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Digital 5 and TDK Corporation Collaborate To Develop Network Attached Storage and Digital Media Server Solution for Emerging Digital Home Market LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- CES 2005 (Suite 910) -- Digital 5, a leading provider of software for streaming of multimedia content, today announced a collaboration effort with TDK Corporation (NYSE:TDK), a leading global electronics company, to bring to market the next generation of digital media server and network attached storage (NAS) solutions for the new age of the digital home. The companies are reviewing ways to develop a complete home NAS (hNAS) solution that will address the storage and distribution needs of consumers with regard to the digital media content located throughout their connected homes. The joint collaboration is focused on developing and bringing to market a NAS digital media product in 2005. The growth in the amount of available digital entertainment content, coupled with cost reductions in storage, processing, and home networking have spurred the need for consumer electronic products which will allow households to manage their vast amounts of entertainment content. "We are pleased to be able to collaborate with TDK Corporation to support and enable their vision for an hNAS product for sharing and storing a household's personal and commercial digital media files," said Michael Harris, president of Digital 5. Our solution enables TDK to leverage a complete reference platform and accelerate time-to-market for their devices designed to manage the increasing digital media content in the connected digital home." The hNAS device will support industry standards such as UPnP, HTTP, RTP, NMPR and 802.11g. Additionally, Digital 5 provides an application customization layer creating the ability to easily add additional application functionality and utilize the customizable user interface to expose more features, enhance the device capabilities and enrich the user experience. About TDK Corporation TDK Corporation (NYSE:TDK) is a leading global electronics company based in Japan. It was established in 1935 to commercialize "ferrite," a key material in electronics and magnetics. TDK's current product line includes ferrite materials, electronic and optical components and ICs, wireless computer networking products, magnetic heads for HDD, digital recording hardware and advanced digital recording media. Net worldwide sales in FY2004 were US$6.2 billion. For more information about TDK, please visit http://www.tdk.com/. About Digital 5, Inc. Digital 5, Inc. (Digital 5) is a leading provider of software enabling both wireless and wired sharing of multimedia content among networked consumer electronics (CE) devices. Digital 5's software technology is used to enable new products for existing CE categories, such as DVD players, televisions, and stereo systems, giving them the capability to access media content over a home network and the Internet. These products allow consumers to enjoy their music, digital pictures, or video in the comfort of their various home entertainment locations. With headquarters in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and operations in California, Taiwan, Japan and India, Digital 5 can be contacted on the World Wide Web at http://www.digital5.com/. DATASOURCE: Digital 5, Inc. CONTACT: Andrea Sorace, Digital 5, Inc., +1-609-759-4204, Web site: http://www.tdk.com/ Web site: http://www.digital5.com/

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