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To: Wayne Rumball who wrote (363)	3/29/2001 11:04:31 PM
From: Wayne Rumball	Respond to of 394

Somewhere in the Caymen Islands, Mar 29, 2001 (123Jump via COMTEX) In response to Microsofts most recent press release Mr. Rumberger commented, "That system uses 1's and 0's. It is quite simple, they will owe us royalties." Rumberger had no further comment. New York, Mar 29, 2001 (123Jump via COMTEX) -- In a bid to dominate the streaming-media and download markets, Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled an upgrade of its Windows media compression-technology software Wednesday. Windows Media 8 allows consumers to pack larger chunks of high-quality audio and video on the same disk space. "With 30% improved quality, Windows Media 8 lets content providers present near-DVD quality film at a bit rate as low as 500 kilobits, and near-CD quality audio at a bit rate as low as 48 kilobits," the company said. The previous version, Windows Media 7, worked at a compression rate of 750 kilobits for near-DVD quality video, and approximately 64 kilobits for near-CD quality audio.