Reading & Bournemouth, UK 1st March 2002. A special release of the Application Development Kit (ADK) for Tao's intent(R) media platform is being made available to the general public. Version 1.3.1 of Tao's intent(R) ADK is now available as an exclusive CD on the cover of digital magazine, volume 1 issue 4, released today.

The ADK will help developers gain early access to the intent(R) platform prior to the release of Tao's full Software Development Kit (SDK) later this year, and gives everyone - not just developers - a chance to experience the future of compelling multimedia content which will run on the intent platform.

intent(R) enables a new class of interactive content services across any number of devices from mobile phones to digital televisions. It is the supported software platform for the Open Contents Platform Association, a standards body with a membership of more than 60 companies including Hitachi, Sony, Kyocera, Intel, JVC, Fujitsu, Sharp, Epson, Pioneer, Metrowerks, Sega, Bandai and Capcom.

The ADK released with digital magazine runs on Personal Computers supporting Windows and Linux (RedHat 7.2) and incorporates intent media libraries, C and C++ compilers, a PersonalJava(TM) engine and various tools.

Volume 1, issue 4 of digital goes on sale in newsagents throughout the UK today. The magazine can also be ordered direct from the publishers, Active Media Group, via the magazine's web site at www.digitalmagazine.co.uk while stocks last.

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About Tao Group Limited

Tao has developed intent, a binary portable, language independent, high performance, multimedia platform that is now used by many of the world's leading OEMs in their client products for home and mobile networks. The technology allows these companies to have a single strategy across all of their platforms, irrespective of operating system, hardware and function. intent is now being used in products including smart mobile appliances and digital television. Its technology is a fundamental component for the Open Contents Platform Association (OCPA) launched in Japan last October. Tao's range of products have been designed from their inception to combine applications and content written in C, C++ and the Java language with Tao's multimedia to run real-world content many times faster than any alternative. The Company was founded in 1992, has offices in the United States, Europe and Japan and counts Sony, NEC, Motorola, Sharp and Bowman Capital amongst its investors. Tao has a growing and high value, global patent portfolio and is the recipient of multiple industry awards, both for its technologies and for the rate of corporate growth.

About digital magazine

digital is the only magazine dedicated to covering the universal,interconnected nature of information and devices in today's increasingly digital world. digital focuses on the technologies and companies behind the best consumer electronics devices and showcases the best new hardware and software in all fields: from portable computing devices like mobile phones and PDAs to fixed hardware such as set-top boxes, games consoles and desktop PCs. Published by Active Media Group, digital is a high quality, monthly title distributed throughout the UK on the news-stands and worldwide on subscription.