FTP Software launches Internet World Wide  Web server; Fast and eas
technical support and product information over the Internet
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. October 17, 1994-- Travelers on
the Internet can now easily access a variety of product information and
support services from the FTP Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:FTPS) information center
newly available on the World Wide Web (WWW). 
FTP Software, the pioneering leader in connecting people to the Internet for
over seven years, has expanded its on-line services by adding a WWW server to
the Internet to give customers and prospects quick access to the latest
information on technical issues, sales questions and new service offerings. 
The WWW is a distributed hypermedia system of documents that can contain text,
graphics, sound and animation.  Using a graphical Web browsing tool-such as
Mosaic or Cello-users on the Internet can retrieve product guides,
specifications, white papers, sales promotions, news releases, and FAQs
(Frequently Asked Questions). They can also browse schedules and register for
one of FTP Software's many training courses around the country. 
But the FTP Software WWW server's most significant benefit is a new medium for
fast and easy technical support, according to David Fowler, FTP Software's
vice president of marketing.  "As one of the pioneers of Internet access
software, adding new customer services over the Internet was a logical next
step for FTP Software.  The beauty of Web-based technical support is that it's
available whenever users want it, and in a graphical, mouse-driven environment
they are comfortable with,"  he said.  "This adds a powerful new dimension to
our support and sales capabilities, giving customers volumes of technical help
and product information at the click of a button." 
To access FTP Software's new WWW server, point your browsing tool to: 
http://www.ftp.com. 
FTP Software is the leading independent supplier of TCP/IP- based network
software for the PC, with the industry's largest TCP/IP support team and
development staff.  The publicly held company provides internetworking
software and applications for the corporate and personal Interprise7/8
networking market.  Considered the pioneering developers of TCP/IP for PCs,
the company's Interprise technology enables millions of PC users worldwide to
access resources across workgroup LANs, enterprise networks and the global
Internet. 


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Quicken Software Users Post their On-line Views of Microsoft Merger
WASHINGTON--Oct. 15--"Gak!" "Yuck!" "GASP!!" "Say it ain't so, Mr. Bill." 
Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of Intuit, developer of Quicken, the country's
most popular computer programs for home financial management, stuck in the
craw of many Quicken users yesterday. 
They posted their views around the world via the commercial online services.
There was a smattering of support for Microsoft, the giant of the software
industry, and for Bill Gates, its chairman. But a sampling of messages posted
on Compuserve was heavily negative after Microsoft announced Thursday night it
would pay $1.5 billion in stock for the industry leader in personal finance
software. 
Quicken is installed on about 6 million computers, holds 70 percent of the
market in its category and now comes preinstalled on millions of new computers
sold for home use, the fastest-growing segment of the computer industry. 
"I can't believe it," wrote Doug Black. "My favorite software package has been
bought by the most-loathed company in existence. I guess I'm stuck with (the
current Quicken version 3 for Windows), since I'll never buy an upgrade from
Microsoft." 
"I am flying my flag at half mast," said Paul E. Dillman. "Good-bye to a great
company and a great product." 
But Tom O'Connell, another Compuserve subscriber, congratulated both companies
while complementing Microsoft on its decision to unload its own competing
product, Microsoft Money, which is being sold to Novell. 
"The biggest and the best," O'Connell said. "This will be good for all of us.
Microsoft shows how smart they really are, quitting Money for Quicken, 
and Intuit now has the clout to do anything. This will be exciting." 
In a swipe at Microsoft's tendency to hang every possible feature on its wide
array of computer products, Andrew B. Douglas said the merger means, 
"ultimately, we're going to wind up with a Quicken applications package that 
not only does 87 things we don't need it to, it'll consume 17 megabytes of 
hard drive space in the process." 
In fact, the latest multimedia version of Quicken about to go on sale contains
more features than ever, including video clips of financial commentators
giving advice on how to handle particular situations. 
The competitor most directly affected by the merger, if it passes Justice 
Department muster, could be H&R Block's MECA subsidiary, publisher of Managing
Your Money, the No. 2 home money manager program. 
Paul Harrison, president of the Fairfield, Conn., company, told the Globe 
yesterday he does not expect to be hurt by the sale because he believes both 
Microsoft and MECA are aiming at a larger prize: home banking. 
Microsoft and Intuit "envision the construction of a national banking system
based on some sort of online system," Harrison said, noting that Microsoft is
already at work on its own online service to be known as Marvel. 
Now in its infant stages, users of Microsoft Money can keep their financial
records on computer and dial up one of several banks using a modem that links
the computer program to the bank's computer. They can pay bills, 
transfer money between accounts, apply for loans and perform almost any bank 
transaction short of drawing cash or physically making a deposit. 
"We have a different view," Harrison said, explaining that MECA is actively
working with several large banks across the country and, through Visa, with
many smaller financial institutions to allow the banks to maintain the
relationship they already have with their customers. 
Under the system Harrison described, the banks will offer home banking to 
their customers and give them customized versions of Managing Your Money which
will be capable of dialing up the bank and performing the same services that
Microsoft would offer only indirectly through its online service. 
Shares of Intuit Inc., first sold to the public in 1993 at $20 a share, soared
yesterday, climbing 17 1-8, or 34 percent, to close at 67 3-8 on Nasdaq, where
it was one of the most heavily traded issues. Microsoft stock fell 1 5/16 to
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Novell Acquisitions Seen Rescuing Microsoft from Antitrust Concerns
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Oct. 15--Six months ago, few would have picked Novell Inc.
as the company that would pull archrival Microsoft Corp. out of a potential
antitrust quagmire. 
After all, Novell was instrumental in getting, first the Federal Trade 
Commission, and later the Justice Department to conduct a four-year antitrust 
investigation against Microsoft. 
But one day after Microsoft agreed to buy personal finance software maker 
Intuit Inc. in a $1.5 billion stock swap, analysts and industry insiders said 
Novell's unusual role in the deal is the most persuasive evidence that the 
company, and its new boss, have a far different and more pragmatic attitude 
toward Bill Gates' empire. 
"There's a change of spirit in (Novell CEO Robert) Frankenberg," said Scott
Cook, Intuit's chairman. "There were some companies in the software industry
that would go out of their way to criticize others. And they didn't become
very successful. I think Frankenberg believes that they shouldn't be wasting
their time venting their spleen." 
