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To: Yamakita who wrote (4664)	3/29/2000 6:48:00 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6020

My wife is getting a bit fed up on 4 Bose speakers pumping out Gloria and 5 Boston Soundwork speakers pumping out the Unreal Tournament theme song, intermittently disrupted by computer generated bad language and realistic sound effects of splatter and gore. Every now and then a playful female voice would say, as the heroine splats another warrior, "so weak". Reminds me of the panic stricken folks who gave their 9984 shares away to the gangsters. For those of you who can get CNN's "Inside Asia", you should be able to spot my wife (Lee Chui-inn) and my brother-in-law (Chui-yee) some time between Saturday and next week talking about cello, piano, growing up etc. I am not on as I know only the music I get on disks, and I have not grown up.

To: Yamakita who wrote (4664)	3/29/2000 7:03:00 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6020

OT: Remember the bad press a few days back on massive recalls of Sony Playstation II ... now that we are beyond T+3, the good news starts down the intravenous tube ... Thursday, March 30, 2000 NTT DoCoMo, SCE To Create i-Mode, PlayStation2 Network TOKYO (Nikkei)--NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (9437) and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. will combine the i-mode mobile Internet connection service and PlayStation2 console to develop audio and image distribution, payment services and other offerings, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun has learned. In a deal announced Wednesday, NTT DoCoMo this month via a private placement of shares will take a 2.02% stake in SCE's wholly owned e-commerce subsidiary PlayStation.com (Japan) Inc. PlayStation.com will begin marketing the PlayStation2 and different types of software to the cellular phone company's i-mode users. Additionally, by linking the game console to i-mode, they plan to have the PlayStation2 function as a terminal in a mobile network that does not need fixed telephone lines to function, sources reveal. Linking i-mode units to the PlayStation2 will address a weak point of the cellular phones -- the display. The PlayStation2 will allow i-mode content to be viewed on the screen of a television connected to it. NTT DoCoMo this year will employ in its i-mode service Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java networking technology, which makes transactions more secure, allowing i-mode users to pay for purchases by accessing their bank accounts or by using credit cards. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Thursday morning edition)