I found myself shopping for my own birthday present last week. As a reward for having made it long enough to achieve “senior citizen” status, my lovely wife, Annie, suggested I order the digital camera I wanted. She also suggested that I might get a better price than she could find.

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A year ago, they were called search engines. But 1998 saw many search engines morph into “portals” and many other websites heading in that direction. So, what is a portal? Whatis.com describes a portal as “a new term, generally synonymous with gateway, for a World Wide Web site that is or proposes [...]

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What’s technology for, but to make life easier? And for those living with a disability, one particular technology is making a tremendous difference: the personal computer.

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Vivo Software’s VivoActive Player plug-in enables you to get on-demand Web video and audio from websites offering VivoActive content.
The 788KB plug-in is available free for Windows and Macintosh users and can be downloaded from Vivo’s website. Installing the VivoActive Player is no different from installing any other plug-in.

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If you spend all day in front of your computer and you are an information junkie, you may want to download the PointCast Network, which is a free Internet news service that delivers headlines to your desktop in the form of a screensaver. As the headlines scroll across your screen, you can [...]

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Though the futuristic dream of artificial intelligence has not been fully realized, AI agents, called bots, are alive and well on the Internet.
The first bot, Eliza was created in 1966 by an MIT professor to simulate the functions of a psychotherapist.

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