Novell played a crucial role by agreeing to buy Microsoft Money, a personal
finance program that competes with Intuit's flagship program, Quicken. 
The Microsoft-Intuit deal automatically is subject to federal antitrust 
regulatory approval. It would have been suicidal for Microsoft to acquire 
Quicken, which controls more than 70 percent of the market, without divesting 
itself of Money, although it has only 10 percent of the market, many observers
said. 
The quick product shuffle may not be enough to keep the government from 
squelching the deal. 
"I don't think this gets Microsoft out of potential antitrust problems," said
Richard Shaffer, publisher of the Technologic Letter in New York. "I think the
greater concern is (whether) Microsoft is able to keep to keep all its other
competitors out." 
But for Novell to agree to the purchase shocked some analysts, who said 
Novell's "detente" with Microsoft appeared to have crumbled into appeasement. 
"I don't know if this is just brain damage on (Novell's) part or whether 
they're just trying to be nice to Bill Gates," said David Coursey, editor of 
P.C. Letter in San Mateo. "The Justice Department needs to come in and make a
decision about what they're going to allow Microsoft to do, because the next
thing Microsoft is going to do is buy a bank and a brokerage house." 
Novell, however, said it never really weighed the antitrust issue when 
Microsoft approached it, dangling the Money technology - and a host of related
business deals Microsoft had cut with banks and other financial institutions
to link Money with on-line financial transactions. 
"We felt, yes, we could be a hindrance," said John Mallett, vice president and
general manager of Novell's consumer division. "But our first thought was,
there are a lot of other very viable companies that could take and exploit the
technology that would get (Justice Department) approval." 
That idea didn't sit well with Novell, which is pushing its consumer software
line hard, and views offering a personal finance component as key to selling
its Main Street software line. 
Even more important to Novell is Money's ability to link to interactive 
financial services, and the deals Microsoft has made with large institutions. 
Monday, Chase Manhattan Bank will announce an interactive banking service for 
some of its customers. Mallett said that is one of many yet-unannounced deals 
that helped sway Novell to buy Money. 
"Where we see the real opportunity is in the on-line services business,"
Mallett said. "That we saw as a critical element to the deal." 
Part of the motivation for the deal, however, certainly is a change of heart
at Novell, analysts said. Some of that can be traced to the retirement of
company founder Raymond Noorda, who was the principal force behind Novell's
anti-Microsoft campaign. His successor, who formerly headed Hewlett- Packard
Co.'s personal computer operations, still believes in the "coopetition" Noorda
espoused - but, analysts said, is more pragmatic about changing market
conditions. 
He also is mindful of the government's refusal to file a formal complaint 
against Microsoft in the antitrust battle over Microsoft's control of the 
operating system business and its possible unfair links between operation 
systems and its other software businesses. Earlier this year, the Justice 
Department announced a settlement with Microsoft that most observers said was 
a mere slap on the wrist - and analysts said Frankenberg understands the 
implications. 
"Why fight a battle you're going to lose?" Shaffer said. "The government said
it got the only settlement it could get. I disagree, but that didn't help
Novell out very much." 
The deal itself didn't help Novell immediately. Its shares closed down 13 
cents at $16 in NASDAQ trading Friday. Neither did it boost Microsoft, whose 
shares were off $1.31 at $55.94. 
By contrast, Intuit shareholders - except one - enjoyed the most exhilarating
sort of ride in the stock market Friday. Shares of the company exploded at the
opening bell, rising as high as $73.25 before settling back to close at $67.38,
a 34 percent increase over Thursday's price, which had risen sharply in
anticipation of the news. 
That apparently wasn't enough for Stanley Aronoff, who sued Intuit's directors
for alleged "wrongful actions...(including) impeding a proper process to
ensure maximization of shareholder value." He asked the Delaware Chancery
Court to block the merger. 
But in Coursey's view, it is Novell's shareholders who should be angry. "You
still have the image problem of Microsoft selling its dregs to Novell,"
Coursey said, "and Novell looks bad." 


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Oracle Unveils The World's First Information  Superhighway Exhibit 
INNOVENTIONS In Epcot '95; Apple, HBO and The Weather Channel Join Oracle to
Showcase Interactive Multimedia Services at INNOVENTIONS to Millions of Vistors
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. (Oct. 17) BUSINESS WIRE -Oct. 17, 1994--Oracle Corp.,
the leading provider of software for interactive multimedia services, today
announced the grand opening of its Information Superhighway exhibit at
INNOVENTIONS Plaza at Epcot '95, Walt Disney 
World. At the exhibit's interactive television stations, millions of visitors
will be able to test drive real-world interactive television applications
including: an interactive version of HBO; weather updates and forecasts from
The Weather Channel; designer fashion shopping from Anne Klein, Nicole Miller,
Ellen Tracy and Adrienne Vittadini; as well as restaurant tours and
reservations for Cafe des Artisites, Gotham Bar & Grill, Lutece, Aqua, Lark
Creek Inn and Stars. 
Oracle's Information Superhighway exhibit employs the same Oracle information
management technology being used by telecom giants BT (British Telecom),
BellSouth, Bell Atlantic, US WEST and SIP (Italy's telephone company) to bring
interactive multimedia services to consumers. 
In the exhibit, Oracle's Media Server software acts as a "multimedia library"
or giant jukebox that stores, retrieves and manages all forms of information: 
video, audio, images, text and data tables. Interactive applications,
including movies-on-demand, run on set-top devices that enable standard
consumer televisions to access, using Oracle Media Net, the multimedia content
from the Oracle Media Server. These interactive applications were built using
Oracle Media Objects, the first interactive, multimedia authoring tool for the
information highway. "We have the technology and Disney has the imagination to 
showcase the future today," said Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle's president and
CEO.  "We are excited to join with Disney to give consumers an opportunity to
experience first-hand the technology that will enter their living rooms in the
near future." 
"At INNOVENTIONS, the public will enjoy a privileged glimpse into their own
future and that of their children," said Michael D. Eisner, chairman, 
president and CEO of the Walt Disney Company. "They may never go to Mars, but
they will use the information superhighway for the first time at INNOVENTIONS."
