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Warrant to Purchase Stock - Teleworld Inc. and Randall Komisar

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                                                                       No. PAW-1

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE
OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

                       WARRANT TO PURCHASE 52,083 SHARES
                         OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK OF
                                 TELEWORLD INC.
                          (Void after March 18, 2008)

     This certifies that Randall Komisar or his assigns (the "Holder"), for
value received, is entitled to purchase from Teleworld Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), having a place of business at 894 Ross Drive, Suite
100, Sunnyvale, California 94089, a maximum of 52,083 fully paid and
nonassessable shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock ("Preferred
Stock") for cash at a price of $0.60 per share (the "Stock Purchase Price") at
any time or from time to time up to and including 5:00 p.m. (Pacific time) on
the earlier of (i) the closing of the initial public offering of the Company's
Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Initial Public Offering") or (ii) March 18, 2008, such
earlier day being referred to herein as the "Expiration Date", upon surrender to
the Company at its principal office (or at such other location as the Company
may advise the Holder in writing) of this Warrant properly endorsed with the
Form of Subscription attached hereto duly filled in and signed and, if
applicable, upon payment in cash or by check of the aggregate Stock Purchase
Price for the number of shares for which this Warrant is being exercised
determined in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company shall deliver
notice of the Initial Public Offering to the Holder at least 30 days prior to
the closing thereof. The Stock Purchase Price and the number of shares
purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3 of this
Warrant.

     This Warrant is subject to the following terms and conditions:

     1.   Exercise; Issuance Of Certificates; Payment For Shares.

          1.1  General.  This Warrant is exercisable at the option of the holder
of record hereof, at any time or from time to time, up to the Expiration Date
for all or any part of the shares of Preferred Stock (but not for a fraction of
a share) which may be purchased hereunder. The Company agrees that the shares of
Preferred Stock purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be
issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close
of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered,
properly endorsed, the completed, executed Form of Subscription delivered and
payment made for such shares. Certificates for the shares of Preferred Stock so
purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder
hereof is entitled upon such exercise, shall be delivered to the

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Holder hereof by the Company at the Company's expense within a reasonable time
after the rights represented by this Warrant have been so exercised. In case of
a purchase of less than all the shares which may be purchased under this
Warrant, the Company shall cancel this Warrant and execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants of like tenor for the balance of the shares purchasable
under the Warrant surrendered upon such purchase to the Holder hereof within a
reasonable time. Each stock certificate so delivered shall be in such
denominations of Preferred Stock as may be requested by the Holder hereof and
shall be registered in the name of such Holder.

          1.2  Net Issue Exercise.  Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the
contrary, if the fair market value of one share of the Company's Preferred Stock
is greater than the Stock Purchase Price (at the date of calculation as set
forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant for cash, the Holder may elect
to receive shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or
the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the
principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed Form of
Subscription and notice of such election in which event the Company shall issue
to the Holder a number of shares of Preferred Stock computed using the following
formula:

               X = Y (A-B)
                   -------

                      A

          Where X = the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be issued to the
Holder

                    Y =  the number of shares of Preferred Stock purchasable
                         under the Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant
                         is being exercised, the portion of the Warrant being
                         canceled (at the date of such calculation)

                    A =  the fair market value of one share of the Company's
                         Preferred Stock (at the date of such calculation)

                    B =  Stock Purchase Price (as adjusted to the date of such
                         calculation)

For purposes of the above calculation, fair market value of one share of
Preferred Stock shall be determined by the Company's Board of Directors in good
faith; provided, however, that in the event the Company makes an initial public
offering of its Common Stock the fair market value per share shall be the
product of (i) the per share offering price to the public of the Company's
initial public offering, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock into
which each share of Preferred Stock is convertible at the time of such exercise.

