Internet Chats Highlight Celebrities and Experts
A roundup of online chats with Mariah Carey Joe Diffie John Gottman Julie Gottman Lynn Fredericks and others plus NASA Earth Observatory visuals and Terra satellite imagery offering insights into volcanoes hurricanes oceans and climate trends through nine angle photography and yearlong animations.
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Webroot ChildSafe 3.0 Offers Web Block and Monitoring
Webroot's ChildSafe 3.0 acts as a vigilant nanny by blocking sites, logging Internet and keyboard use, and sending activity logs to parents. It enforces an on-screen acceptable-use policy, terminates unapproved sites, and requires parent control via a password. Parents can review logs and disable the program to browse freely. Larry Blasko AP reports.
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Keyspan Unveils Ultra Thin Travel USB Hub
Keyspan introduces a travel USB hub about the size of a credit card and one centimeter thick. The clamshell device provides four additional ports and supports external or bus powered operation for PC and Mac users.
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Celebrities Use Web to Connect With Fans and Media
The piece notes stars like Cindy Crawford joining Esyle.com for Cindy's Corner and others such as Jennifer Aniston Lily Tomlin Barbra Streisand Voxxy.com Teens Hollywood and Cindy.com to answer questions share tips and chat with fans. It discusses how the Internet shortens the distance between celebrities and audiences and reshapes celebrity culture with direct communication and control over personas. It cites experts P David Marshall and Hillary Carlip on the shift in meaning making and fan engagement through cyberspace. It highlights Crawford's maternity and media strategy as she prepares for a second child and uses online chats to converse with fans and clear rumors.
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Internet Celeb Sites Offer Fans Personal Views and Interactions
A review of celebrity themed sites shows Cindy’s Corner Voxxy Jennifer Aniston Teenhollywood Melanie Griffith Barbra Streisand and more offering fans wardrobe peeks chats journals and interactive features. Online clips with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake boosted shopping links and sales.
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Fixing bulky CD eject or a roll of the dice
Readers seek help for stubborn CD drive eject and DriveSpace glitches. The column suggests a physical fix for eject problems using a paper clip and explains disabling DriveSpace on boot via Scheduled Tasks. A display resolution glitch is addressed with a system tray icon workaround to change settings without reboot.
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