A fashion dream stays out of reach
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Sierra Online's $39.95 Fashion Trip personal information management system creates an incomplete personal clothing database for online shoppers. Not only can consumers create an on-screen mannequin in their own image, they also can access a Web site to fit garments from popular designers and manufacturers on the mannequin. The software, introduced on Sep 30, 1998, faces some limits before it might revolutionize the process for customers like parents and homebound shoppers. First, the target audience of shoppers 15 to 28 years old will screen out many candidates. Other features such as a chat room and the technical manual's historical fashion facts may not interest many shoppers. Second, Fashion Trip allows a very limited number of customization options for the five headless body types. Moda CAD, which developed Fashion Trip, said the fewer options reflects the lack of information supplied by manufacturers.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Turning desktops into theme parks
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Theme programs such as the Dinosaurs program created by a student at Northern Illinois University for Windows PCs repackage various components of a desktop around a single theme. For example, the Dinosaurs program changes the My Computer icon into a head of a T. rex, the recycling bin into the skeletal version of the dinosaur and the monitor background into a T. rex mauling a triceratops. Web sites offering downloadable theme programs such as Tucows Interactive's new site (www.freethemes.com) and ZDNet's site (www.hotfiles.com) have become very popular. Users can get thousands of themes including pop culture, sports and aliens. Microsoft Plus, an enhancement to the Windows OS, comes with a dozen theme programs of its own and also has a hook that allows any theme program to be attached. Windows 98 OS is expected to come with even more themes.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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No monkey business in browser for kids
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Media Live's Web browser for kids, Surf Monkey, runs on top of the Microsoft Internet Explorer. The Internet Explorer's tool bar and on-screen window are replaced with an image of a rocket ship, zipping through space, past asteroids and stars, in search of Web sites. Navigation is accomplished by clicking on the rocket's instrument panel for commands such as forward, help and back. An animated monkey is the tour guide, performing such chores as reading e-mail messages aloud and narrating the mission. Surf Monkey includes a filter that blocks out content that is unsuitable for children. Unlike most censor programs, Surf Monkey is updated daily to ensure children are not able to access adult oriented sites.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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