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...World also runs a Web-based virtual high school for 1,000 Swedish students, which combines traditional classes with flexible online courses. And K-World is involved in corporate training, helping set up online portals which function as virtual universities...
Safety concerns and the threat of legislation banning portable gadgets in cars have spurred the automobile and electronics industries to develop driver-friendly onboard systems that are now being promoted as safety features. Earlier this year, General Motors began selling Virtual Advisor, a hands-free, voice-activated system that allows drivers to make phone calls, access e-mail and get news, sports and stock quotes--all simply by pressing a button and talking to the dashboard...
...Virtual Advisor--available by year's end in 32 of GM's 54 cars (as well as some Lexus, Acura and Saab models)--is an extension of GM's OnStar system, which when introduced in 1996 was touted mostly as a luxury option for drivers who could use it to get directions, make restaurant reservations and buy theater tickets over a speakerphone from the comfort of their Cadillacs. This year the selling point is safety first; the pampering will cost you extra...
...What Virtual Advisor adds is wireless, voice-prompted phone service and Internet access to a customized menu of news, sports and stock portfolios. Just say the word stocks, news or weather--or the word dial when you want to place a call--and the onboard computer fetches. Access is limited (you can't get AOL, for example), and there's a lag in news and sports scores, because they are first read into the system by real people. E-mail, on the other hand, is instantly "verbalized" using text-to-speech software that recites your mail in that eerie, intonation...
...thinking you'd do something really useful with it--like finally getting your finances in order. Or creating a digital photo album extraordinaire. But did you ever get around to such worthy pursuits? If you're like lots of people, you spend more time squeezing in a round of virtual checkers, listening to music online or sending instant messages to friends...