Hot Chat The Daily Telegraph: Dodgy mobiles? Don't hit the panic button
It had to come. It couldn't last. How could we have been so naive as to think that the gods - ever jealous of mankind's technical prowess - would let us get away with an innovation as benign as the mobile phone? Like families across the country, the Johnson household has recently taken a momentous step. We gave a mobile to the 11-year-old, and it was not an easy decision to make. Look here, I said, representing the forces of inchoate conservatism, are you really sure?...
Hot Chat On-line smut growing high-tech dilemma
It's easy for computer on-line pioneer Gary Johnston to understand the dilemma now facing the Internet generation. The Northern Kentucky University music professor, one of the first to champion computer communications 20 years ago, cherishes freedom of speech.But he also wants to be a responsible parent."I have three children and I feel the same as (Hamilton County Sheriff) Simon Leis and a lot of U.S. senators when it comes to protecting children from...
Hot Chat CAPTAIN KEYBOARD One intrepid computer user checks out three of our most popular networks, chats with a best-selling writer, orders gourmet food and has some spicy conversations
It's 6:30 a.m. The rest of the city is barely awake, but already I've been shopping at the mall, compared some new cars, viewed the latest satellite weather maps and chatted with a new friend in London. I've checked with a vet about the dog's annoying chewing problem, waxed philosophical with author Tom Clancy about events in the Soviet Union and made arrangements for a gourmet meal.I've even had complete strangers offer to, um,...