MyInternetDesktop.com Web-based Applications Offer 100 Mb Virtual Hard Drive Storage and are Available to WebTV Users.Business/High-Tech Editors Spring Internet World Booth 5766 LP LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 Creating Universal Accessibility Via the Widest Selection of Internet Connected Devices and Operating Systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , and Offering Significantly Increased Free Virtual Storage MyInternetDesktop.com (MID), the premiere platform for the development, distribution and use of web-based applications via Internet connected devices, today announced two significant developments that are designed to improve the overall MID functionality and move the platform one step closer to universal accessibility. The company announced it will now provide users with up to 100 MB of virtual hard drive storage capacity for free, an increase of more than 200 percent over the previous offer of 30 MB. Additionally, MyInternetDesktop.com web-based applications are now available to WebTV users. MyInternetDesktop.com provides users with free web-based applications for business and personal productivity, and does not require any Java, Active-X, or Plug-in software downloads or installation, making it ideal for use with Internet appliances, web-enabled mobile technologies, gaming consoles and other devices. Interested users can register at www.myinternetdesktop.com and receive 100 MB of virtual hard drive space and full access to all applications, including word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , email, calendaring, calculator, message center, import/export manager, address book, task manager, virtual hard drive and bookmarking In genetics and epigenetics, bookmarking is a biological phenomenon believed to function as an epigenetic mechanism for transmitting cellular memory of the pattern of gene expression in a cell, throughout mitosis, to its daughter cells. . MyInternetDesktop.com is demonstrating its suite of applications at Spring Internet World Booth 5766 LP, in the Launch Pad pavilion, and showcasing its compatibility with WebTV. "We're excited about moving closer to our ultimate notion of universal accessibility for traditional hard drive applications to all users of Internet appliances," said MID founder and president, Marcelo Lewin. "MyInternetDesktop.com offers a full range of applications to users of most web-enabled devices, and accessibility with WebTV is a tremendous move in the direction of giving users access to their data any time, any where, from any device." Industry predictions estimate that sales of information appliances will reach the 300 million mark worldwide over the next five years, outpacing PC sales, 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 research firm ETForecasts. IDC similarly forecasts that U.S. shipments of consumer information appliances will outnumber those of consumer PCs by 2002, and predicts that by 2004, the worldwide market for information appliances will have a value of approximately $17.8 billion. MyInternetDesktop.com runs on any computing platform See platform. or appliance with Internet access See how to access the Internet. , including Macintosh-, Windows-, Linux-, QNX- and Unix-based desktop, notebook and handheld computers using Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. 3.02 and above, Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. 3.04 and above, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. 4.0 and above, Opera: 3.6 and higher. MyInternetDesktop.com also supports non-PC Internet appliances such as WebTV New Classic and Plus, Espial es·pi·al n. 1. The act of watching or observing; observation. 2. A taking notice of something; a discovery. 3. The fact of being seen or noticed. 4.0, and those being developed by NYC-based Internet Appliance Network (www.internetappliance.net). Soon, MID will be compatible with the most popular cell phones and PDAs available. MyInternetDesktop.com is an open system, which gives anyone the ability to create their own web-based applications to be shared among friends, family, co-workers or the entire MyInternetDesktop.com community. MyInternetDesktop.com's simple yet powerful open API will be available to any interested party beginning third quarter 2000. Applications for MyInternetDesktop.com scheduled to be introduced in the near future include presentation / slide show creation, instant messenger, time card management, expense reports, databases, and photo albums, among others. |
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