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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (34020)	6/25/1998 10:19:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Respond to of 50808

Toshiba Welcomes Microsoft Windows 98 Release; New Operating System Brings Unprecedented DVD Support Business Wire - June 25, 1998 09:16 IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998--Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. Disk Products Division (TAEC DPD) Thursday heralded the release of Windows(R) 98 for its support of DVD technology. "Windows 98, as the first operating system with inherent support for DVD, is an enabling technology that will further establish DVD as the industry standard," said Maciek Brzeski, vice president marketing TAEC DPD. Windows 98 Provides Native Support for DVD According to Brzeski, Windows 98 from Microsoft(R) Corp. contains device drivers for Toshiba's DVD-ROM drives, allowing quick and easy installation into computer systems, since the operating system recognizes the device instantly. Windows 98 also offers copy protection and regional coding in the operating system, eliminating the need for a secondary driver. Windows 98 Enables Content Developers and Solutions Providers to Deliver Full DVD Functionality Windows 98 features the robust Direct Show application programming interface that will be used by content developers and DVD solutions providers to bring full DVD functionality to computer systems. Through Direct Show, content developers now have a common command set for creating applications that take advantage of DVD's capabilities such as pause, playback, scaling and branching. This command set will be universally recognized by all systems running Windows 98 to ensure optimum application performance. Previously, content developers created applications using different implementations of MCI commands as necessitated by each DVD controller solution. Windows 98 eliminates the proprietary driver approach through Direct Show. DVD solutions providers, like the content developers, now have a single common command set that they can use to bring full DVD functionality to computer systems. Through Direct Show, DVD solutions providers will be able to offer a range of capabilities including easy computer playback of DVD-ROM, CD-ROM and audio CDs plus playback of MPEG-1 DVD movies with all the functionality and interactivity found in standard DVD-Video players. "DVD Content developers and solutions providers will take advantage of the strengths of Windows 98 so they can bring new, more powerful DVD applications and products to market as soon as possible," said Brzeski. "We anticipate that Windows 98 based applications and solutions will hit the market as early as Fall 1998. Already there are more than 100 DVD-ROM titles and 650 DVD movies available." newsalert.com

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (34020)	6/25/1998 7:05:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

ATT/TCI...................................................... sfgate.com ONE SET-TOP BOX With one multipurpose set-top box next to the TV set, customers will be able to create an extra phone line, speed up their Internet service, watch a wrestling match or order AT&T long-distance service just by pointing and clicking an on-screen menu, Malone said. ''Would you like to order Viagra while you watch your favorite show?'' he asked. ''Just point and click.'' TCI had plans for such services even without AT&T as a partner. But its heavy debt load constrained how fast the cable company could roll them out. AT&T's huge resources will change the equation. ''If all goes well, this deal should light a match under the rocket of digital infrastructure,'' said Michael Dortsch, an analyst with the Robert Francis Group in San Jose. TCI already offers telephone service over its cable lines to a few customers in Hartford, Conn. In California, Cox Cable is the biggest provider of cable-telephone service, with 3,500 customers in Orange County. It charges its cable customers only $9.99 for the first phone line and $4.99 for the second, compared to Pacific Bell's basic rate of $11.25 per line.