asp?d=07/25/2007&mkt_c…
07/25/2007 12:54:30 PM|BB|UWNK|uWink, Inc. Common Stock||1-4 R/S|07/26/2007|||New symbol: UWKI

[cyba]

8-k mit netter presentation:

http://www.pinksheets.com/edgar/GetFilingHtml?FilingID=53216…

[cyba]

neues promo video:

http://beta.uwink.com/promo

[cyba]

New uWink Location to Open at Galleria Dallas
Monday August 6, 8:30 am ET
uWink Adds Additional Premier Location to Its Roll-Out Plan

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced that it has signed a letter of intent to open a new location at Galleria Dallas in Dallas, Texas. The new 8,000 square foot uWink restaurant is expected to be located directly adjacent to the Galleria's famed ice skating center and is scheduled to open mid 2008. This will be the first uWink location in the state of Texas.

Galleria Dallas' barrel-vaulted skylight highlights such fashionable names as Nordstrom, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Versace, Baccarat, Tiffany & Co. and Karen Millen. Galleria's iconic ice skating rink is home to the country's tallest indoor Christmas tree and regularly hosts elite figure skaters from across the globe. Galleria Dallas was voted "One of the Top 10 Places to Spend it All" by USA Today.

"Opening in Galleria Dallas, one of the top retail centers in the country and the premier location in the state of Texas, fits perfectly into our strategy of rolling out the uWink brand in marquee sites across the country and the world," said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

uWink Begins Hiring for New Locations

We are looking for GM’s, Assistant GM’s, Kitchen Managers, and Assistant Kitchen Managers.

This is a great opportunity to be part of a unique up and coming restaurant concept. If you are looking to make a difference and get in on the ground floor, we have the opportunity for you!

Compensation:
uWink offers a competitive compensation package including salary, bonus, health benefits and stock options (uWink is a publicly-traded company). If you are interested in being part of the first true interactive dining establishment and work with a management team with proven success and National expansion plans send your resume to:

John Blake, Director of Restaurant Operations
Jblake[at]uwink.com

http://blog.uwink.com/2007/09/20/uwink-begins-hiring-for-new…

[cyba]

365 Days of uWink

That’s right, 1 year ago today we quietly opened our doors for uWink’s “alpha phase” – the phase where we asked customers what they thought. We quizzed them. We watched them. We interacted with them. We wanted to know what our customers thought before we went “LIVE”. And that feedback we received in those 6 weeks that we were open without a lot of hoopla, was great for uWink. Based on what we saw and heard, we turned. We finessed. We did what no other restaurant has ever done…. provided our customers with a high-end self-service experience, putting them in control of their experience and their fun.
In the last 365 days, we’ve accomplished a lot. We’ve been surprised by how many people, of all ages, have embraced our proprietary technology. Grandparents in their 70’s use our touch screen ordering system without hesitation. Kids who don’t know how to read yet easily navigate both game and food ordering. Young adults, the technology generation, love the customization our proprietary technology provides them. They love the control and the speed at which they can get their order. This generation in particular is so accustomed to being able to personalize their technology environment that uWink has become an extension of their digital life.
We have also uniquely engaged advertisers and sponsors. And, as we expand our marketing partnership program, we expect to leverage content as well as products on our system that fit with our customer demographic.
uWink has also demonstrated that prized games are a draw and a customer-pleaser. By paying to play, customers can win various prizes from iPods to t-shirts and glow sticks. The prizes and the games have proven to be a unique and successful model for driving additional revenue.
We will officially celebrate our one year anniversary on November 30th because that is the date that we feel we really opened our doors for business.
So with that, here’s to the next 365 days!

http://blog.uwink.com/2007/10/16/365-days-of-uwink/

[Buddah]

Daddy Daddel verabscheut "Grand Theft Auto"
Vor 35 Jahren stellte Nolan Bushnell den ersten "Pong"-Automaten auf - für viele die Geburtsstunde der Spieleindustrie. Mit SPIEGEL ONLINE sprach der Pionier über Joints in der Fertigungshalle, verriet, warum er 1977 Atari verkaufte - und was sein Angestellter Steve Jobs so trieb.
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spielzeug/0,1518,512371,00.ht…

Ausschnitt:
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Woran arbeiten Sie im Moment?
Bushnell: An einer Restaurantkette namens uWink, mit Touchscreen-Bestellung an den Tischen. Die Wände sind Bildschirme. Es gibt Spiele für Gruppen, die auch von Restaurant zu Restaurant gespielt werden können. Es ist ein Medien-zentriertes Restaurant. Die Kritiken sind begeistert, wir sind finanziell extrem erfolgreich und wir expandieren - wir hoffen, dass wir bald auch in Deutschland ein Restaurant eröffnen werden.

Grüsse B.

P.S.wäre super,wenn w-o den Thread wieder an die Aktie "hängt".

[cyba]

uWink to Open in Silicon Valley
Thursday October 25, 8:30 am ET

uWink Coming to Mountain View, California in 2008

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the leasehold interest and certain assets of a currently operating restaurant in downtown Mountain View, California. uWink expects to be able to convert the approximately 7,000 square foot restaurant to the uWink concept and open to the public by early 2008.

