Cable Ready Windows

NDS and Peach Networks have announced a collaboration that could bring PC games directly to customers televisions. The service will combine conditional access technology from NDS with Peach's proprietary system that allows Windows and Internet access through digital set-top boxes to give cable television operators a secure way to offer customers Internet access and Windows 95/98 applications and games. "Subscribers will be able to use Peach's technology to access games, a variety of Windows applications and the Internet, all on the TV, while operators will be able to use NDS functions to develop and implement pricing and billing plans," said Peach Networks CEO Ofir Paz.