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...announced last week that they had become engaged. Neither BRIAN LITTRELL, 25, at left, nor his cousin KEVIN RICHARDSON, 28, middle, named their fiances, though Littrell will reportedly marry a struggling actress while Richardson's betrothed is said to be a backup dancer for Cher. Fans immediately flooded Internet chat rooms to register shock, disappointment and, in some cases, begrudging goodwill. "I don't necessarily LOVE the idea of bri and big bro kevi kev getting married, but if that's what makes them happy, I'm cool with it," wrote one brave fan. "At least it's not Nick...
...size mini-recorder that lets kids create voice messages as long as 8 sec. and pass them to similarly equipped friends three ways: through removable "buzz cards," by holding up two communicators together or simply by touching each other on the arm. Shown here is Girl Tech's Laser Chat ($15 this spring), which can record a message and send it wirelessly as far away as 35 ft. For more advanced messaging, Tiger's Lightning Mail ($60 in September) comes with a screen and keyboard and lets kids send real e-mail free to friends, once they hook...
...tenured Harvard professor is afraid to speak on the record, might I be in for more than I bargained? Has the Ivory Tower Mafia put the kibosh on chit-chat for secret, sordid reasons best left unexplored? More important, can tweed coats carry switchblades? Do corduroy patches cover gang signs? Are the cops going to find my mangled remains in a cement factory down the road from the next Modern Language Association convention...
...scrambled to announce that its computer systems had not been "hacked" and that no one had taken control of them; the problem was simply that CNN failed to set up the chat correctly. The episode seems to be a reminder that computer systems are just as vulnerable to silly human error as to malicious "hackers." Just paying adequate attention could have saved the network a good deal of embarrassment...
...morning after the chat, Clinton met with various dignitaries (including a security expert by the screen name of "Mudge") to discuss ways to improve security on the Internet. The meeting had been planned earlier, but one wonders what impressions he brought away from the first live Presidential online chat the night before...