MCAFEE.COM TO ENTER WIRELESS HANDHELD APPLICATION SERVICES MARKET.McAfee.com (Nasdaq: MCAF MCAF Marine Corps Air Facility MCAF Modern Chinese Art Foundation MCAF Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation MCAF Miss Camp America Foundation (non-profit AIDS foundation) MCAF Mirzam Capital Appreciation Fund ), a leading global consumer Application Service Provider (ASP) of PC security and management services, announced it plans to deliver the McAfee.com PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). Center, a collection of Web-based security and management services for the wireless handheld device market. McAfee.com intends to launch the PDA Center in the second quarter of 2000. The PDA Center is designed to provide security and management services similar to those offered in McAfee.com's Clinic and Personal Firewall services, for the emerging market of Internet-enabled handheld and wireless devices. This expanding market includes the growing population of highly mobile personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Internet-connected telephones and pagers. Industry experts predict the portability of PDAs and other Web-friendly devices, and the simplicity of communication between home computers and office networks will make such devices more attractive to a growing population of users. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. market researcher IDC, the number of users of wireless devices with access to information services See Information Systems. and Internet messaging in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , will increase from 7.4 million users in 1999 to 61.5 million by 2003. By 2005, this number is expected to reach 830 million. |
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