AMERICA ONLINE AGREES TO LICENSE MICROSOFT DIRECTX MULTIMEDIA API.Microsoft Corp. announced a licensing agreement with America Online See AOL. Inc. last week for Microsoft's DirectX multimedia API components. The "nonexclusive distribution agreement" enables AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. to give its users the ability to run games and multimedia applications on their Windows operating system-based PCs using the Microsoft API. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ted Hase, group program manager for DirectX at Microsoft, "Consumers now have an additional resource from which to obtain the latest version of Microsoft's multimedia API for an enhanced, intensified multimedia gaming experience." Built into Windows, DirectX technology is used by PC software developers to create game titles and multimedia software with 3-D graphics, sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros and high-speed performance. "America Online works to make it as easy as possible for our members to get new resources and technology," says Lawrence Schick, executive director of Games at AOL. "We are pleased to add Microsoft DirectX 7.0 to the multimedia downloads we currently provide on AOL." AOL members will be able to download DirectX from AOL's PC Download Center. Microsoft released DirectX 7.0 in September. Consumers can also download DirectX 7.0 by using the Windows Update An updating service on Microsoft's Web site that enables users to obtain bug fixes and new features for their version of Windows. Windows Update components analyze your PC's configuration and display a list of appropriate downloads for your individual system. feature in Windows 98, or from the DirectX Home User Web page. |
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