Many of the companies that will provide solutions to consumers on the 
Information Superhighway teamed with Oracle to design, build and finance the
exhibit.  Content companies, including HBO and The Weather Channel, helped
develop interactive television programs, while hardware companies such as
Apple Computer, GoldStar, Mitsubishi Electric, nCUBE, Philips, Samsung and
Sony contributed state-of-the-art equipment. 
INNOVENTIONS, in the heart of Epcot '95, is a showcase for the best new ideas
of industry and technology, featuring exhibits from major corporations and
innovative companies.  Similar to exhibitions seen only by industry insiders
at major trade shows, INNOVENTIONS occupies 100,000 square feet in Future
World at Epcot '95.  The attraction adds a new dimension, keeping Epcot '95 on
the cutting edge of entertainment, demonstration and experimentation, unlike
any other place in the world. 
Oracle Corp., a $2 billion company with headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif.,
is the world's leading supplier of information management software.  Oracle
develops and markets Oracle Media Server and the Oracle7 family of software
products for database management; Cooperative Development Environment (CDE), a
complete set of tools for enterprise-wide, client/server application
development; and Oracle Cooperative Applications, packaged client/server
solutions for accounting, manufacturing, distribution, human resources and
project control.  Oracle software runs on personal digital assistants, PCs, 
workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and massively parallel computers.  The
company offers it products, along with related consulting, education and
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25 Leading Interactive Television Vendors Join  Oracle's Set-Top Al
Promote Interoperability on the Information Superhighway; Certification
Program Ensures Consumers of Plug-and-Play Set-Tops
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -Oct. 17, 1994--Oracle Corp.
today formally announced the Oracle Set-Top Alliance, comprised of more than
twenty industry-leading set-top hardware manufacturers and related technology
vendors, to promote interoperability and speed the delivery of interactive
television services to consumers.  Oracle also announced the industry's first
certification program to ensure compatibility of television set-top boxes with
Oracle's interactive multimedia software, the de facto software for the
delivery of "information highway" services. 
Both announcements were made at the unveiling of Oracle's Information 
Superhighway exhibit, the world's first public demonstration of interactive
television, at the INNOVENTIONS Showcase at Disney's Epcot '95 (see
accompanying news release). 
Oracle's interactive multimedia software is currently in use by telecom giants
Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, BT (British Telecom), SIP (Italy's telephone
company), and US WEST with access potentially to 75 million homes, making
Oracle the leading provider of software for interactive services.  Set-top
boxes, the devices designed to sit atop a television set, provide consumers
access to interactive television services. 
"We have taken an open systems approach in establishing the Oracle Set-Top
Alliance and Certification Program to foster cooperation, provide application
developers and consumers choices in set-top devices, and speed the delivery of
information highway services," said Farzad Dibachi, vice president of Oracle's
Interactive Multimedia Division. "These efforts reflect Oracle's overall
strategy to lead the growth of the interactive television industry through
open support for the widest range of vendor solutions." 
The Alliance is intended to complement the standards efforts currently 
underway in industry associations such as the Digital Audio Visual Council
(DAVIC), the Interactive Multimedia Association (IMA), the International
Standards Organization (ISO) MPEG working group and the Corporations for Open
Systems' Open Set-top Executive Interest Group. Oracle continues to actively
participate in all of the major interactive media standards organizations,
ensuring that Set-Top Alliance members receive current information on
legislative and industry standards directions.  In addition, Alliance is a
forum where set-top manufacturers can gather to discuss common technical,
business and customers-related issues. 
Among the members of Oracle's Set-Top Alliance are: 3DO, Acorn, Apple Computer,
General Instrument, Goldstar Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, Hyundai
Electronics, Kyocera, Microware, Mitsubishi Electronics, Philips Consumer
Electronics, Pioneer, Software Systems, Ltd., Reliance Comtec, Samsung
Electronics, Scientific Atlanta, Sharp and Stellar One Corporation. 
"The interactive television market requires the skill sets from many different
technology and content suppliers," said Bruce Ryon, Dataquest's principal
multimedia analyst and keynote speaker at the Oracle Set-Top Alliance meeting.
"Alliances such as these are critical to delivering complete and coherent
interactive television services into the home."  Certification Program Ensures
Plug-and-Play Interoperability 
Oracle's Set-Top Certification Program ensures the compatibility of television
set-top boxes with Oracle's interactive multimedia products including: Oracle
Media Objects, the first multimedia authoring tool for interactive television
applications; Oracle Media Net, the protocol which enables set-top
communication with Oracle Media Server; and Oracle Media Server, a "multimedia
library" that stores, retrieves and manages all forms of information including
video, audio, images, text and data tables. 
The Set-Top Certification Program provides porting and test services to ensure
plug-and-play interoperability between different set-top devices and Oracle's
media products.  This program allows network providers -- and ultimately
consumers -- to choose from a variety of set-top devices and manufacturers
without fear of incompatibility. 
The Set-Top Certification Program is available today for set-top boxes running
Microware's DAVID (Digital Audio/Video Interactive Decoder) system software
and Apple's Macintosh set-top operating system, and will be expanded to
include other operating environments as they become available.  To support
this program, Oracle has established a Set-Top Integration Lab in Redwood
Shores, Calif., providing Set-Top Alliance members access to a fully
operational interactive television system. 
Oracle Corp., a $2 billion company with headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif.,
is the world's leading supplier of information management software.  Oracle
develops and markets Oracle Media Server and the Oracle7 family of software
products for database management; Cooperative Development Environment (CDE), a
complete set of tools for enterprise-wide, client/server application
development; and Oracle Cooperative Applications, packaged client/server
solutions for accounting, manufacturing, distribution, human resources and
project control.  Oracle software runs on personal digital assistants, PCs, 
workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and massively parallel computers.  The
company offers its products, along with related consulting, education and
support services in more than 90 countries around the world. 


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Microsoft Pact, Gates :   Fast-Shifting Alliances
  The announcement illustrates the market's fast-shifting alliances.
 Microsoft will divest Money -- along with the Chase arrangement -- to
 archrival Novell Inc. in an attempt to satisfy antitrust concerns. Novell
 plans to keep selling the program to Chase and other banks.
  Microsoft won't lose Chase altogether. Intuit in July bought National
 Payment Clearinghouse Inc., a service in Downers Grove, Ill., that Chase and
 other banks use to let PC users with modems tap into bank accounts, pay
 bills and retrieve stock quotes. The banks split service fees with NPCI.
