Get backstage at the Grammy Awards with IBM's OS 2 Warp.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1995--IBM's OS/2 Warp(a) will provide music fans in 140 countries around the world a "virtual backstage pass" to the hippest event in the pop music industry. This year, the 37th annual Grammy Awards will be "cybercast" worldwide on March 1 via the Internet. While Paul Reiser hosts the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. onstage, Adam Curry, former video jockey, will host the Grammy Awards cybercast backstage. Using OS/2 Warp, Curry will provide cyberpunks virtual backstage access to the biggest music party of the year. Online subscribers can join the Grammy domain on the World Wide Web and "hang out backstage" while simultaneously watching the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. telecast. "The Internet is opening up new opportunities for business and entertainment, like giving net surfers unprecedented access to never before seen backstage action at the Grammy Awards. And OS/2 Warp is just about the easiest way to get on the Internet - you just point and click and you're there," said Curry. OS/2 Warp's direct, comprehensive access to the Internet will provide the easiest way to join the Grammy cybercast. Warp users can simply type http://metaverse.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. window in the Internet's World Wide Web. Net surfers who don't have Warp yet can also use an online service or alternate Internet provider to access the World Wide Web for the Grammy cybercast. OS/2 Warp is the third generation of IBM's award-winning 32-bit operating system. It features impressive new usability features, slimmed-down system requirements and comes with a BonusPak of more than a dozen exploitive OS/2 applications, including easy access to Internet and CompuServe. OS/2 Warp comes preloaded on systems from the IBM PC Company A subsidiary of the IBM Corporation located in Raleigh, NC, that was involved with all aspects of IBM PCs. In 2004, it became part of Lenovo, which acquired IBM's ThinkPad personal computers. See Lenovo. , Toshiba, CompuAdd and 200 other PC manufacturers, and Dell offers Warp as a preload preload /pre·load/ (pre´lod) the mechanical state of the heart at the end of diastole, the magnitude of the maximal (end-diastolic) ventricular volume or the end-diastolic pressure stretching the ventricles. option to customers when they order PCs. The 37th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday, March 1 and telecast on the CBS Television Network CBS Television Network Major U.S. broadcasting company and network. It began in 1928 as the Columbia Broadcasting System, a small radio network directed by William S. Paley. (8-11 ET). Tony Bennett, Boys II Men, Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American country/folk singer-songwriter and guitarist with a diverse musical style. Biography Childhood , Sheryl Crow, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Salt-n-Pepa, Gil Shaham and Bruce Springsteen are the announced performers to date. Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, k.d. lang, Tony Bennett, Salt-n-Pepa, Boys II Men, Tori Amos, Placido Domingo, Emanuel Ax, Steven Curtis Chapman Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.) is a contemporary Christian musician who has won five Grammy awards and more Gospel Music Association awards than any other artist in history. , Annie Lennox, Gary Oldman and Jon Secada are set to present awards. (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. CONTACT: IBM Media Relations J.P. Versace, 800/354-0978 Internet: jpversacc(at symbol)vnet.ibm.com or Bordeur & Partners Chris McManus, 914/697-9711 CompuServe: 75362, 770 |
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