Amy answers kids' questions on the world Wide Web
Dear Amy: Do famous people really talk on the Internet for live Web events?-Jane, Seattle Dear Jane: Just as they appear on television, celebrities also appear in radio station offices and at Internet companies where live Web casts deliver their words to a live audience. Sometimes they just talk in a chat room, but many live Web casts use streaming video technology. That makes it more like a television interview, except that it shows up on your computer.Many important interviews with...
Vignette Corporation to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2003 Financial Results
Vignette Corp., Austin Charles Sansbury, 512-741-4400 csansbury@vignette.com or Choyia Wheeler, 512-741-3796 choyia.wheeler@vignette.com Vignette Corporation (Nasdaq:VIGN) will host a conference call and live Web cast regarding its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2003 financial results on Thursday, January 22, 2004, at 5:00 p.m. EST. A press release associated with the announcement will be released approximately one hour prior to the start of the conference call, on January 22, 2004. To...
Seeing isn't always believing with city's Web cams
One of the more interesting technological developments of recent years has been the proliferation of live Web cameras that provide up-to-the-minute views of things you may or may not have ever considered wanting to see. With just a few clicks at your home computer, you can call up a live picture of Wrigley Field from behind home plate or see for yourself the current snow conditions at your favorite Wisconsin ski resort. You can watch an active volcano in Panama, the traffic in...
Web Watch
Soon there will be cameras everywhere. For starters, check out some of these live Web cams around the globe. -- Discovery Cams: Your source to numerous live Web cams. View shark cams from the London and Waikiki aquariums. Penguin cam is pretty cool, and there's lion cam and tiger cam and bear cam, oh my! Other creatures are featured as well. Watch weddings live from a Las Vegas chapel, for example, and view live images of workouts from Gold's Gym in Venice, Calif....