“We are excited to be bringing our unique concept and technology to the heart of Silicon Valley,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

Form 8-K for UWINK, INC.

6-Nov-2007

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Regulation FD Disclosure


ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On November 5, 2007, we entered into a Placement Agency Agreement with Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., as the lead placement agent, relating to the offering, issuance and sale to investors (the "Investors") of up to 5,500,000 units, each of which consists of one share of the our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), and a warrant (the "Warrants") to purchase 1 share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.40 per share. The Warrants have a term of five years and are immediately exercisable. The Warrants are immediately separable from the units.

We have received commitments, through executed subscription agreements from Investors, to purchase 5,125,000 units at a purchase price of $2.00 per unit. The net offering proceeds to us are expected to be approximately $9.2 million after deducting placement agency fees and estimated offering expenses.

A registration statement on Form SB-2/A (file No. 333-144029) relating to these units was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and declared effective on November 5, 2007.

This report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer or sale of, the units in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

A copy of the prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., 600 California Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108, Telephone [phone], Fax [phone].

[cyba]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 32.318.373 von cyba am 07.11.07 00:08:42

The net offering proceeds to us are expected to be approximately $9.2 million

das reicht um die pläne alle in die tat umzusetzen!

[cyba]

uWink Completes $10.4 Million Equity Financing
Wednesday November 7, 8:26 pm ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, announced today that it has completed a $10.4 million registered equity financing. The proceeds of the raise will be used to fund new restaurant development and general working capital needs.

Investors purchased approximately 5.2 million units at a purchase price of $2.00 per unit, each of which consists of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.40. The warrants are immediately separable from the units, immediately exercisable and will expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of their issuance. The net proceeds are expected to be approximately $9.3 million after deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses.

“This financing marks an important inflection point in the growth of our company, highlighting market acceptance of our concept and technology while providing us with the capital to allow us to execute on our growth plans,” stated Nolan Bushnell, chairman and CEO of uWink.

Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. (AMEX:MEM - News) acted as lead placement agent and Security Research Associates, Inc. acted as co-placement agent in this offering.

A registration statement on Form SB-2/A (file No. 333-144029) relating to these units was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and declared effective on November 5, 2007. A copy of the prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., 600 California Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108, Telephone [phone], Fax [phone].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer or sale of, the units in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

uWink on TV Tonight!

uWink will be on KCAL 9 tonight sometime between 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. PT.

Here is a link to the website http://cbs2.com/ - you can probably watch it streaming or you can catch it live if you are in the LA area.

Enjoy!

http://blog.uwink.com/2007/11/15/uwink-on-tv-tonight/

[cyba]

Form 10QSB for UWINK, INC.

http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=5288…

[cyba]

uWink Launches Real-Time, Multiplayer in-Restaurant Game Platform
Wednesday November 28, 8:30 am ET

Scalable Software Platform Allows for Real-Time, Restaurant-Wide Head-to-Head and Team Game Play and Sets Stage for Restaurant-to-Restaurant Competition

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced the launch of its real-time, multiplayer game platform, that allows for restaurant-wide, head-to-head and team game play, greatly enhancing customer interaction.

The first game to be featured on uWink’s new game platform, uWink Trivia Live, allows patrons throughout the restaurant to play a multiple-choice trivia game against one another in real-time (including real-time scoring), either head-to-head individually or in teams, using uWink’s proprietary tabletop touchscreen terminals. The game scoring and results are projected on the walls of the restaurant in real time, making the game a truly immersive experience.

“We are very excited about the successful launch of our real-time, multiplayer game platform; not only does it increase face-to-face social interactivity and fun, it also sets the stage for restaurant-to-restaurant game play, and we look forward to extending the platform to online game play as well,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink.

Future games to be featured on the platform include uWink Scene Investigation (uWink’s riff on the popular CSI television series), Xingo (a mashup of bowling and bingo) and Picture Perfect, uWink’s popular “find the differences” game.

uWink’s new game platform also allows uWink to run a myriad of unique in-person tournament and multi-player prize games. uWink plans to open its platform to 3rd party developers in the near future.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

uWink Successfully Implements Customer-Controlled Pay-at-the-Table Technology
Monday December 3, 8:30 am ET

Enhanced Proprietary Software Enables Customers to Now Pay, as Well as Play and Order, At The Table

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced the successful implementation of customer-controlled pay-at-the-table technology. Using uWink’s proprietary software coupled with credit card readers at the table, uWink customers can now verify the bill, add a tip, swipe a credit card and digitally sign the charge directly on uWink’s proprietary touchscreen terminals.

uWink’s new pay-at-the-table software features a straightforward user interface that walks customers through the checkout process step by step. Once the customer has verified the bill, added a tip and swiped a credit card using the credit card reader attached to the uWink terminal, uWink’s software securely captures, verifies and processes the credit card information and then prompts the customer to digitally sign the charge directly on the uWink touchscreen. The system also offers the ability to email transaction receipts. The software is fully integrated with uWink’s electronic credit card processing gateway and point-of-sale system, allowing for state-of-the art, secure transaction processing and direct capture of transaction data in uWink’s accounting and reporting systems.

