Tag: WEB CAM

If you've ever wished you could star in your own reality TV show, you'll probably be intrigued by the Looxcie (pronounced look-see). This wearable camcorder fits over your ear much like a Bluetooth headset, but actually makes you seem even more self-absorbed than strutting around with a hands-free headset does. The cam can record four hours of video at a lowly 480×320 at only 15 ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania recently attracted the attention of the nation's news media when school officials allegedly spied on students through webcams on school-issued laptops. Subpoenas have now been issued because of the incident, as federal investigators have reportedly requested a wide variety of computer ...

Last week, the BBC reported that the Swedish Tax Authority (STA) has launched an investigation into the world of online stripping, a business that the Swedish government seems to regard as lucrative and largely unreported. Dag Hardyson, the head of STA's Internet trade project, believes that as many as 500 Swedish women work as professional, online strippers, and that none of them have filed a ...

Renee Holly spent the beginning of her life walking the streets, selling her body, and becoming addicted to drugs. But as she approaches 50, her tale has taken a surprising, technologically fueled and somewhat happy turn. After going sober about a year ago, Holly stumbled across Craigslist and listed an advertisement under its Erotic Services section. The response her ad received was immense. ...

With more and more students taking classes online, the issue of how to prevent them from cheating on exams is becoming more and more of a dilemma. Unfortunately, forcing students to travel to a test center proctored by a person removes part of the convenience that makes online classes so appealing. Well, this fall, Troy University in Alabama will begin a trial run using a webcam to deter ...