     2.   Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares.  The Company covenants
and agrees that all shares of Preferred Stock which may be issued upon the
exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be duly
authorized, validly issued,

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fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any
shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue
thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that, during the period within
which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will
at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer
upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient
number of shares of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock, or other securities
and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant. The Company will take all such action as may be
necessary to assure that such shares of Preferred Stock may be issued as
provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any
requirements of any domestic securities exchange upon which the Preferred Stock
may be listed; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
effect a registration under Federal or State securities laws with respect to
such exercise. The Company will not take any action which would result in any
adjustment of the Stock Purchase Price (as set forth in Section 3 hereof) (i) if
the total number of shares of Preferred Stock issuable after such action upon
exercise of all outstanding warrants, together with all shares of Preferred
Stock then outstanding and all shares of Preferred Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all options and upon the conversion of all convertible securities
then outstanding, would exceed the total number of shares of Preferred Stock
then authorized by the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or (ii)
if the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable after such action upon
the conversion of all such shares of Preferred Stock, together with all shares
of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of all options and upon the
conversion of all such shares of Preferred Stock, together with all shares of
Common Stock then outstanding and all shares of Common Stock then issuable upon
exercise of all options and upon the conversion of all convertible securities
then outstanding would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then
authorized by the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.

     3.   Adjustment of Stock Purchase Price and Number of Shares.  The Stock
Purchase Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events described in this Section 3. Upon each adjustment of the Stock
Purchase Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to
purchase, at the Stock Purchase Price resulting from such adjustment, the number
of shares obtained by multiplying the Stock Purchase Price in effect immediately
prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto
immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the
Stock Purchase Price resulting from such adjustment.

          3.1  Subdivision or Combination of Stock.  In case the Company shall
at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Preferred Stock into a greater
number of shares, the Stock Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of the Company shall be combined into a
smaller number of shares, the Stock Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

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          3.2  Dividends in Preferred Stock, Other Stock, Property,
Reclassification. If at any time or from time to time the Holders of Preferred
Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time receivable upon
the exercise of this Warrant) shall have received or become entitled to receive,
without payment therefor,

               (a) Preferred Stock or any shares of stock or other securities
which are at any time directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable
for Preferred Stock, or any rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution,

               (b) any cash paid or payable otherwise than as a cash dividend,
or

               (c) Preferred Stock or additional stock or other securities or
property (including cash) by way of spinoff, split-up, reclassification,
combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement, (other than shares of
Preferred Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall
be covered by the terms of Section 3.1 above), then and in each such case, the
Holder hereof shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant, be entitled to receive,
in addition to the number of shares of Preferred Stock receivable thereupon, and
without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the amount of stock
and other securities and property (including cash in the cases referred to in
clause (b) above and this clause (c)) which such Holder would hold on the date
of such exercise had he been the holder of record of such Preferred Stock as of
the date on which holders of Preferred Stock received or became entitled to
receive such shares or all other additional stock and other securities and
property.

          3.3  Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
If any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock
of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another
corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other
transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders of Preferred Stock
shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property (an
"Organic Change"), then, as a condition of such Organic Change, lawful and
adequate provisions shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder hereof shall
thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the
Preferred Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and
receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of
stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with
respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Preferred
Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore
purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby;
provided, however, that in the event the value of the stock, securities or other
assets or property (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company) issuable or payable with respect to one share of the Preferred Stock of
the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise
of the rights represented hereby is in excess of the Stock Purchase Price hereof
effective at the time of a merger and securities received in such
reorganization, if any, are publicly traded, then this Warrant shall expire
unless exercised prior to such Organic Change. In the event of any Organic
Change, appropriate provision shall be made by the Company with respect to the
rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the
provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of
the

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Stock Purchase Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable
upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, in relation
to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the
exercise hereof. The Company will not effect any such consolidation, merger or
sale unless, prior to the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if
other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or the corporation
purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Holders of a majority of the warrants
to purchase Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, executed and mailed or
delivered to the registered Holder hereof at the last address of such Holder
appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder
such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, such Holder may be entitled to purchase.

