Aware Executive to Appear at Upcoming Investor Conferences

CEO Michael Tzannes to present at Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. and AeA events

BEDFORD, Mass. – October 7, 2005 – Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading innovator of DSL silicon intellectual property, DSL test and diagnostics technology and biometrics software, today announced its participation in upcoming financial conferences in New York and California. These conferences will provide investors a first-hand opportunity to hear relevant industry updates, Aware’s business strategy, and drivers for Aware’s future growth.

Merriman Curhan Ford & Co.
On November 1, 2005, Aware’s CEO, Michael Tzannes, has accepted an invitation to present at Merriman Curhan Ford's Communications One:One Round Robin in New York City. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is a securities broker-dealer and investment bank focused on fast-growing companies and growth-oriented institutional investors. The firm provides investment research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutions, as well as advisory and investment banking services to corporate clients. The one-day event will be held at 520 Madison Avenue on the 9th Floor in New York, NY. More details on this event will be forthcoming on the Aware website as well as in future announcements.

AeA Classic Financial Conference 
The following week, Tzannes will present at the AeA Classic Financial Conference in San Diego. At AeA, a non-profit trade association conference that represents all segments of the technology industry, Tzannes will deliver Aware’s corporate messages to its audience of key technology investors. The conference, which is being held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA, from November 6 – 9, 2005, is a three-day event at more than 175 public technology companies will present. For more information on the conference, please visit the AeA Classic website at: http://www.aeanet.org/FinancialServices/AeAClassic.asp?bhcp=1. 

“We welcome the opportunity to speak with the investor community about why we are positioned to succeed in the world of broadband communications and biometrics” commented Tzannes. “We look forward to using these opportunities to communicate our messages and raise awareness about our company.”

Aware was recently featured as one of 17 companies profiled in the Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Communications Technology Micro Cap Focus report in a section titled “Aware, Inc.: Strong Portfolio of Enabling Technologies Positions Aware for Royalties in Next Phase of ADSL/VDSL Deployments.” Anyone interested in receiving a copy of the report, which was published October 6, 2005, can contact Lance Buckeldee, associate analyst at Merriman Curhan Ford, at 415-262-1317 or lbuckeldee@mcfco.com.

For more information about Aware, its products, or to learn more about its upcoming conferences, please visit the Aware website at http://www.aware.com.

About Aware
Aware, Inc. designs, develops, licenses and markets DSL technologies that enable broadband communications over existing telephone networks. Its solutions, including splitterless G.lite, full-rate ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, VDSL2, Bonded ADSL2+, Dr. DSL®, StratiPHY™, StratiPHY-Bonded™, StratiPHY2+™, StratiPHY3™ and G.SHDSL, address central office as well as customer premise requirements. Aware is also a leading provider of standards-based biometric transaction and image compression software toolkits. More information can be found at http://www.aware.com. 

Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the DSL market. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: we have a unique business model, our quarterly results are difficult to predict, we depend on a limited number of licensees, we derive a significant amount of revenue from a small number of customers, we depend on equipment companies to incorporate our technology into their products, we face intense competition from other DSL vendors, DSL technology competes with other technologies for broadband access, and our business is subject to rapid technological change. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dr. DSL, StratiPHY, StratiPHY2+, StratiPHY3, and StratiPHY-Bonded are trademarks or registered trademarks of Aware, Inc. Any other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

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