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...what Coolkid had in mind. But just to make sure, I clicked on the Web link embedded in the IM and was promptly directed to an X-rated website, where I was invited to pay "just $1 a month" to watch women get naked in front of a webcam...
After inspecting the bathroom, Schermerhorn writes his name on a tile wall in the common area that serves as a reservation sheet for the platoon's single Internet terminal. Most members of the platoon communicate daily with family members through email. The soldiers recently bought a webcam and connected it to the house laptop. The Tomb Raiders' hooch can be eerily antisocial, largely because today's G.I. can spend so much time in front of TV and computer screens. Schermerhorn spends the next hour instant messaging his girlfriend of three months, Nicole, a German he met while based in Giessen...
Logitech's QuickCam Orbit ($130), with its unblinking camera eye and ominous red LED, evokes the HAL 9000, though its quirky, jerky movements suggest the work of Jim Henson. The motorized webcam uses facial recognition to stay locked on your mug, even as you move side to side or up and down. It doesn't always get things right--busy backgrounds can confuse the Orbit, and it may stop following you if it spies something of greater interest. (Hint: Keep any giant Tiki-god statues out of sight.) While videoconferencing or taking pictures, you may find it more practical...
...including users with Web-based or proprietary e-mail systems like AOL, Yahoo or Hotmail--to send pics. This 2-megapixel point-and-shoot ($180 at logitech.com is also the first of its line to have a full-color LCD screen for previewing shots. And it doubles as a webcam, complete with microphone. Furthermore, it's one of the most kid-friendly cameras around: in addition to the big buttons and curved edges, it's covered with floor-resistant rubber and durable plastic. --By Wilson Rothman
Sometimes a phone call just isn't enough, and a videophone is just too expensive. Sounds like a market niche. Last week Apple released the iSight, a $149 webcam that clips to the top of a Mac screen and operates with the latest version of its instant-messaging software iChat. Now people with an up-to-date Mac and a broadband Internet connection can have high-quality video chats with anyone on their buddy list, anywhere in the world. And yes, the service is free. --By Chris Taylor