 NPCI will probably take over bill-payment services that Quicken users now
 buy from Checkfree Corp., Columbus, Ohio. Analysts say Checkfree and similar
 services will still be attractive takeover targets after the Microsoft deal.
 "It legitimizes what we've been saying: The age of electronic banking is
 here," says Mark Phelan, a Checkfree executive vice president.
  Others are moving quickly to get a cut of electronic transactions. Today, a
 San Diego startup company, First Virtual Holdings Inc., will announce a
 service to authorize financial transactions over the Internet. Electronic
 Data Systems Inc., a subsidiary of General Motors Corp., is providing data
 processing. First USA, a Dallas bank, will issue a Visa card associated with
 the new service.
  Software companies think recurring transaction fees could compensate for
 slowing sales of mainstay products such as spreadsheets and word processors.
 In this regard, Mr. Cook's company has been a pioneer. Intuit already gets
 about a fifth of its revenue from forms and services. It offers a Visa card
 that lets Quicken users retrieve their statements by modem and puts the data
 automatically into Quicken. Card holders pay a monthly charge for the
 statements and Intuit gets fees based on purchases made with it.
  Quicken, with six million users, is seen by Mr. Cook as the entry point to
 a new type of on-line service. PC users now need specialized communications
 programs to log on to such services as finding stock quotes or financial
 data, and must usually transfer information to other programs for analysis.
 Intuit's Quicken Online is designed to shortcut that process; without
 leaving Quicken, the software will retrieve data from company-owned
 computers in 15-second bursts, inserting it automatically into tables to
 track investment portfolios, Mr. Cook says.
  Microsoft has also been working on an online service. Code-named Marvel, PC
 users are expected to be able to easily log on from Windows 95, Microsoft's
 new operating system due out next year. Though Mr. Gates has expressed no
 plans to get directly involved in banking, Microsoft's chairman says he
 plans to be a major player in letting people manage money and buy goods on
 the information highway. "That's is what really motivated me to pick up the
 phone and call Scott," he said last week.
  Mr. Cook, who will become Microsoft's electronic-commerce czar, says banks'
 fears are misplaced. Rather than bypass them, Microsoft will sell software
 and services to help banks modernize their operations, he says. A year-old
 effort between Intuit and Visa, seeking to use Visa as gateway to customers'
 bank accounts, petered out; but Microsoft is believed to be negotiating with
 MasterCard International Inc. to forge closer links to its member banks.
  "This merger is going to set off alarm bells in a lot of banks," predicts
 William Bluestein, a Forrester Research analyst. "Now they are going to say,
 `We'd better develop something with PCs or we're going to get eclipsed.'"


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S3 and 3Dlabs enter strategic alliance for  3D graphics; Partnershi
promote GLINT as a tightly integrated 3D coprocessor solution for S3's
graphics accelerators
SANTA CLARA, CALIF.  -Oct. 17, 1994--S3 Inc. 
(NASDAQ:SIII) and 3Dlabs Inc. Monday announced a strategic engineering and
marketing alliance to integrate and promote 3Dlabs' GLINT 3D chip as a
coprocessor for the S3 Trio64 and the S3 Vision64 family of graphics 
accelerators. 
The two companies entered the alliance to address the growing demand for 
affordable 3D graphics in the desktop market. 
S3 and 3Dlabs will cooperate closely at both an engineering and marketing
level, with both companies promoting and supporting the combined solution. 
Both companies will sell their own products directly to the customers desiring
this solution. 
"The alliance with 3Dlabs represents a logical and appropriate move for S3 in
order to expand its product line into the high-end world of 3D graphics," said
Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Associates (Tiburon, Calif.), a
leading market consultancy for the computer graphics industry.  "The resources
necessary to move into a 3D chip design are daunting even to a company of S3's
size.  3Dlabs has a history in designing real-time 3D processors and the
company is moving to the mainstream market through their relationship with
Creative Technology.  The combination of these organizations is definitely
going to have an impact on the market." 
"With 3Dlabs, we have partnered with a leader in 3D silicon.  We can offer our
customers an incremental and seamless upgrade to deliver leading-edge 3D
graphics for the PC," said Terry Holdt, president and chief executive officer
of S3.  "3Dlabs brings not only the GLINT silicon, but also a tremendous body
of optimized 3D software and drivers to the partnership -- which is vital to
success in the 3D market.  This is an ongoing partnership and we will be
working closely with 3Dlabs to ensure high-performance 3D solutions -- now and
in the future." 
"We welcome this opportunity to work with a leader in PC graphics," said Osman
Kent, president and CEO of 3Dlabs.  "Combining state-of-the-art 2D and 3D
devices is attractive for many of our customers, as it represents an
evolutionary step that preserves investment in existing 2D designs. Designers
can benefit from S3's latest generation Trio64 and Vision64 accelerators --
while inexpensively adding top class GLINT-based real-time 3D.  This
partnership makes it possible for our customers to design a seamless range of
2D and 3D products." 
Strategic Alliance 
S3 and 3Dlabs are working to provide a tightly integrated graphics solution
that combines GLINT's 'best-of-breed' 3D, with the industry's growing
investment in S3's 2D accelerators.  3Dlabs will be offering reference board
designs that utilize either an S3 Vision64 or Trio64 accelerator and a GLINT
processor, together with optimized driver sets that utilize the S3 device for
all 2D and GUI acceleration and the GLINT processor for all 3D acceleration
within the Windows environment. 
GLINT Processors 
The first announced GLINT processors -- the 300SX and 300TX -- will function
as coprocessors for S3's 64-bit accelerator products immediately on
introduction in the fourth quarter of 1994.  GLINT packs the equivalent of a
high-end workstation graphics board-set onto a single chip, and is capable of
300K 32-bit shaded, depth buffered, anti-aliased polygons/second.  GLINT
implements all the OpenGL API's rendering operations in silicon, including
Gouraud shading, depth buffering, anti-aliased and texture mapping -- making
it ideal for accelerating OpenGL or any other polygon-based 3D API. S3 chips
that support GLINT as a coprocessor include the S3 Trio64 chip and S3 Vision64
family, although the companies believe most designs will be VRAM-based. 
3Dlabs is a worldwide OEM supplier of chips, software and technology for 3D
graphics.  The company's products enable board and system manufacturers to
integrate 3D capabilities into their products for such applications as CAD,
multimedia, simulation, virtual reality, interactive TV and video games. 
