Webcams get you in the picture

October 16, 2008 By Etan Horowitz

Q. I am finally getting a grandchild - so I want to give my son and his wife and myself a webcam for Christmas so that I can see this baby in Cincinnati more often! Is this the way to go? Can you recommend a good one?

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