“uWink continues to ‘wow’ its customers by constantly developing and expanding its proprietary software in order to enhance the customer experience,” said John Kaufman, Chief Restaurant and Development Officer at uWink. “Our new pay-at-the-table technology provides our customers with a very secure and fast checkout experience. With this latest innovation, uWink continues to execute on its vision of offering a 100% customer-controlled dining and entertainment environment.”

The pay-at-the-table technology also helps support uWink’s labor model by reducing the need for cashiers to handle customer checkout. In addition, with this new technology, the restaurant operations staff has greater visibility into table status, leading to better customer flow and table seating management, ultimately resulting in happier customers.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

uWink to Present at 8th Annual Wedbush Morgan Securities California Dreamin' Conference on December 11, 2007
Monday December 3, 8:30 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced that Nolan Bushnell, CEO and Peter Wilkniss, CFO, will present at the 8th annual Wedbush Morgan Securities California Dreamin’: Management Access Conference for Micro-Small-Mid Cap Companies on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 from 1:45 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. PT. This event will be held at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California.

A webcast of the presentation can be accessed here: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wedbush5/uwnk.ob/

Source: uWink, Inc.

[cyba]

uWink Monetizes In-Restaurant Game Play with New ''Micro-Transaction'' Software System
Wednesday December 5, 8:30 am ET

New Proprietary Software Facilitates Game Purchases, Leading to Higher Average Per-Customer Revenue and Increased Customer Loyalty

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), a developer of digital media entertainment software and an interactive restaurant concept, today announced the introduction of its new proprietary game “credit” purchasing and redemption system. The new software is designed to facilitate customer purchases of uWink’s premium and prized, single and multiplayer casual and social games in micro-transactions (i.e. with dollar-values ranging from 25 cents to $2.00 per play), leading to higher average revenue per customer. The system is also designed to increase customer loyalty by allowing for portability and redemption of game credits during future visits.

“We are very pleased with customer adoption of our new game credit system,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. “Customers are now buying more games and are coming back to redeem unused credits. The new software enhances uWink’s ability to deliver unique revenue streams.”

With the new software, customers self-purchase virtual game “credits” on uWink’s tabletop terminals, purchased credits are stored in a virtual account, and then automatically deducted from that account as customers spend those credits on games offered on the terminals. The system offers discounts for bulk game credit purchases and allows for portability and redemption of purchased game credits during future visits, encouraging return visits.

The game credit software also integrates directly with uWink’s restaurant point-of-sale system allowing for game credit purchases to be charged on the customer’s bill, along with food, drink and merchandise purchases. The game credit sales revenue is also captured directly into uWink’s accounting system.

Source: uWink, Inc.

[Steahlf99]

[Steahlf99]

Hätte mir mehr erwartet!
Naja mal schauen was morgen geht!



Gruß St99

[cyba]

Interview about uWink, video games industry & Nolan Bushnell

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pbC6L8j0T2g

[cyba]

uWink & Volante Systems to Provide Innovative Hospitality Solutions
Tuesday December 11, 8:30 am ET

Companies to Co-Develop and Co-Market End-to-End Self-Service and Digital Entertainment Technology Solutions

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), an entertainment and hospitality software company with an interactive restaurant concept, and Volanté Systems, a leading hospitality technology provider, today announced that they will co-develop and co-market innovative technology solutions for the hospitality industry.

The companies will offer the “uV Hospitality Solution,” an end-to-end self-order, self-pay and at-the-table digital entertainment delivery solution pioneered and proven in uWink’s prototype interactive restaurant in Woodland Hills, California. The “uV Hospitality Solution” is a seamless integration of uWink’s innovative touch screen user interface software and micro-transaction game credit and redemption system with Volanté’s point-of-sale (POS) and back office enterprise system.

Over the last year, uWink and Volanté have been tightly integrating their two software systems into one seamless, end-to-end solution, a process greatly facilitated by extensive real-time customer feedback and stress testing in the 200 seat prototype uWink restaurant.

Volanté Systems’ software offers unique flexibility, cross-platform compatibility and open-source, peer-to-peer technology, along with its full range of features, including credit/debit processing, loyalty programs and gift card management.

“We are proud to work with an innovative company like Volanté with such deep experience in hospitality technology and such a broad range of hospitality clients,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. “The licensing of our technology into other hospitality markets is a logical expansion. We see a huge opportunity to leverage our software solution and offer it to other hospitality and public-space markets as an integral component of our growth strategy.”

“The uWink restaurant has proven that the “uV Hospitality Solution” is a smashing success, showing that the public, across all demographics, is ready to embrace self-serve technology, and that the technology can in fact deliver major benefits to the industry, including higher average checks, labor savings, increased customer loyalty, increased transaction speed and accuracy, and reduced lines,” said A. Ennamorato, vice president of operations, Volanté Systems. “Many of our hospitality clients, including hotels, universities, stadiums, theme parks, casinos, casual/fast food chains, and golf and ski resorts, are keenly interested in self-service technology solutions. The combination of uWink’s proven customer-facing self-order, self-pay and digital entertainment delivery and monetization capabilities seamlessly combined with Volanté’s innovative java-based, peer-to-peer point-of-sale enterprise software, represents the end-to-end solution the hospitality industry has been waiting for.”