3Dlabs Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., was founded in April 1994,
following a management buyout of Du Pont Pixel, and is privately owned. 
S3 Inc. is dedicated to applying acceleration technology to create a natural
PC interface.  A publicly held company, S3 combines silicon and software to
accelerate graphics and video for leading PC platforms and operating
environments. 


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Sense8 Corp. partners with Micro Focus to  bring virtual reality to
computing professionals
SAUSALITO, CALIF. -Oct. 17, 1994--Sense8 Corp., the
leading supplier of virtual reality software, Monday announced a strategic
alliance with Micro Focus. 
The two companies reached an agreement to jointly develop a version of 
Sense8's core product, WorldToolKit, that is tailored to the Micro Focus COBOL
compiler and development environments.  Micro Focus will also distribute
WorldToolKit. 
This alliance represents the first endorsement of virtual reality technology
by a major business computing software company. Working with Sense8, Micro
Focus will provide business computing professionals with the tools to develop
virtual reality applications using COBOL - the traditional business
programming language.  Micro Focus' programmer productivity and application
enablement tools are widely used by corporate data processing departments,
government installations, independent software developers and value added
resellers. 
WorldToolKit is a high-performance, cross-platform virtual reality application
development system.  Applications developed using this technology span a wide
range of diverse markets including stock market analysis, management training,
robotics, architectural design and biomedicine.  Sense8 provides virtual
reality application development software, systems and consulting services to
corporate, education and government application developers. 
"The integration of Sense8's virtual reality technology with Micro Focus'
leading COBOL application development products will provide corporate
computing professionals with a powerful new capability to help solve today's
business problems," said Tom Coull, president of Sense8 Corp. 
"We see a strong need for this integrated capability in areas such as business
process reengineering and management decision support and analysis." 
"By aligning with Sense8 Corp., a leader in 3-D visualization, we will help
bring the three-dimensional paradigm to the business computing community,"
explained Paul Adams, president of products and business development for Micro
Focus.  "By leveraging Sense8's expertise, we will integrate these
technologies into the business computing environment." 
Sense8's WorldToolKit includes virtual reality and graphic-user interface
(GUI) libraries, plus powerful end-user productivity tools. In addition, there
are a variety of WorldToolKit third-party vertical market and productivity
tools available. 
WorldToolKit is available for a growing number of platforms including PC-DOS,
Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Evans & Sutherland Freedom Series, Sun SPARCstationZX
and 20 SX, DEC Alpha workstations, HP workstations and all Silicon Graphics
workstations.  WorldToolKit for Windows recently received the Virtual Reality
Software Product of the Year award from CyberEdge Journal. 
Micro Focus provides state-of-the-art programming tools and technology that
empower application developers while leveraging available resources.  Micro
Focus is a leading provider of tools for rightsizing, cross-platform
development and deployment, client/server computing and offloading mainframe
development and maintenance of mission-critical applications. 


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  SAN JOSE, Calif. Compression Labs Inc. (CLIX) signed an agreement with
 Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) to jointly develop and market ''telemedicine''
 products to the health care industry. 
  Telemedicine is a videoconferencing application that enables surgery to be
 performed in one location and monitored at another. Also, patients at remote
 rural sites can be diagnosed by specialist city hospitals and teaching
 doctors can reach students in multiple locations. 
  Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will develop products that
 combine Compression Labs' group videoconferencing products with software
 applications and services, data networking and PC hardware from Digital
 Equipment. 
  Digital will provide a PC-based interface to control cameras and capture
 and store patients' video images, audio, data and text. 


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Cirrus Logic chips enable cool Pentium  performance in portable PCs
PicoPower interface controllers cut Pentium power consumption
FREMONT, CALIF. -Oct. 17, 1994--Through its PicoPower
Technology subsidiary, Cirrus Logic Inc. Monday announced the industry's first
interface controllers with power management optimized for the new low-voltage
Pentium microprocessor unveiled by Intel last week. 
Called "Golden Gate," the new two-chip set effectively reduces Pentium heat
and power consumption by up to 80 percent, thereby enabling the new 
microprocessor to be used in portable computers. Using patented technology,
Golden Gate is able to reduce power consumption without sacrificing the high
performance of Pentium processing. 
According to Cirrus Logic, portable PCs using the new Pentium/Golden Gate
combination deliver higher performance than most of the current Pentium-based
desktop PCs.  While Golden Gate is targeted primarily at portable/mobile
applications, Cirrus Logic expects its new entry to also find applications in
"green" desktop PCs because of its capability to cut power consumption without
comprising microprocessor performance. 
Significantly, Golden Gate is the first major product launched by PicoPower
since Cirrus Logic acquired the firm in August of this year. "We have
systematically broadened our technology portfolio to add value to our
customer's products," said Michael L. Hackworth, president and CEO of Cirrus
Logic. 
"Through our R&D investments and strategic acquisitions such as PicoPower
Technology, we continue to build our portfolio with products and technologies
that are important to portable and desktop computing." 
Hackworth cited Golden Gate as a good example of a Cirrus Logic solution that
will enable its customers to "bridge" Pentium performance from the desktop to
meet the growing demand for desktop performance in mobile computing.  Cirrus
Logic reports that Golden Gate has secured design wins with most of the top
ten PC makers. 
Golden Gate reduces the power consumption characteristics of a Pentium 
platform to a level that compares with a 486-based system. Heat generation is
also reduced to a point where exotic or extreme cooling methods may no longer
be required. 
Accordingly, manufacturers can now package their Pentium-based solutions in
form factors that are as compact as subnotebook computers.  According to
Cirrus Logic, all of this is made possible through PicoPower's patented
Power-on-Demand technology. 
Power-on-Demand technology is not a single approach, but a system of multiple
on-chip design techniques that reduce system power consumption during
intervals when the microprocessor is idle.  By using nanosecond (one
one-billionth of a second) increments to cycle power on and off, power
consumption of the microprocessor alone can be reduced by up to 80 percent
when compared to a non-power managed system. 
Over the long term, this power-saving architecture will have impact on a wide
range of applications, according to Cirrus Logic.  The company cites personal
communicators, cellular phones, set-top converters and ultra-portable
computers among the many products that stand to benefit from PicoPower's
patented technology. 
