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To: Dennis C who wrote (38499)	1/28/2000 12:50:00 AM
From: Dennis C	Respond to of 45548

Software spotlight: 3Com's digital camera outdoes the competition Technology industry analysts at the highly regarded Gartner Group forecast that 2000 will be the year that tiny home computer video cameras become commonplace. Using this superbly simple offering from 3Com Corp. will show you why. Load the software (you MUST load the software first), then plug in the included 9-foot-long universal serial bus (USB) cord and your PC will be ready to snap high-quality digital photos of anybody or anything within that long range. The camera at the end of that 9-foot cord is a diminutive black box, a mere 2.5 inches wide, 3/4 inch deep and 4 inches long. With it users get to sample such leading edge desktop video features as making video phone calls, conducting video meetings over the Internet, sending friends and family digital postcards and even posting video clips to one's own Web site. 3Com outdoes the competition in many ways, starting with turning out high-quality snapshots at 640 by 480 pixels that can be software-enhanced to a crisp 1280 by 960. Most startling of all is the camera's ability to capture workable images in dimly lighted rooms at 1 lux level (about one bright candle's worth of illumination). A final glory is 3Com's own elegantly simple, yet powerful, digital imaging software included with a variety of other products on the CD-ROM. This software includes Picture Works' fine multimedia Netcard program, which lets you snap a photo and click an icon to e-mail it in the form of a computer greeting card. Included also is Webcam 32 software that allows users to create snapshots or video clips and to quickly add them to Web pages using the Internet file transfer protocol feature. PC Digital Camera $149, by 3Com Home Connect