At the uWink restaurant in Woodland Hills customers self-order and self-pay for food, drink and digital media, including short form video games from uWink’s library of 70+ casual and social single-player and multiplayer games, from tabletop touch screen terminals running proprietary user interface software. The uWink system is fully integrated with Volanté’s POS system allowing for seamless transaction billing, processing and accounting.

The “uV Hospitality Solution” software also allows for the delivery of digital advertising and the monetization of customer game play via a unique “micro-transaction” game credit purchasing and redemption system that is also tied directly into the Volanté POS for billing and processing.

About Volanté Systems:

Since 1993, Volanté Systems has been providing open standards, point of sale solutions to the hospitality industry. Volanté is the perfect software choice for venues requiring a flexible yet comprehensive enterprise POS solution. For more information: www.volantesystems.com.

Source: uWink, Inc.

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uWink Hosts Special Press Night to Introduce ''LIVE NIGHT''
Tue Jan 8, 2008 11:30am EST


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WHAT: Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E.
Cheese, is inviting all press to visit his newest
innovation, uWink in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Thursday,
January 17, 2008, to experience uWink LIVE NIGHT where
guests can compete against each other in real-time via
uWink's new Room Games.

The new room games include: uWink Trivia Live and Picture
Perfect. These new room games allow guests to compete
against each other from their tables in a fun, engaging and
interactive way creating an unforgettable evening of
entertainment.

Press is encouraged to bring a friend to share the
experience. Press must RSVP to attend. The event fun starts
at 9 p.m. The Press can extinguish their hunger with tasty
complementary appetizers.

uWink is an entirely new restaurant concept that combines
food, drinks, and entertainment -- inviting guests to eat,
drink and play at the same time, from their tables. Guests
order food, drinks and media directly via touchscreen
terminals at their tables while uWink runners deliver
guests' selections quickly and accurately. For more
information please visit: www.uwink.com.

WHEN: Thursday, January 17, 2008
9:00 p.m. - Midnight
Press must RSVP in advance.

WHERE: uWink
Westfield Promenade
6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
www.uwink.com
818-992-1100 (restaurant phone number)
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Media Contact:
uWink
Alissa Tappan, 415-235-9532 (Cell)
[e-mail]

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uWink to Present at 4th Annual Winter Technology Conference in San Francisco Hosted by Security Research Associates, Inc.
Friday January 25, 8:30 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), an entertainment and hospitality software company with an interactive restaurant concept, today announced Nolan Bushnell, CEO and Peter Wilkniss, CFO, will be presenting at the 4th Annual Winter Technology Conference hosted by Security Research Associates. The conference will be held on Monday, February 11, 2008 at the Omni Hotel in San Francisco.

Conference attendees will include a select group of institutional portfolio managers and analysts, and will feature CEO’s and CFO’s from some of the fastest growing companies in the technology sector.

About Security Research Associates

Security Research Associates (SRA) was founded in San Francisco in 1980 and, today, offers both investment banking services as well as institutional brokerage services. A boutique firm by design, SRA works with a select group of portfolio managers from around the country and focuses on technology and life science companies in the micro and small cap arenas. For more information about SRA see our web site at www.sracap.com or call us at 415-925-0346.

Source: uWink, Inc.

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uWink Brings Its Unique Technology to the Senior Housing Market with the Signing of Its First Technology Licensing Agreement
Monday February 25, 8:30 am ET

Licensing and Development Agreement with Leading Affordable Housing Real Estate Developer Expands uWink's Technology into Other Markets

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI - News), an entertainment and hospitality software company, today announced a software licensing and development agreement with a leading California real-estate developer, InSite Development, to provide unique touch-based technology for the senior housing market. Under this agreement, uWink’s interactive digital content operating system and real-time, multi-player game platform will initially be deployed into Arbor Court, a groundbreaking housing community in Lancaster, California. In addition, InSite and uWink will partner in developing custom senior-specific applications based on the uWink technology and will license to third parties in the senior housing market.

The uWink technology allows users to intuitively and easily use touch to access and interact with various forms of digital content and custom applications including menus, games, videos and music.

At Arbor Court, each residential unit contains a touch screen terminal. InSite plans to deploy the uWink software and custom applications on these terminals in order to provide residents easy, one-touch connectivity to a wide variety of information and services including food and pharmacy ordering, video conferencing, assistance and maintenance requests, and games and other digital content. In addition, InSite plans to use uWink’s multi-player game platform to offer group entertainment as well as memory muscle games that have been shown to enhance brain function in seniors and also to reverse damage caused by Alzheimer’s, strokes and surgery. The overarching objective is to create an affordable senior housing model that uses technology to both help seniors stay independent longer and reduce labor costs.

