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To: Walter Morton who wrote (9215)	1/10/2000 9:28:00 AM
From: bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

More dots to connect. THESE ARE BIG DOTS HOWEVER. COMPAQ/RIOPORT NEWS SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000--In an exclusive deal that will make it easier for consumers to experience digital audio, RioPort Inc., a pioneer in the digital audio download market, today announced that Compaq Computer, the world's largest PC manufacturer and No. 1 U.S. desktop brand, is preloading RioPort's Audio Manager jukebox software on all new Compaq Presario desktop and laptop computers shipping domestically. The RioPort Audio Manager is a powerful new software application that provides consumers with the easiest, most intuitive way to find, organize, download and playback digital audio files in either MP3 or Microsoft's Windows Media format. The popular software can be minimized to fit neatly into the user's Presario desktop and includes an integrated Web browser for quickly searching and downloading digital audio tracks from the Internet. "Working together, RioPort and Compaq are taking the lead in delivering digital audio easily and seamlessly to millions of computer users," said David Watkins, president and CEO of RioPort. "Having Compaq, the most popular and respected name in personal computers, select our Audio Manager for its industry-leading Presario product line further strengthens our strategy to partner with major companies in providing the most powerful and complete digital audio solutions."