Fujitsu Launches New Virtual World With Corporate Partners; Partners include Highly Popular Internet Communities CRIPmedia, NetNoir, PlanetOut, and XOOM

Business Wire, July 20, 1998

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998--Fujitsu's WorldsAway division, the leader in virtual world community development andtours, live events, games, prizes, and an interaers will have exclusive customized rooms withinoir, PlanetOut, and XOOM. Each of these companies is developing a large Internet community focused around specific issues, interests, or affinities. The partners benefit from revenue generated by monthly subscriptions and the additional time members spend with their brand. Members benefit from having a safe place to conduct meaningful real-time communication with one another.

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WorldsAway Virtual Worlds

WorldsAway technology from Fujitsu Systems Business of America (FSBA) enables the development and management ware for fostering a cohesive online community as evidenced by the several hundred thousand subscribers of Dreamscape, Hotel Silicon, and Habitat II (Japan). WorldsAway and sustain a viable community on the Internet (http://www.worldsaway.com).

About Fujitsu Systems Business of America

The WorldsAway Products and Services Business Unit is part of Fujitsu Systems Business of America (http://fsba.com), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd. of Tokyo (http://www.fujitsu.com), a $36 billion leader in computers, software, telecommunications, and other are in communications and multimedia products a InterActive Agency, Inc.

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