The latest technology fuels the oldest of drives
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Interactive sex play is taking place on computer bulletin boards, which are generally used for the on-line exchange and retrieval of information, but law-enforcement surveillance and legal restrictions may thwart its proliferation. A computer connected to a data network can be in contact with users across the country, and services such as America Online offered its subscribers access to electronic meeting 'rooms' according to their preference. Roger Dietz, a computer designer from Fremont, CA, used the service posing as a 13-year old homosexual boy in order to entice pedophiles. Dietz reported his contact with 20 to 30 pedophiles, after which America Online turned its pornographic files over to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for analysis. Another aspect of on-line sex play includes the network version of the Leisure Suit Larry adult software program called Larry Land, in which people can create characters that interact with other people's characters, but not in sexually explicit ways.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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News from the Mideast via the P.C
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Computer-information services, including Prodigy, Compuserve, General Electric Information Services and America On-line, are compiling special data bases that contain information about the crisis in the Persian Gulf. Precise, up-to-date information is available. Prodigy, for example, has a round-the-clock operation which assembles reports from news agencies - The Associated Press, United Press and Reuters. There are menus and map displays so that users can get background information or access lists of news reports. Weather reports and information about troop concentrations and ship locations are available. There are also special electronic areas set aside so that people can communicate with each other. According to one industry observer, Prodigy 'has done a remarkable job of exploiting the crisis.' As one consequence, an 'electronic community' is developing.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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A web of networks, an abundance of services
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The Internet network allows users to access a host of services worldwide, cheaply and easily. Users can search through Internet online using the Well or World Software Tool, and search 1,000 computers instantly using Archie, a search software program from McGill University. Hundreds of libraries now offer their catalogues over Internet, and data bases like Mead Data Corp's Nexis and Lexis and the Dow Jones News Retrieval are available online. Businesses can use Internet as an electronic mailbox, or even as a mobile mailbox with Radiomail's service. Larger companies can connect their various offices over Internet, or use the high-speed network services of Advanced Network and Services Inc. Prices range from $2 to $4 per hour, plus monthly fees of $5 to $20 per month for simple online services, to thousands per month for networking services.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1993
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