          3.4  Certain Events.  If any change in the outstanding Preferred Stock
of the Company or any other event occurs as to which the other provisions of
this Section 3 are not strictly applicable or if strictly applicable would not
fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder of the Warrant in accordance
with such provisions, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall make an
adjustment in the number and class of shares available under the Warrant, the
Stock Purchase Price or the application of such provisions, so as to protect
such purchase rights as aforesaid. The adjustment shall be such as will give the
Holder of the Warrant upon exercise for the same aggregate Stock Purchase Price
the total number, class and kind of shares as he would have owned had the
Warrant been exercised prior to the event and had he continued to hold such
shares until after the event requiring adjustment.

          3.5  Notices of Change.

               (a) Immediately upon any adjustment in the number or class of
shares subject to this Warrant and of the Stock Purchase Price, the Company
shall give written notice thereof to the Holder, setting forth in reasonable
detail and certifying the calculation of such adjustment.

               (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Holder at least
10 business days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or
takes a record for determining rights to receive any dividends or distributions.

               (c) The Company shall also give written notice to the Holder at
least 30 business days prior to the date on which an Organic Change shall take
place.

     4.   Issue Tax.  The issuance of certificates for shares of Preferred Stock
upon the exercise of the Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder of
the Warrant for any issue tax (other than any applicable income taxes) in
respect thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the then
Holder of the Warrant being exercised.

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     5.   Closing of Books. The Company will at no time close its transfer books
against the transfer of any warrant or of any shares of Preferred Stock issued
or issuable upon the exercise of any warrant in any manner which interferes with
the timely exercise of this Warrant.

     6.   No Voting or Dividend Rights; Limitation of Liability. Nothing
contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder
hereof the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder of
the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of
the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of
this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable
hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been
exercised. No provisions hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the
holder to purchase shares of Preferred Stock, and no mere enumeration herein of
the rights or privileges of the holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability
of such Holder for the Stock Purchase Price or as a shareholder of the Company,
whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by its creditors.

     7.   Warrants Transferable.  Subject to compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, without charge to the holder hereof (except
for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed. Each
taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and
agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable,
and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may
be treated by the Company, at the Company's option, and all other persons
dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as
the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to
the transfer hereof on the books of the Company any notice to the contrary
notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat
the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes.

     8.   Rights and Obligations Survive Exercise of Warrant. The rights and
obligations of the Company, of the holder of this Warrant and of the holder of
shares of Preferred Stock issued upon exercise of this Warrant, referred to in
Section 7 shall survive the exercise of this Warrant.

     9.   Modification and Waiver. This Warrant and any provision hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.

     10.  Notices.  Any notice, request or other document required or permitted
to be given or delivered to the holder hereof or the Company shall be delivered
or shall be sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, to each such holder at its
address as shown on the books of the Company or to the Company at the address
indicated therefor in the first paragraph of this Warrant or such other address
as either may from time to time provide to the other.

     11.  Binding Effect on Successors. This Warrant shall be binding upon any
corporation succeeding the Company by merger, consolidation or acquisition of
all or substantially all of the Company's assets. All of the obligations of the
Company relating to the Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant shall survive the exercise and

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termination of this Warrant. All of the covenants and agreements of the Company
shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the holder hereof.

     12.  Descriptive Headings and Governing Law. The description headings of
the several sections and paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for convenience
only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. This Warrant shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall
be governed by, the laws of the State of California.

     13.  Lost Warrants.  The Company represents and warrants to the Holder
hereof that upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of
the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of
any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will
make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

     14.  Fractional Shares.  No fractional shares shall be issued upon exercise
of this Warrant. The Company shall, in lieu of issuing any fractional share, pay
the holder entitled to such fraction a sum in cash equal to such fraction
multiplied by the then effective Stock Purchase Price.

                     [THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

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     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed
by its officers, thereunto duly authorized this 18/th/ day of March, 1998.

