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...Fall, I was an innocent, and pure, and un-Napstered. This was mainly because it was difficult for me to get Napster; we have a vicious and unyielding corporate firewall here at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, and I was using a World War II surplus dial-up modem at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Is It Really Stealing if You Wouldn't Have Bought It Anyway? | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...photographer takes pictures, which can be shot at a resolution of 3.34 megapixels or less, she selects the snaps she wants to upload to her personal website. Users in Japan--where the product was released in September at about $1,500--can transmit images with a tiny wireless modem that slides into a slot on the camera. Ricoh expects similar wireless cards to be available in time for the i700's U.S. release early next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take A Picture That Can Fly | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...have begun testing wireless solutions with insurance companies and Web auction houses. By next year, Internet-ready SprintPCS phones will be able to hook up to a Kodak DC290 digital camera and send pictures to a Sprint website. Polaroid is developing a $350 digital camera with a built-in modem for release next spring. The first version will require a regular phone-line connection, but future versions could be wireless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take A Picture That Can Fly | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...devices to transmit data up to 328 ft. Expected to take off next year, Bluetooth will allow users of any digital camera to send images to their cell phones. The phones can then beam the files to a website. This will eliminate the need for a pricey wireless modem card (currently about $400), making the cameras much more economical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take A Picture That Can Fly | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...into a slot on the right-hand side of the polished wood frame. In a few seconds, your pictures are displayed in full color on the 4-in. by 5-in. screen. The frame holds up to 40 images and cycles through them slide-show style. A built-in modem lets you send shots over the Net to a friend's e-mail In box or to her frame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portable Portraits | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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