“Our goal with Arbor Court is to create an affordable alternative for seniors and disabled adults to allow them to age in a place with dignity,” said Principal Developer with InSite, Scott Ehrlich. “If we give our residents an extra 10 years of independence before being institutionalized in a nursing home then we’ve hit a home run. This uWink touch technology will allow residents an interactive connection to the outside world and stimulate their minds and improve their memory. We believe that this is an invaluable amenity that will be a model for future senior housing.”

“This agreement is the first to demonstrate how the uWink technology is able to help solve real-world problems in different markets,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. “We believe that there are numerous markets where implementing uWink’s flexible and robust touch technology will increase services while decreasing labor costs, making software licensing a very attractive business model for us going forward.”

About InSite:

InSite Development acquires, rehabilitates, and develops properties in the Southern California area for its portfolio. InSite’s affiliated company Ironwood Management operates and manages the day to day business of this 2600+ unit, quarter billion dollar portfolio. InSite’s 15+ years of experience in both market rate and affordable multi-family housing, allows the team to see opportunities where others may not. InSite’s purpose is to leverage the team’s intrinsic energy, creativity, relationships, and experience to unleash existing financial resources in partnership with local social service providers and community leaders to create a true social impact through the creation of new housing. InSite’s core strengths are the company’s ability to identify and move quickly on undervalued land and acquisition/rehabilitation properties and then to creatively secure financing sources to execute its vision for quality housing. For more information visit: www.insitedevelopment.com.

Source: uWink, Inc.

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Kabillion Launches New Games & Cross Promotion with Interactive uWink Restaurant
Tuesday February 26, 8:30 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kabillion, the multi-platform kids’ entertainment service, has launched a new cross promotion with uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWKI), the popular new interactive restaurant that allows customers to order food, drinks, games and other digital media at their table through proprietary touch screen terminals. Under the agreement, uWink will offer new Kabillion-branded video games for kids, in addition to kids’ meals featuring characters from Kabillion’s animated programs, as well as high-quality toys and plush from Taffy Entertainment, the parent company of Kabillion.

The new Kabillion-branded kids promotion will kick off at uWink’s initial restaurant, located in Woodland Hills, CA and will be integrated into the new uWink restaurants scheduled to open in Hollywood and Mountain View, California in Spring 2008.

“The team at uWink has developed a restaurant concept unlike anything else in the marketplace,” explains Bill Schultz, CEO of Kabillion. “We wanted to become a promotional partner with them from the first visit to the restaurant and it’s a great opportunity to further expose the Kabillion brand to our targeted kid demographic, particularly as new restaurants open across the US.”

“Developing a promotional partnership with Kabillion is a great step forward for uWink because we share many of the same goals,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink -- also a founder and former CEO of both Atari and Chuck E. Cheese. “Kabillion represents the future of entertainment and uWink is the future in dining. It’s an entertainment dining experience that can’t be had anywhere else.”

About Kabillion

Kabillion is the multi-platform, kids’ entertainment program service launched in January 2007 and available both as a free video on-demand (VOD) channel and a free online broadband site (www.Kabillion.com). Initially launched on Comcast Cable’s Select On Demand across the US, the VOD platform is now also available to digital cable subscribers nationwide on Bresnan cable systems, with more to be added soon. Part of The MoonScoop Group, a leading worldwide production, distribution, brand management and entertainment company, Kabillion offers high-quality animated and live-action kids’ series entertainment on both platforms. Kabillion is owned in part by Taffy Entertainment, East Coast-based REMIX Entertainment Ventures and Germany’s EM.Entertainment.

Source: uWink

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Eat, Play, Touch: uWink Hollywood to Open Early May 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 08:30ET

HOLLYWOOD, Mar 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- uWink (OTCBB:UWKI), an interactive dining experience serving up classic American comfort foods with a modern twist, announced today that it has begun construction on and expects to open uWink Hollywood in early May 2008 at the famous Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. The groundbreaking concept was founded by restaurant and technology visionary Nolan Bushnell (former CEO and founder of both Atari & Chuck E. Cheese). At uWink, guests order all of their food and drink via touch screen terminals at each table and can use those terminals to play games and other digital content while they wait for their food to be delivered. Open for lunch, dinner, and late night seven days a week, Executive Chef Greg Schroeppel has created a menu to satisfy all tastes, featuring American favorites like burgers and pizzas and more sophisticated fare, like tender braised short ribs and seared salmon. An extensive wine list, microbrew beer on tap and tasty signature cocktails add to the experience, making uWink an ideal destination for a delicious family meal, or a fun night out on the town.

Located in the 7,200 square foot space formerly occupied by Wolfgang Puck's Brasserie Vert, the welcoming design of uWink will feature warm earth tones. Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment throughout the restaurant, each table will have its own touch screen terminal where customers can check-in, order food and drink, play games, and opt to self-check-out. The restaurant will feature large wall projections which will exhibit revolving dynamic imagery that allows the restaurant to change its vibe at a moment's notice. The projections will also be used for restaurant-wide group gaming, such as Speed Unscramble or Trivia Live.

