ADVISORY/Countdown to COMDEX -- Microsoft, Toshiba and BenQ Debate `Digital Lifestyles' on COMDEX Con-call Discussion.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COMDEX Fall 2002

ADVISORY... for Wednesday (Oct. 30th)

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WHAT: Digital Lifestyles Panel Discussion and Media Q&A Technology has transformed our individual interactions with our businesses, as well as our families and friends. The Digital Lifestyles arena represents an enormous market -- from the vast billions in computer gaming to the billions in advanced digital consumer devices. What are the recent developments in digital communications, entertainment and consumer technology, how will they impact the way we learn, work and play and how will they serve as a catalyst to jump start recovery? To answer these questions and debate some of the more significant challenges that need to be overcome, senior executives from Microsoft, Toshiba and BenQ will join moderator, Mike Millikin, Senior Vice President, COMDEX Worldwide, in a telephone panel debate. Ralph Tang, President of BenQ, Aubrey Edwards, Director, Embedded Group, Microsoft, and Oscar Koenders, Vice President Worldwide Product Planning and Product Marketing, Toshiba will discuss the future of and obstacles to the development and adoption of some of the hottest innovations for the consumer through to the enterprise. Media are invited to join the discussion, which will take the form of a 30-minute debate, followed by a ten minute Q&A. WHEN: The Digital Lifestyles Panel Discussion and Q&A will be conducted via conference call on Wednesday, October 30 at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT. All media interested in participating in the call may RSVP to Jennifer Saul by 5:00 p.m. ET/ 2:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, October 29. NOTE: The dial-in number for the Digital Lifestyles conference call will be distributed to RSVP respondents only. CONTACT:

RSVPs may be forwarded via email to [e-mail] or via phone at [phone].

Questions related to media/analyst COMDEX registration can be directed to Jo-Anne Baxter at [e-mail]. For additional event information, visit www.comdex.com.