1.   Sophisticated graphics and multimedia software for games and educational programs dictate that consumer machines have plenty of muscle.

2.   American firms look just as far ahead in multimedia software as they were in PC software.

3.   Analysts called the alliance significant for Dolby, but said it is too early to say whether the company can establish an audio standard for multimedia software.

4.   And Apple Computer disclosed that the Justice Department is investigating whether Microsoft tried to bully Apple out of the multimedia software market.

5.   And most multimedia software works best with eight megabytes.

6.   And not all Windows machines have the muscle to run graphics-intensive multimedia software.

7.   Apple Computer Inc. and IBM said Friday that they were folding one of their three joint ventures, Kaleida Labs Inc., which makes programming tools for multimedia software.

8.   At the same time, allegations emerged that Microsoft asked Apple to curtail its development of multimedia software called QuickTime.

9.   A group of multimedia software companies led by Microsoft said yesterday they had agreed to a standard method of broadcasting video over the Internet.

10.   Broderbund is one of the pioneers of educational multimedia software, and its computer games Myst and Riven are among the best-selling titles of all time.