Brent Bushnell, Chief Technology Officer and Nolan Bushnell's son, drives uWink's technology and game development which includes a beefed-up version of Pong (which the elder Bushnell invented) that can be played by up to six people. Word games, memory games, trivia games, and even the classic Truth or Dare game are designed to encourage friendly competition, laughter, conversation, and an interactive dining experience at uWink. The restaurant will prepare customized content for private parties, offer a multi-lingual menu, and will hold special dating events and gaming contests to further promote community, camaraderie and fun.

And adding to the fun, of course, is delicious food and drink. Chef Schroeppel has worked at top Los Angeles restaurants SPAGO, Chinois on Main, and Granita, and most recently managed a boutique hospitality consulting company, Urban Gourmet Group, where he provided concept development, menu development and engineering, kitchen layout, vendor and product sourcing, tabletop design, and project management for several restaurant clients, including: The Counter (Santa Monica), Hannah's Bistro (Las Vegas), and Crustacean (Las Vegas). His menu features American classics expertly made with the freshest ingredients, including natural all-beef hamburgers topped with crispy onions and bacon or wild mushrooms, classic mac and cheese, and "crispy sushi rolls." By ordering through the interactive touch screen terminals, guests can view a photo of the dish, see the ingredient list and customize their orders - hate tomatoes? allergic to onions? no problem! Everything on the menu is customizable. With separate vegetarian and "under 12" menus and a list of daily specials, Schroeppel's menu is adaptable to any palate. And with specialty cocktails like the temptingly titled "Catalina Sunset," the post-work "Absolut-ly Stressed," and the favorite "Bacardi Razberri Mojito," a night of playing games with friends has never been more enjoyable.

About Hollywood & Highland:

The Hollywood & Highland Center has 387,000 square feet of national and local fashion and luxury retailers, some of Hollywood's hottest clubs and restaurants and the 3,400-seat Kodak Theatre. The center features over 60 top retailers, nine of L.A.'s finest restaurants, Grauman's Chinese 6 Theatres, two popular nightclubs and Lucky Strike Lanes, a high-tech and trendy bowling alley/nightclub. The center's renowned Kodak Theatre is the venue for the worldwide live broadcast of THE ACADEMY AWARDS(R) CEREMONIES as well as other notable awards shows, such as THE BET AWARDS, THE ESPYS, THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALS and THE AFI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. Throughout the year, live performances at the theatre include musicals, ballets, concerts, plays and original programming.

Since acquiring the center in 2004, CIM Group has added premier retailers such as Virgin Megastore's West Coast flagship in 20,000 square feet, BCBG Max Azria, Lucky Brand Jeans, Fossil and American Eagle Outfitters to its collection of top retailers.

SOURCE: uWink

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uWink Adds and Promotes Personnel to Support Franchising and Technology Licensing Efforts
Tuesday April 8, 8:35 am ET

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uWink (OTCBB:UWKI - News), an entertainment and hospitality software company and operator of an interactive restaurant concept, announced today the promotions of Peter Wilkniss to President and Chief Operating Officer and Brent Bushnell to Chief Technology Officer and the addition of Jon Boucher as Vice President, restaurant operations and franchising. These promotions and addition were made to support uWink’s franchising and technology licensing efforts, as the company rolls out two new uWink interactive restaurant locations in Hollywood and Mountain View, California over the next several months.

“With the new stores about to open, uWink will demonstrate the critical mass necessary to showcase our technology and our concept,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO of uWink. “The promotion and addition of team members to help drive franchising and technology licensing is a logical next step and one that I am very excited about.”

Peter Wilkniss has been promoted from Chief Financial Officer to President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Wilkniss’ dedication and tireless efforts have been instrumental in structuring and planning the new uWink and then in executing on that plan. His understanding of the company’s technology and its larger vision have been and continue to be critical in shaping the company’s direction and his business development and transaction structuring skills will become even more valuable as uWink drives the franchising and technology licensing components of its business plan.

Brent Bushnell was promoted from lead developer to Chief Technology Officer due to his technical understanding and vision of the uWink system as well as his ability to lead and drive a team of system engineers. Mr. Bushnell has been instrumental in establishing uWink’s technology licensing initiative and his understanding of various operating systems as well as web applications authoring, scaling and maintenance makes him the perfect person to lead the charge. Mr. Bushnell is the son of Nolan Bushnell, uWink’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Jon Boucher comes to uWink with over 10 years of restaurant operations and franchise experience. One of Mr. Boucher’s primary areas of responsibility will be to shape uWink’s franchising and technology licensing offerings from an operator’s perspective and to lead uWink’s sales efforts.

Prior to joining uWink, Mr. Boucher held the Vice President of Operations position with the $35 million (revenue) Landmark Restaurant Group, an IHOP franchisee, from 2006-2008. There, Mr. Boucher lead a team of two Regional Directors, one Director of Training, one District Manager, one Director of Facilities and over 1,000 employees. Mr. Boucher also opened 11 restaurants in 17 months while maintaining the highest level of operating status at all 17 locations. Prior to that, Mr. Boucher served as the Vice President of Operations for the $60 million (revenue) Huntington Restaurant Group, one of 14 Chili's franchisees in the United States and, at one time, the largest Denny's franchisee in the world. During this period, Mr. Boucher managed various groups of restaurants from Oregon to Florida and was actively involved in the management of Huntington’s franchising affiliate, which was the franchisor for a number of concepts, including Central Park Hamburgers and Gators Dockside Restaurant.