                                    Teleworld Inc.
                                    a Delaware corporation



                                    By:___________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

ATTEST:


__________________________

Secretary

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                                   Exhibit A

                               SUBSCRIPTION FORM

                                           Date:_________________________,19____

Teleworld Inc.
894 Ross Drive
Suite 100
Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Attn: President

Ladies and Gentlemen:

[_]  The undersigned hereby elects to exercise the warrant issued to it by
     Teleworld Inc. (the "Company") and dated April ___, 1998 Warrant No. PAW-1
     (the "Warrant") and to purchase thereunder 52,083 shares of the Series A
     Preferred Stock of the Company (the "Shares") at a purchase price of Sixty
     Cents ($0.60) per Share or an aggregate purchase price of Thirty-One
     Thousand Two hundred Forty-Nine Dollars and Eighty Cents ($31,249.80) (the
     "Purchase Price").

[_]  The undersigned hereby elects to convert ______________________ percent
     (____%) of the value of the Warrant pursuant to the provisions of Section
     1.2 of the Warrant.

     Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant the undersigned has delivered the
Purchase Price herewith in full in cash or by certified check or wire transfer.
The undersigned also makes the representations set forth on the attached Exhibit
B of the Warrant.

                                    Very truly yours,


                                    ___________________________________
                                    Randall Komisar

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                                   Exhibit B

                           INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION

THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE COMPLETED, SIGNED AND RETURNED TO TELEWORLD INC. ALONG
WITH THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM BEFORE THE PREFERRED STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THE WARRANT DATED MARCH ______, 1998, WILL BE ISSUED.

                                                             March _______, 1998

Teleworld Inc.
894 Ross Drive
Suite 100
Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Attn: President

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The undersigned, Randall Komisar ("Purchaser"), intends to acquire up to
52,083 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") of
Teleworld Inc. (the "Company") from the Company pursuant to the exercise or
conversion of certain Warrants to purchase Preferred Stock held by Purchaser.
The Preferred Stock will be issued to Purchaser in a transaction not involving a
public offering and pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") and applicable state
securities laws. In connection with such purchase and in order to comply with
the exemptions from registration relied upon by the Company, Purchaser
represents, warrants and agrees as follows:

     Purchaser is acquiring the Preferred Stock for its own account, to hold for
investment, and Purchaser shall not make any sale, transfer or other disposition
of the Preferred Stock in violation of the 1933 Act or the General Rules and
Regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") or in violation of any applicable state securities law.

     Purchaser has been advised that the Preferred Stock has not been registered
under the 1933 Act or state securities laws on the ground that this transaction
is exempt from registration, and that reliance by the Company on such exemptions
is predicated in part on Purchaser's representations set forth in this letter.

     Purchaser has been informed that under the 1933 Act, the Preferred Stock
must be held indefinitely unless it is subsequently registered under the 1933
Act or unless an exemption from such registration (such as Rule 144) is
available with respect to any proposed transfer or disposition by Purchaser of
the Preferred Stock. Purchaser further agrees that the Company may refuse to
permit Purchaser to sell, transfer or dispose of the Preferred Stock (except as
permitted

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under Rule 144) unless there is in effect a registration statement under the
1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws covering such transfer, or
unless Purchaser furnishes an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
counsel for the Company, to the effect that such registration is not required.

     Purchaser also understands and agrees that there will be placed on the
certificate(s) for the Preferred Stock, or any substitutions therefor, a legend
stating in substance:

          "The shares represented by this certificate have not been
     registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws. These shares
     have been acquired for investment and may not be sold or
     otherwise transferred in the absence of an effective registration
     statement for these shares under the Securities Act and
     applicable state securities laws, or an opinion of counsel
     satisfactory to the Company that registration is not required and
     that an applicable exemption is available."

     Purchaser has carefully read this letter and has discussed its requirements
and other applicable limitations upon Purchaser's resale of the Preferred Stock
with Purchaser's counsel.

                                    Very truly yours,


                                    _____________________________
                                    Randall Komisar

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