Commenting further on the Golden Gate introduction, Hackworth noted, "As with
the rest of Cirrus Logic's product line, PicoPower's products are at the
leading edge of an important trend in the computing industry -- reducing size
and power consumption while increasing both computing speed and functionality.
We expect PicoPower's patented technology to be applied across a broad range
of products in the coming years." 
Cirrus Logic Inc. is the leading supplier of advanced integrated circuits for
peripheral processing and control functions.  Leveraging its system-level
expertise in analog and digital system architectures, Cirrus Logic focuses on
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Quantum announces first Ultra SCSI interface  for hard disk drives 
MILPITAS, CALIF. -Oct. 17, 1994--Quantum Corp. 
(NASDAQ/NMS:QNTM) Monday announced that it has developed the first Ultra SCSI
interface chip to be incorporated into a hard disk drive. 
The Ultra SCSI feature, which permits burst data transfer rates of up to 40
megabytes (MB) per second, will be included in the Quantum Grand Prix 4.3
gigabyte (GB) and 2.1GB drives.  The Grand Prix XP34301 and XP32151 drives,
which are currently in production, will be available with the Ultra SCSI
interface in the first calendar quarter of 1995. 
Ultra SCSI is a new, advanced parallel SCSI interface standard which doubles
the burst data transfer rate that disk drives are capable of delivering.  The
interface provides buffer-to-host data transfer rates of up to 20MB/second for
Quantum's 8-bit Ultra SCSI implementation and up to 40MB/second for the 16-bit,
Wide Ultra SCSI option.  This performance boost benefits both servers and
single-user desktop systems. 
For servers requiring maximum performance, Ultra SCSI helps to alleviate bus
contention problems that can occur when numerous high-performance hard disk
drives and other peripherals are added to the bus. 
"Ultra SCSI is a logical upgrade to the current parallel SCSI standard, 
providing our customers with higher performance while using the same 
connectors found in Fast and Fast Wide SCSI.  Because the physical interface
connection remains unchanged, Ultra SCSI is a low-cost, easy-to-integrate
alternative for OEMs, systems integrators and VARS who want to improve I/Os
per second," said Robert K. Maeser, president of Quantum's High-Capacity
Storage Group.  "Ultra SCSI is a stepping stone to future serial interfaces." 
To ensure both compatibility of the technology and rapid market acceptance of
the new standard, Quantum is working with other disk drive manufacturers as
well as several leading SCSI controller companies including Adaptec, BusLogic,
NCR Microelectronics Products Division and QLogic. 
"Our customers are asking for maximum I/O bandwidth for today's demanding
applications and for emerging technologies such as video servers," said John
D. Hamm, vice president and general manager of Enterprise Computing Division
at Adaptec.  "Because Double Speed Ultra SCSI is a compatible extension of
Fast and Wide SCSI, it is the quickest and best way to get data rates up to
40MB/second." 
"The implementation of Ultra SCSI allows our controller to support more 
devices and increase system throughput, which in turn enables us to provide a
wider range of solutions to our customers," said Joe Edens, director, Server
Solutions Business, NCR Microelectronics Products Division.  About Quantum 
Quantum Corp. is a leading supplier of storage products for a broad range of
computer platforms, serving OEM and distribution customers worldwide.  Widely
recognized as the industry's quality leader, Quantum is the largest
international supplier of hard disk drives and has been ranked among the
Fortune 500 since 1991.  The company's sales for the fiscal year ending March
1994 were $2.1 billion; sales for its first fiscal 1995 quarter were $725
million. In October 1994, Quantum acquired Digital Equipment Corp.'s solid
state disk, tape, hard disk drive and recording heads businesses, including an
81 percent share of Rocky Mountain Magnetics. 


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Quantum introduces highest performance, highest  capacity solid sta
with integrated data retention
MILPITAS, CALIF. Oct. 17, 1994--Quantum Corp. 
(NASDAQ/NMS:QNTM) Monday announced its new high-performance ESP5000 line of
5.25-inch solid state disks with up to 950 megabytes (MB) of capacity and the
new ESP3000 3.5-inch solid state disks with up to 268MB of capacity; both
families feature integrated data retention. 
These solid state disks let users get maximum value and productivity from
computer systems, such as servers and high-end workstations, by providing
lightning-fast access to frequently used files while protecting against data
loss.  Quantum's solid state disks are part of the family of advanced storage
products recently acquired with the company's purchase of Digital Equipment
Corp.'s disk drive, tape drive, solid state disk and recording heads
businesses. 
Since applications such as video-on-demand, multimedia and imaging are 
becoming increasingly popular, industry analysts expect the market for 
5.25-inch solid state disk products to increase by more than 200 percent over
the next three years.  According to Peripheral Research Corp., Quantum is now
the leading supplier of solid state disks in the 5.25-inch SCSI market. 
With products that lead the industry in performance and reliability, the 
company is well-positioned to leverage the opportunities of this growing 
market. 
The new ESP5000 5.25-inch offerings include the ESP5011 with 118MB, the 
ESP5047 with 475MB, and the ESP5095 with 950MB of storage capacity.  The new
ESP3000 family of 3.5-inch products includes the ESP3013 with 134MB, and the
ESP3026 with 268MB of storage capacity. ESP3000 products are available with
Fast Wide or Fast Wide Differential SCSI-2 interfaces. 
These 3.5-inch solid state disks, based on the same high-performance 
architecture as the 5.25-inch solid state disks, support systems and servers
that require a 3.5-inch form factor. 
All of the new solid state disks include the market's most advanced data 
retention system and provide industry-leading performance: a sub-100 
microsecond access time, a leading input/output (I/O) request rate of up to
1,800 requests per second, a media transfer rate of 22MB/second, and a
sustained bandwidth of 8MB/second (8-bit) and 16MB/second (16-bit). 
"Complex transaction-intensive applications, such as the administration 
procedures inherent in video-on-demand applications, need incredibly fast data
processing," said Bob Christ, Quantum product marketing manager for solid
state disks.  "The near instantaneous access time, superior bandwidth and
transfer rate of our new solid state disks increase overall application
performance by enabling expedient processing of large volumes of data." 
The new ESP5000 and ESP3000 families extend Quantum's line of solid state disk
offerings, which also includes ESP500 family of 5.25-inch drives.  The ESP500
drives feature an access time of less than one millisecond, single-ended Fast
SCSI-2 interfaces and formatted capacities from 107 to 856MB. 
