Word: quickcam
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Technology can encourage more frequent, more casual contact. It's no chore to dash off an e-mail to Granddad. Inexpensive new machines like Cidco's Mailstation ($149 at cidco.com allow anyone who can use a phone to enjoy e-mail. And computer-top video cameras like Logitech's Quickcam ($100 at quickcam.com can turn your desktop into a virtual video telephone...
What they worked out was the typical home office: a PC wired to an Internet connection that stays on while she stays home. Sophisticated telephones; the digital equivalents of Swiss Army knives that fax, copy and scan (but don't do your laundry yet); and videoconferencing equipment, like the QuickCam Pro, all fill out the small office/home office (SOHO) market that has become hugely affordable...
...software with a small, computer-top video camera. Intel's product is especially worth considering if you're also in the market for a cheap, Net-based video telephone, which allows you to talk to (and see) other users. I also liked Connectix's golf ball-size, $129 QuickCam...