Source: uWink

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Food Service Industry Veteran Ted Leovich Teams with uWink to Drive Technology Licensing and Franchising
Tuesday , April 29, 2008 08:30ET

LOS ANGELES, Apr 29, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- uWink (OTCBB:UWKI), an entertainment and hospitality software company and operator of an interactive restaurant concept, announced today the engagement of Ted Leovich as Director of Franchise Relations. Mr. Leovich, a 40-year food service industry veteran, will guide franchise development and technology licensing of uWink, helping to expand the uWink brand as well as the implementation of uWink's technology into restaurants and other food service venues.

Mr. Leovich has helped build many restaurant brands through his work with BRANDSCENDENT, a global franchise consulting network, and at Brinker International, Inc. where he spent 25 years, the last 10 as Vice President of Franchise Operations. While at Brinker, Mr. Leovich was responsible for building Brinker's global franchise system to over 300 restaurants in 24 countries with sales exceeding $700M a year.

"Mr. Leovich's work with Brinker is legendary and we are ecstatic to have him on board," said Peter Wilkniss, president and COO of uWink. "His experience and connections in the food service industry are unsurpassed, and we believe he will be instrumental in the expansion of uWink's footprint domestically, as well as internationally."

"Over the 40 years I've been in the restaurant business I have been waiting for someone to do what uWink has done," said Mr. Leovich. "I believe uWink's business model and technology will have an enormous impact on the future of food service. It is very exciting to be associated with the caliber of individuals that Nolan has assembled at uWink, and also to be part of such a meaningful contribution to the restaurant industry."

About uWink:

uWink develops digital media entertainment and hospitality software and an interactive restaurant concept that allows customers to order food, drinks, games and other digital media at the table through proprietary touch screen terminals. uWink is led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE:CEC). For more information: www.uwink.com.

SOURCE: uWink

uWink
Alissa Tappan, 415-235-9532 (Cell)
VP, Marketing and Public Relations
[e-mail]

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uWink Hollywood Brings New Level of Food and Fun to Hollywood & Highland
Entertainment Complex on Tuesday, June 17

Grand Opening Weekend Activities for Unique Interactive Restaurant Concept Held
Friday, June 27 - Sunday, June 29

HOLLYWOOD, Jun 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- uWink (UWKI), an interactive dining
experience serving classic American comfort food with a modern twist, opens its
doors to a brand new location today at the famous Hollywood & Highland Center in
Hollywood, California. Following the success of the first location in Woodland
Hills, Nolan Bushnell, former CEO and founder of both Atari and Chuck E. Cheese,
now brings his groundbreaking concept to Hollywood! There will be special events
and prizes throughout the official grand opening weekend being held on Friday,
June 27 through Sunday, June 29. A portion of the proceeds from Saturday, June 28
sales will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood.

At uWink, guests order all of their food and drink via touch screen terminals on
each table and can use those terminals to play digital games while they wait for
their food to be delivered. Open for lunch, dinner and late-night noshing, seven
days a week, uWink has created a menu to satisfy all tastes, featuring favorites
like a BBQ Bacon Burger and Baja Fish Tacos and more sophisticated fare, like
tender Braised Short Ribs and Pan-seared Salmon. An extensive wine list,
microbrew beer on tap and tasty signature cocktails enhance the experience,
making uWink an ideal destination for a delicious meal, or a fun night out on the
town.

Occupying a 7,300 square foot space on the fourth level of the Hollywood &
Highland entertainment complex, uWink's welcoming design features warm dark woods
accented by light green walls. Large wall projections throughout the entire
restaurant display revolving dynamic imagery, allowing the restaurant to change
vibes at a moment's notice. Word games, memory games, trivia games, and even the
classic Truth or Dare are designed to encourage friendly competition, laughter,
and conversation, and group gamers will love to play Speed Unscramble or Trivia
Live as a team competing against other restaurants guests. The new location is
perfect for special events or gaming contests and uWink can even prepare
customized content for private parties.

uWink Hollywood has added exciting new features to its second location that
guests won't find at the Woodland Hills, California setting. uWink's Hollywood
location is the first in the United States to install and operate the iBar from
Mindstorm, a 12 ft long interactive multi-touch bar. This ground-breaking surface
literally brings the bar top to life, letting uWink customers use fingers, hands
and drink glasses to conjure up digital flora and fauna, digitally paint the bar
top, play a game of pong and ultimately order food and drinks from uWink's
digital menu. Mindstorm has a growing footprint in Europe and Asia, and has
previously developed cutting-edge interactive multi-touch surface implementations
for major companies worldwide, including Microsoft, Google, Chanel and BMW.
Mindstorm's solutions allow for a great degree of flexibility in terms of design
of both hardware shape and size as well as software functionality.

