ADVISORY/ Electronics Boutique Debuts EB1; Premier Game Retailer Launches Software On Demand Site.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (May 17) E3Expo 2001 Booth #6225 --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: Electronics Boutique and Into Networks will turn on EB1 for the E3 Expo in Los Angeles on May 17 - 19. EB1 is the first streaming software rental site to be published by a game retailer. On June 1, Electronics Boutique will offer customers leading game titles for rental, powered by Into's streaming software on demand technology. Into is turning on the Web -- powering a new experience for gamers with break-through technology that allows click-and-play access to compelling, media-rich content. Stop by the Into Networks Booth #6225 in Kentia Hall and you'll get a hands-on demo of the EB1 site, including a sneak peek at yet to be announced titles. WHEN: Thursday, May 17 through Saturday, May 19 WHERE: Into Booth #6225, Kentia Hall E3 Expo Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, CA WHO: About Electronics Boutique Electronics Boutique is an international computer and video games retailer, established as an American company in 1977 by James Kim with a single, electronics-focused kiosk, located in a suburban Philadelphia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Electronics Boutique is among the world's largest specialty retailers of video and computer games and also sells video game hardware, PC productivity software and accessories. The company operates 740 stores in 46 states, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Canada, Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and South Korea, primarily under the names Electronics Boutique, EB GameWorld, EB Kids and Stop 'N Save Software. The company has a separate division, EBWorld.com, Inc., which operates an e-commerce site at ebgames.com. Additional company information is available at www.ebholdings.com. About Into Into powers streaming software over the Internet. The company's IntoMedia platform enables the delivery of a new category of online content, providing access to the best software titles for demonstration, rental or subscription without time-consuming downloads or installations. Partnered with the leading ISPs, ASPs, software publishers and sites, Into has turned on the Web -- bringing the best streaming experience to millions of users. Current customers include Disney Interactive, Intertainer, Interplay Entertainment “Interplay” redirects here. For the Australian festival, see World Interplay. Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American video game publisher and developer. , Road Runner, Excite@Home, AT&T, Time Warner, Qwest, and FastWeb. Privately held and based in Cambridge, Mass., the company's investors include Adelphia Communications, AT&T, BancBoston Capital, Cisco Systems, Cox Communications, Fidelity Ventures, Inktomi, Intel, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Motorola, NTL NTL Nevertheless NTL National Transportation Library NTL Norsk Tjenestemannslag NTL National Training Laboratories NTL Never Too Late NTL Nothing to Lose NTL National Training Laboratory NTL None the Less NTL Number Theory Library , Putnam Investments, UnitedGlobalCom, Venture TDF (language) TDF - An intermediate language, a close relative of ANDF. A TDF program is an ASCII stream describing an abstract syntax tree. TDF became part of TenDRA in abut 2001. and NCB (Network Control Block) A packet structure used by the NetBIOS communications protocol. Holdings, Venrock Associates and YAS YAS Yet Another Society (nonprofit supporting collaborative efforts in CompSci/IT) YAS You're A Star (TV program from Ireland) YAS Young Adult Smoker YAS Yet Another Standard YAS Young And Sweet Broadband Ventures. For more news and information, visit www.intonet.com. |
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