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RCA向它的TV顶置盒网络计算机顾客发出了回收信息。这些顶置盒计算机使用的软件是由NCI公司(网络计算机公司)提供的,而NCI又是作为Oracle的子公司提供这种计算机的软件。 RCA说这次回收的原因并非产品内部的缺陷,而是由于Internet服务商(ISP)NetChannel的服务失败导致的。作为第一家(且是唯一一家)通过RCA顶置盒提供Internet接入服务的ISP,NetChannel本月初中断了独立服务,被America Online收购。据熟悉NCI的消息来源说,服务被取消后RCA的顶置盒就不再只有单一用途了。RCA的顶置盒使用户能够填补TV与Web之间的鸿沟,该产品于去年生产并通过像Circuit City一类消费型电子商店进行市场开拓。
RCA sent a recovery message to its TV set-top box network computer customer. The software used by these set-top box computers is provided by NCI (Network Computer Corporation), which in turn provides the software for such a computer as a subsidiary of Oracle. RCA said the reason for the recovery was not a defect inside the product, but due to a failure of the services of Internet Service Provider (ISP) NetChannel. As the first (and only) ISP to offer Internet access through its RCA box, NetChannel suspended its independent service earlier this month and was acquired by America Online. According to a source familiar with the NCI, RCA’s set-top boxes are no longer used for a single purpose once the service is canceled. The RCA’s set-top boxes enable users to bridge the gap between TV and the Web, which was manufactured last year and marketed through consumer electronics stores like Circuit City.