A home page away from home; techno-nomads use Web and e-mail to stay connected as they wander

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Some travellers are encumbering themselves with computers, digital cameras and other cyber-paraphernalia in order to post accounts of their wanderings to the World Wide Web. Kristina Johnson and David Franke have visited New Zealand and Nepal while staying connected. They have used the Internet to manage their finances online and offer advice to others planning travels. Scott and Laura Kruglewicz are posting an on-line souvenir collection in the form of digitized photos. Almitra Von-Willcox, on a walking tour of the world, stays in touch using an Apple Powerbook, a digital camera, a printer, a solar panel and a global positioning system. Problems these travellers encounter include the variable availability and often high cost of Internet connections. Ms. Johnson and Mr. Franke spend $28 a month for their access provider and a service called iPass which provides local international access phone numbers world wide. It isn't always available..., additional Internet access costs are running them $20 to $40 a month. Despite costs and difficulties, these travellers appreciate the possibilities that web access has opened up, enabling them to contact and meet people in places they visit and enhancing their connections to home and friends.

World, Social aspects, Innovations, Evaluation, Personal narratives, Travel, Telecommunications systems, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, World Wide Web, Travelers

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For small businesses, beacons in cyberspace

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The International Business Exchange (IBEX), Lexis-Nexis and Market Analysis and Information Database are among those targeting small business owners with new, lower-cost services. Small business owners can find legal and marketing information online, as well as buy and sell services. The owners say they need on-line services to gather information from one place, shielding them from spending hours searching the disorganized Internet. These services had been too expensive for small businesses, but increasing competition is lowering prices. Lexis-Nexis plans two new small-business services that will be available over Prodigy or the Internet. Market Analysis and Information Database offers the Profound service, which charges $19.95 monthly for searching a market research data base, with a $6.95/hr fee for online connection time. IBEX allow small businesses to advertise for a $10 fee and to make buy offers for $5.

Usage, Services, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Online services, Online information services, Company service introduction, Service introduction, Company services, Reed Elsevier PLC, Online information service, International Business Exchange, Market Analysis and Information Database Inc.

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Finding liberation in cyberspace

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One Romanian freelance journalist and writer considers the Internet as a liberating information tool. A 1992 fellowship to study American civilization in Budapest led to a self-education on computers. The technology opened up a world of information, offering connections to experts who returned messages and shared knowledge. The wealth of information bolstered a thesis on New Journalism in America that took only three months to write. An astonished professor said students in the 1980s would have taken a year to compile such data from an incomplete list of books. E-mail friendships stirred fiction-writing efforts, while an internship at Radio Free Europe in Prague formed an HTML education and an individual Web page.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Internet/Web overview, Technology in education

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