Wave Issue 0102 1/9/01 Article 7-01

***BSQUARE and Philips Components Collaborate On Internet
Appliance Products
(January 5)

BSQUARE and Philips Components, a division of Royal Philips
Electronics of the Netherlands, have formed an alliance to
provide OEMs with a faster time to market for Internet
appliances. According to a Memorandum of Understanding, BSQUARE
plans to collaborate with Philips to provide its Internet
software technologies for inclusion in Philips' Windows-based Net
Display Modules that enable OEMs to create thin, light Web
tablets, information displays, kiosks and thin clients.

By bundling BSQUARE's Internet appliance software, Philips can
provide customizable, feature-rich Internet appliance solutions
to their OEM customers. BSQUARE's software provides all of the
components needed including remote update capability, browser
technology and numerous software applications such as Instant
Messaging.