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...Next you'll need the right software. Although Yahoo and MSN offer free video chatting through their instant-messaging programs, their video features feel like afterthoughts. Instead of launching video immediately, their programs first make you launch a text chat and then add audio and video...
...just $5 a month, a new program from SightSpeed in Berkeley, California, is a better option. Just click on the name of the person you want to chat with, and SightSpeed Video Messenger sends a message inviting him or her to chat. As soon as the recipient clicks O.K., a Post-it-size video window appears onscreen, and you can start talking. A picture-in-a-picture option lets you see your own image in a smaller window. In my tests over a DSL connection, the video was a little blurry but good enough to see expression on the other...
...downside to video chat is that it sometimes reveals too much. I couldn't help noticing that my testing partner, Maryanne, looked bored and distracted while we chatted with each other. (O.K., so maybe I tend to babble.) And I wasn't thrilled with how I looked on the webcam, either. I quickly discovered that video chatting involves a new kind of etiquette. You have to smile and give your webcam lots of eye contact. Before starting, it's also good to check the mirror to make sure you like how you look. And what if you need...
MONEY: Investing in China; a better chat program; phishing scams...
...approximate count," says Rahman, in a phone chat from London. "If you have a hit film, you'll sell 5 million or 6 million CDs. Of my movies, at least 20 or 25 were really big hits." Mind you, he adds, "in India, we don't get royalties. Otherwise I'd be a very rich man. I wouldn't have to come to America...