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This is where I'll be retaining all the best news articles on webcams and related topics that I can find. I'll start it off with all the articles I can find on wired.com. They're a great news source for anything Internet/tech related. I actually have them as one of my 4 homepages set in my Mozilla startup. Without further ado, here is the every growing news archives that we'll keep featured here.
Zoo webcams offer a safari experience at home Monterey County Herald Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:14:35 GMT
Maricopa webcasts from jail still barred - 30 Jun 05 - Arizona Daily Star
"The nation's high court refused Monday to let Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio turn his jail webcams back on."
Never IM in This Town Again! - 13 Jun 05 Wired News
This article from wired is not really about webcams but since it falls into the 'online and interactive' category it's more than an appropriate addition. Basically summed up it refers to Hollywood (actors & producers, etc) using an instant messenger service to find work.
Hollywood Foots Bill for Spy Cams - 7 Jun 05 Wired News
DVD bootleggers become targets of a police-operated surveillance system paid for by the movie industry. Xeni Jardin investigates in Los Angeles. "At a press conference announcing the project last Tuesday, LAPD chief William Bratton reported that four cameras are already operating, and there are plans to install six more in coming weeks throughout the area."
-- Commentary from WG: Amazing how George Orwell's predictions are coming true! Big Brother and 1984 are here people! How long will we wait to scream to congress to stop this intrusion of our privacy? Are we going to wait until webcams are installed on OUR street corner? In our houses? In our cars? On our freeways (oh yeh, they already are in some places!) Land of the Free?
Surveillance Works Both Ways - 14 Apr 05 Wired News
This is a very interesting article coming from a recent Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle this past April. One of the topics discussed is the effect of surveillance on people, and how it could help create a model prison.
Telemedicine on the Cheap - 28 Feb 05 Wired News
This is an article on how doctors can start providing 'distance medicine' or remote housecalls via the use of computers, the internet and webcams... I love how technology is continually making our lives better instead of worse, and this is clearly one of those applications.
"...said one doctor in the MyMD program. Patients don't have to buy new cameras and laptops. The service also works on Windows PCs using inexpensive webcams or camcorders, and AOL's instant messaging service. Cheap USB webcams don't deliver the iSight's high-quality picture, but they still get the ..."
Troops Stay in Touch on Intranet - December 11, 2004 Wired News
...some soldiers have started blogs, but e-mail and instant-messaging systems are the most popular way to communicate from Iraq. "Many soldiers also use webcams. I have been able to borrow a webcam a few times, and my wife now has one, and being able to see your kids and wife raises your spirits tremen...