Santa Rosa, Calif., (March 11, 2005) – Burst.com, Inc. (OTC: BRST), and Microsoft Corporation today announced that Microsoft has taken a non-exclusive license to Burst’s international patent portfolio, for a one-time license fee of $60 million dollars. The license is for use only by Microsoft in its own product and does not include sub-licensing rights. The patent license also settles the outstanding litigation between both companies.

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