Orb Hooks With WiiOrb Hooks With Wii

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- When Nintendo(R) announced it had opened up Internet access on the new Wii(TM) recently, the people who bought the popular video game console got an unexpected holiday gift -- a simple new way to enjoy all of the digital entertainment on their home PC directly on their living room TV screen using Orb Networks(TM) software as the bridge. Orb's free software allows you to enjoy all digital media from your home PC as well as online videos from the growing source of Internet TV and content sites on any other networked device with an internet browser -- be it other PCs, lap tops, PDAs or mobile phones with streaming players -- and now TV with the Wii.

"What Nintendo did -- offering Internet connectivity on its game console was so simple and easy -- yet it tears a big hole into the walled content garden erected by gaming manufacturers," said Joe Costello, Chairman and CEO of Orb Networks. "Consumers want the freedom to surf the Web while sitting on their sofas but that really just scratches the surface of what is available. People can get any digital content on their home PC, be it videos, music, TV, photos, whatever they want, and watch it on their TV screen without limitations or additional fees, which is what Orb promises and the Wii helps deliver. Nintendo opened the door for millions of gamers to see the power of what the Internet can offer in terms of media freedom, choices and access: other gaming manufacturers should follow suit, and the content providers and programmers should notice."

Orb Networks Inc.