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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15903)	1/8/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: Don Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

MSFT + CICI: CICI should run! MICROSOFT TO INCLUDE COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION'S HANDWRITING RECOGNITION SOFTWARE WITH THE NEW WINDOWS CE-BASED PALM PC LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 1998--(NASDAQ:CICI) Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) announced today that Microsoft Corp. will include CIC's Jot(tm) handwriting recognition software with the new Palm PC version of the Windows CE operating system. Jot is a handwriting recognition system specifically optimized for writing on small handheld devices. Jot is expected to increase the ease of use of the Palm PC, which will offer recognition as one of the primary means for input. Products based on this version of the operating system are expected to begin shipping in the first half of 1998. Microsoft will include a "Soft Input Panel" (SIP) version of Jot which will enable handwritten input within an area at the bottom of the screen. The SIP version of Jot will be included in the Palm PC version of the Windows CE operating system. "With support from companies like CIC, the Palm PC will put the full power of Windows into consumers' hands -- allowing them to communicate in new, innovative ways," said Harel Kodesh, General Manager, consumer appliance group at Microsoft. "CIC's Jot will help provide users of the Palm PC a user friendly and practical handwriting recognition solution." "CIC's strategy with Jot is to provide the optimal handwriting recognizer for small handheld devices. Microsoft's selection of Jot as the basic recognition solution for the Palm PC is the result of that strategy. CIC is proud to be providing such a key component of the Palm PC platform. We consider this to be a major milestone for CIC and for natural input technology overall," said Madeline Duva, Vice President OEM Business Development at CIC. Jot is a handwriting recognition utility that allows input by means of a natural printed character set, and does not require memorization of special characters. Jot has a patented user interface that enables accurate recognition of upper and lower case letters as well as numbers, punctuation, symbols and accents. Jot was designed specifically for use on small handheld devices. Its key characteristics include accuracy and efficiency in terms of memory requirements, speed and performance. Since Jot will be included in ROM, users of the Palm PC will realize the benefits of Jot without affecting the amount of memory available for applications and data. CIC also plans to offer customers an upgrade of Jot that will provide handwriting recognition transparently on the entire screen, freeing up the bottom quarter of the screen which is needed by any SIP. This upgrade of Jot will also include a trainer and macro editor. The trainer will allow users to enable or disable various character options. The macro editor will allow the user to assign up to 1,024 characters to a gesture and recall the string whenever the pre-defined gesture is written. The upgrade version of Jot will be made available through CIC's website. About CIC Communication Intelligence Corporation develops, markets, and licenses natural input computer technology -- products that use pen and image for input. Founded in 1981, CIC is a leading supplier of pen computing software products to hardware manufacturers throughout the world. The company's products include Handwriter(R) Recognition System and Jot(tm), user independent handwriting recognition systems, and the InkShrInk(R) electronic ink data compression software. CIC also developed the SigCheck(tm) dynamic signature verification software which facilitates reliable user authentication. CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, and has subsidiaries in Japan and China. CIC's stock is publicly traded on Nasdaq, symbol CICI. More information about CIC and its products can be obtained on the Internet: cic.com . Note to Editors: All company and product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15903)	1/8/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

Hey guys, guess what? I'm posting this from IE4 on NT! Not bad, looks pretty familiar. The only immediate problem I got is the auto-import of my nav bookmarks, they're all alphabetized? Is there any way to change this? I couldn't see anything obvious under the reorganize thing. I have a feeling I should have switched back to NT a while ago, it seems a lot more solid than that other, er, OS. I like the modem status details a lot better. Sort of strange, though, my ISP doesn't even give instructions for setting up NT, it just mumbles something about how it might not work, but it seems to do just fine. Of course, I did have a problem or two getting NT set up, but we'll leave it at that. Who knows, maybe I'll turn on HyperActive Desktop for a few minutes of light entertainment! At least this time around it seems pretty clear how to turn it off. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15903)	1/8/1998 1:46:00 PM
From: odd lot	Respond to of 24154

<<Chrysler car radio"/"Just like Disk Defrag>> "Microsoft Unveils Plans for Dashboard Computer" yahoo.com Look out Dan-- they're after the car radio too!

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (15903)	1/9/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes	Respond to of 24154

>>Even if Microsoft has indeed ''tied'' two separate products in a single sale, the so-called tie-in is little different from packaging tires with automobiles, cream with coffee, laces with shoes, even left gloves with right gloves.<< What a brain dead attempt at an analogy. You say this was from the Washington Post? Hard to believe it. Shoes that lace require laces, cars don't run without tires. But Windows can work fine without the MSFT browser. Cream with coffee? I hadn't been aware that my supermarket was bundling those ;-) Left gloves with right gloves? You mean a regular copy of Win95, packaged with a mirror image of it? Would that be like, 59niW? They are really bringing in the heavy artillery now! Chaz