Personal Web Cams When the snow flies; And schools close, these workers have the option of telecommuting
School snow days can throw a real scare into working parents, but not Meg Elliott. As long as she’s got her fax machine, an e-mail account and a good Internet connection, Elliott, a Guilford mother of two, will be fine. She’ll just telecommute. "From a parent’s perspective, it’s great," says Elliott, who is advertising manager for Southern Connecticut State University. "You have peace of mind that the kids are...
Personal Web Cams A FREELOADER'S ADVENTURES IN DOWNLOADING
My favorite four-letter word begins with the letter ``f.'' That's ``f'' as in free, for those of you with clean minds. I decided to do some early Christmas shopping on the Web without spending a dime. I was successful, if my friends and family are willing to accept mouse pads, diapers, screensavers, candy or office supplies.I stared at a site called Free-Stuff.Com (www.free-stuff.com), which was the first entry Yahoo...
Personal Web Cams For Class of 2000
High-tech way to keep in touch
They probably won't be eating rats, but you never know with dorm food. Coming this fall, 361 high school graduates will let the world eavesdrop on their daily dramas as they fan out from their Silicon Valley homes to colleges and jobs all over the country.This isn't another network's response to CBS's reality show "Survivor," and no one's getting voted out of the dorm. It's graduates of the class...
Personal Web Cams IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES...
RESEARCHERS CREATING A VIRTUAL CORNUCOPIA OF TASTE, TOUCH, SMELL
Wouldn't you like to sample a chicken entree before making dinner reservations, simply by visiting a restaurant's Web site? How about stroking the cashmere sweater you're thinking of purchasing online?People are pretty much limited to seeing and hearing things over the Internet these days. But efforts are under way to make the Net more sensory - by adding smell, taste, and touch.It's no joke, though skepticism is understandable....
Personal Web Cams OK Senate committee passes bill to make online child solicitation a felony
A proposed law by state Sen. Jim Wilson, D-Tahlequah, would allow a harsher conviction for some Internet solicitation. "We found out it's not a felony to solicit a child over the Internet," said Wilson to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary.Senate Bill 1479 with substitute language passed on to the full appropriations committee Wednesday.The legislation requested by the governor's office would make it a...