Web Week

Signing Avatar: Andy talks with his hands. He's one of the net's more unusual denizens: a "signing-avatar" who can translate English into sign language so hearing-impaired kids can develop language skills on their computers.

Using very small downloads - full-screen animation can be downloaded as fast as it can be viewed with a standard modem - Andy stars in several schools teaching deaf students around the US.

LimeWire and iMesh: Napster may or may not be just a fading dream, but there's still a nightmare or two in store for the moguls of the music industry - like these two software tools that enable peer-to-peer file sharing on the Gnutella Network. Share, search, and download not just MP3 music files but many others as well - movies, pictures, games, recipes and more.

Nice interfaces, tight download times and improved functionality - best of all, both apps are straight peer-to-peer, designed to foil the stickybeaks of Big Music.

Kia Ora Cards: some of the loveliest landscapes in New Zealand make these new all-in-one internet/phone/cellular cards a standout. Not necessarily the cheapest option, but certainly one of the prettiest.

Links:

Singing Avatar

LimeWire

iMesh

Kia Ora Cards