All Quantum's solid state disks leverage advanced technologies to deliver
superior performance.  Power-up diagnostics, an advanced error correction code
(ECC), VLSI components, bad block replacement and industry-leading SCSI
compliance ensure low-cost data reliability and security. 
The solid state disks also boast the industry's most advanced, integrated data
retention system, which fully protects critical information by continuously
copying data from the solid state arrays to an internal hard drive.  In the
event of a power outage or system failure, data is fully protected. 
Quantum solid state disks easily and quickly adapt to existing computing 
environments.  The disks plug and play in standard storage slots in storage
arrays and systems, with no special packaging or installation. Pricing and
availability 
ESP5000 evaluation units will be available in February 1995 with volume 
shipments scheduled for March 1995.  Evaluation units of the ESP3000 family
are scheduled to ship in March 1995 with volume production scheduled for May
1995.  Single-unit OEM evaluation prices start at $7, 500.  About Quantum 
Quantum Corp. is a leading supplier of storage products for a broad range of
computer platforms, serving OEM and distribution customers worldwide.  Widely
recognized as the industry's quality leader, Quantum is the largest
international supplier of hard disk drives and has been ranked among the
Fortune 500 since 1991. 
The company's sales for the fiscal year ending March 1994 were $2.1 billion;
sales for its first fiscal 1995 quarter were $725 million.  In October 1994,
Quantum acquired Digital Equipment Corp.'s solid state disk, tape, hard disk
drive and recording heads businesses, including an 81-percent share of Rocky
Mountain Magnetics. 


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IBM - PC Brands : Unveils ThinkPad 755, 360 Series >IBM
  SOMERS, N.Y.  International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) said it has
 reduced the number of PC brands to four, from nine. 
  In a press release, IBM unveiled four new products under the brand names of
 IBM PC, IBM PC Server, ThinkPad and Aptiva. 
  IBM said the new products are part of its new branding strategy that will
 make it easier for customers to shop for, buy and own a personal computer. 
  Customers can expect new products developed under the branding strategy to
 share certain characteristics such as fewer and simpler names, a common
 building-block design, a build-to-order fulfillment system, exclusive
 value-add software pre-loads and more IBM innovation. 
  The company said new products under these brands, include a family of
 commercial desktops - the IBM PC 700 and IBM PC 300 Series. IBM PC EasyTools
 is pre-loaded on the entire IBM PC series. PC Server 500 and ThinkPad 755
 and 360 Series are also new products. 
  The company said several of the new products announced today will be
 available this month. All will be available in the fourth quarter. 
  IBM also reduced prices on selected models of ThinkPads and PS/2s by up to
 17%. The price cuts affect the existing ThinkPad 755C and 755CS, as well as
 the PS/2 Models 56, 57, 76 and 77. 


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Bentsen Speeches Available On FedWorld, Internet, Fax
  WASHINGTON  Speeches by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen are now
 available through FedWorld, an electronic marketplace for the National
 Technical Information Service, the Internet or fax, the Treasury has
 announced. 
  FedWorld can be reached by calling directly via a computer modem or through
 the Internet. In addition, anyone with a fax machine can receive Bentsen's
 speeches and Treasury press releases by calling the automated Treasury Fax.
 Documents are posted on a daily basis on both the computer and fax. 
  There is no charge for either service and both are available 24 hours a
 day, Treasury said. 


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Computer Code Jockeys Live from One High-Tech Emergency to the Next
-Think of a free-lance software programmer, and what picture comes to
mind? Someone wearing a pocket protector, with thick glasses? Perhaps a 
tendency to mumble in social situations, poor personal hygiene and a fondness 
for pizza? 
How about a savvy business owner? Independent and intelligent. A motivated
self-starter. Maybe even a hero. 
They're called "code jockeys" - independent contractors who program computers,
hired by employers who are either short-handed, caught in an emergency
situation or in need of specific expertise. 
Code jockeys ride in, fix a problem and then leave, a new kind of maverick
gun-for-hire of the high-tech age. They live life on the edge, not always sure
where their next job is coming from, how late the hours may be or how long the
work will last. 
And they like it that way. "They are more motivated, maybe a little more
business-minded and communicative than the average programmer in the back
closet," says Al Williams, himself a Houston-area code jockey and the author
of several computer books, including the best-selling Commando Windows
Programming. 
As computers have gotten more sophisticated, so have the challenges for the
software that runs them. Good programmers who can write quality code, as 
software in its "raw" form is called, are at a premium. 
Talented programmers who value their independence can make lots of money as
code jockeys, bringing in between $50 and $125 an hour. 
"Typically, over $100,000 a year is not uncommon," Williams says. Julie Silva
has a secure day job as a programmer, working for a contracting company that
provides software services to NASA's Johnson Space Center. Her software helps
run some of the computer workstations in Mission Control. 
But when she can, she picks up independent jobs on the side. Silva's specialty
is fixing problems created by other programmers, or solving dilemmas others
cannot. 
She doesn't need the money, she says. She just loves to write code. "I like it
because you can use your imagination," Silva says. "It is not cut and dried.
There is not just one way to do something, there are several ways, and it is a
thrill to figure out the best way to do it." 
While she appreciates the security of being employed full time, Silva says she
longs for the day when she can be on her own. 
"I would like to be self-employed full time," she says. "It's always better to
work for yourself." 
Her husband, Tom Silva, is part-owner of a software company that also 
contracts with NASA. He, too, takes jobs on the side, including some from 
within NASA. 
"I did a lot of work last year for nothing, but it worked out," he says. "An
astronaut on one of the shuttle missions said he wanted to see more
information than Mission Control was showing him. He wanted me to write a
program that he could keep on his laptop that would show him more information."
When NASA officials found out about the program, he says, they weren't upset.
Instead, they wanted to buy it. 
"But it took six, seven, eight months for this to happen," he says. Houston's
contract programming community is segregated by the various kinds of
operations they serve, author Williams says. 
For example, some code jockeys work for NASA contractors, others specialize in
the petrochemical industry, and others hunker down at the Medical Center.
Still others specialize in general business programming. 
Tom Silva said that working for NASA is among the more "glamorous" gigs. "You
put up with a lot more B.S. working for NASA, because it's a neat thing to
work on," he says. "It's a lot more interesting working on a space mission
than working on a spreadsheet at a bank." 