"Our new iBar installation at uWink Hollywood showcases a practical and
compelling application of surface technology in a truly exciting retail food
environment," said Kenneth Siber, co-founder Mindstorm. "Not only will our
surface technology add a new dimension to uWink's interactive dining experience,
it is a true point of differentiation and we believe it will prove an
irresistible draw at the world's latest and most fashionable venues."

Also customers at uWink Hollywood will be able to play "uWink Live" with cell
phone integration. uWink has partnered with MegaPhone, the world's only phone
call controlled game company to provide the ability to use either a cell phone or
the uWink terminal to compete against other uWink customers. These games run on
big screens, and players join in by calling a phone number that appears on
screen. By pressing buttons on their phone, players use their phone as a video
game controller. The MegaPhone platform is completely ubiquitous as it works on
any cell phone, on any carrier, in any country.

"We're super excited about powering phone call controlled games in the uWink
chain of restaurants," said MegaPhone founder and CCO Jury Hahn. "Nolan is
largely responsible for the existence of a company like ours, both in spirit and
technology. His pioneering work in video games, from 30 years ago and continuing
to today, has provided the inspiration and environment for us to establish our
alternative gaming company. Also, how can you resist a restaurant where you can
order a Coke, but hold the ice, using a touch screen?"

uWink Hollywood will also showcase new 3D gesture recognition technology from
Softkinetic. Their gesture-based technology will be featured in a variety of
applications including the entrance of uWink's Hollywood & Highland restaurant
where guests can play an interactive game using their bodies to control the
action.

"Softkinetic's gesture recognition technology is set to transform the way
consumers interact with the digital world and our technology and applications are
a perfect complement to uWink's interactive restaurant experience," said Michel
Tombroff, CEO, Softkinetic.

A new addition to uWink's unique technology is the ability to view the menu on
the terminals in multiple languages; uWink Hollywood customers can choose to view
the menu in Spanish Korean, Italian, German, or French. And coming soon will be
the addition of Chinese and Japanese languages.

"We are excited to be bringing our unique combination of food and fun to this
premiere location in the entertainment mecca of Hollywood," said Nolan Bushnell,
chief executive officer of uWink. "We believe that uWink's lively atmosphere and
great food will establish the restaurant as a hot spot for tourists as well as a
local favorite."

uWink Hollywood is open seven days a week serving lunch, dinner, late night
snacks and cocktails Sunday - Thursday from 11:00 am to midnight, and Friday -
Saturday from 11:00 am to 2:00 am. The restaurant is located on the fourth level
of the Hollywood & Highland complex at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
90028. Parking is available in the Hollywood & Highland structure for a fee.
uWink can accommodate validation of parking structure tickets good for a reduced
fee of $2 for up to four hours parking. For more information on uWink and for a
complete menu, visit http://www.uwink.com.

About Hollywood & Highland:

The Hollywood & Highland Center has 387,000 square feet of national and local
fashion and luxury retailers, some of Hollywood's hottest clubs and restaurants
and the 3,400-seat Kodak Theatre. The center features over 60 top retailers, nine
of L.A.'s finest restaurants, Grauman's Chinese 6 Theatres, two popular
nightclubs and Lucky Strike Lanes, a high tech and trendy bowling
alley/nightclub. The center's renowned Kodak Theatre is the venue for the
worldwide live broadcast of THE ACADEMY AWARDS(R) CEREMONIES as well as other
notable awards shows, such as THE BET AWARDS, THE ESPYS, THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALS
and THE AFI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. Throughout the year, live performances
at the theatre include musicals, ballets, concerts, plays and original
programming.

Since acquiring the center in 2004, CIM Group has added premier retailers such as
Virgin Megastore's west coast flagship in 20,000 square feet, BCBG Max Azria,
Lucky Brand Jeans, Fossil and American Eagle Outfitters to its collection of top
retailers.

About uWink:

uWink develops digital media entertainment and hospitality software and an
interactive restaurant concept that allows customers to order food, drinks, games
and other digital media at the table through proprietary touch screen terminals.
uWink is led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder
and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese (CEC). For more information:
http://www.uwink.com.

SOURCE: uWink
uWink
Alissa Tappan, 415-235-9532
[e-mail]
or
JS2 Communications
Jamie Haley, 323-866-0880
[e-mail]


Copyright Business Wire 2008

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June 17, 2008
Photo Essay: uWink Hollywood & Highland Media Party

The new 7,300-square-foot Hollywood & Highland location of uWink (its first location is in Woodland Hills) opens to the general public tonight at 5pm. But last night we were able to take a sneak peek of the high-tech interactive restaurant at the media party where we had free reign over the food menu and extensive cocktail list and could order directly through a touchscreen at our tables instead of going through a waiter. Dangerous for the wallet and the liver, considering how easy they make it to ask for another drink.

And yes, it was a bit overwhelming pouring over the cocktail list, the specialty cocktail list, the different liquor types, and the beer list. Our "entertainment director" (read: waiter) came over several times as we tried to decide what we wanted to drink. And once we picked our cocktail we considered the different ways to customize it. "Umm, Hollywood Nights Martini on the rocks with no maraschino cherry, please."

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