As with all self-employed workers, contract programmers must acquire their own
health and life insurance. They also put up with internal corporate politics
and resentment from in-house employees. 
"If you're an employer, you can always get a laugh out of a contract 
programmer with the phrase, 'You will be treated just like an em-ployee,' " 
says Steve Nuchia, owner of South Coast Computing Services, a company that 
provides both contract programming and Internet access services. 
"A lot of times employees have a lot of animosity towards contractors," says
Karl Lehenbauer, a code jockey who also runs an Internet access company, 
NeoSoft. 
"They find out how much money you're making and they're mad, even though 
you're paying Social Security at the really high self-employed rate, carrying 
your own insurance, (putting up with) the inherent insecurity of not knowing 
if you'll have a job in three months, and a lot of times putting in really 
long hours," Lehenbauer says. 
He adds that some employers try to pressure contract programmers into taking
permanent jobs, threatening to end their contracts if they don't sign on. 
"One time an employer, after renewing my six-month contract an incredible 10
times, said, 'We really, really mean it, we super totally mean it this time,
you take a job or we swear you are out of here.' " 
Lehenbauer says he lined up another job. Three days before he was to leave, he
says, the employer came by to offer a new assignment. 
"I said, 'Wait a minute, you said I had to leave, so I got a new contract
elsewhere.' He said, 'What did you do that for?' " 
Some code jockeys work as employees for "body shops," agents that sign 
agreements to provide programmers for other companies. 
Among those is Morris Information Systems. General Manager Robert Wilcox says
his business has changed from the days when operations such as his brokered
contractors, a process that fell into disfavor with the Internal Revenue
Service. 
Now, Morris hires the programmers as employees and farms them out, Wilcox says.
Employers are reluctant to talk about their use of contract programmers both
because of in-house politics and fear of drawing the scrutiny of the IRS. 
One manager at a Houston oil-field services company, who asked to remain 
anonymous, says one of the reasons he employs code jockeys is because "you can
purchase expertise in the amounts that you need without having to buy more
than you need." 
"The other advantage is that you can get a different perspective," he says.
"Sometimes having an outside person come and give you their views can be very
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Delphi Internet launches Kesmai multiplayer online  games; Delphi I
lowers cost to play Harpoon, Island of Kesmai, Stellar Emperor and Air Warriors
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.  Oct. 17, 1994 -- Delphi Internet
Services Corp. today announced the launch of Kesmai real-time multiplayer
games. 
Harpoon, Island of Kesmai, Stellar Emperor and Air Warrior will be offered on
Delphi Internet at a significantly lower cost than on any online service. 
Newly released for Delphi Internet, Kesmai games will be available at access
speeds up to 9,600 bits per second (bps) at less than half the cost than on
other online services.  All of the Kesmai games have optional graphics and
sound software designed to make the games easier to understand and to simplify
the entry of commands. The software provides ease-of-use features for players
who may be unfamiliar with multiplayer games.  Kesmai games provide Delphi
Internet members the option to play alone against a computer opponent, or with
small or large groups of players from around the world. 
"As part of the many exciting online offerings Delphi Internet will introduce
to our customers in the months ahead, Kesmai multiplayer games will broaden
the diversity of our wide range of services," explained Jaan Torv, senior
executive vice president, Delphi Internet Corp.  "By offering Kesmai games on
Delphi Internet, we are bringing a global spin to the online games experience
-- players from the U.S. can readily compete with players from as far away as
Japan in an online, interactive challenge." 
The multiplayer games are available through Kesmai's host game service, ARIES,
based on an advanced client/server system.  "With ARIES' leading-edge
technology, hundreds of players from anywhere in the world can interact
simultaneously in playing a game," noted John Taylor, president of Kesmai
Corp.  "ARIES represents the future of online interactive games, and Delphi
Internet subscribers can benefit from that technology today." 
Harpoon -- a game that allows players to simulate modern naval battle in 
real-time, with adjustable fleets, weapons, weather, geography and levels of
complexity.  Harpoon has earned the devotion of over several hundred thousand
fans worldwide and its thorough simulation is used for training by navies
throughout the world. 
Island of Kesmai -- an interactive role-playing game that spans nine different
lands and features a cast of thousands of computer-run creatures.  The gam can
simultaneously support up to 100 people from around the world as they
challenge ancient dragons and search for gold. 
Stellar Emperor -- a futuristic war game set in the distant future in which
galactic nobles battle each other for control of the Imperial throne and
Senate.  Players challenge each other to build the largest colonies and to
control the resources of the galaxy. 
Air Warrior -- a multiplayer aerial combat simulation game that provides 26
vintage planes for players to choose to fly.  Air Warrior combines the
graphical detail, vivid sound effects and responsiveness of an arcade video
game with the large number of participants of an online multiplayer game. 
"Kesmai multiplayer games are some of the hottest interactive games out on the
market today," said Mark Kahn, manager, Interactive Games, Delphi Internet
Services Corp.  "We are thrilled to be able to offer our members access to
Kesmai's exciting multiplayer games as well as to an ongoing support network,
which will ensure an online experience unlike any other." 
Last April, The News Corp., Delphi Internet's parent company, acquired 
Virginia-based Kesmai and Kesmai Aries Ltd. to position Delphi Internet to
deliver the next wave of online interactive multimedia.  Kesmai has been
developing and distributing online multiplayer entertainment products for the
international online games market since 1981.  Kesmai developers are world
leaders in producing multiplayer interactive entertainment and their games are
regarded as some of the most popular and technologically advanced in the
industry.  By utilizing the full power of the consumer's personal computer,
Kesmai was the first game developer in the industry to combine sound and
state-of-the-art graphics with the global communications capabilities of an
online service. 
A News Corp. company, Delphi Internet develops and markets interactive 
entertainment, information and communications services for consumers 
worldwide.  Delphi Internet is one of the nation's top four online services
and a leading provider to consumers of comprehensive access to the Internet,
the data superhighway.  News Corp., led by Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, is
one of the largest global media companies with diversified international
operations that include: TV GUIDE, Fox Broadcasting Co., Twentieth Century Fox,
HarperCollins Publishers, The Times Newspapers Limited of London, British Sky
Broadcasting STAR Television, and other. 


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