It's for the cash, not the kids, that a handful of Web sites recently dedicated themselves not to splatterfests like Quake II and Unreal but to gentle, wholesome games like Hearts, backgammon and bingo.

- No blood for money -

Father-and-son team Yossi and Arik Vardi revolutionized instant Internet communication with ICQ, the powerful desktop tool that brought individual Internet users together when AOL users were the only ones that knew the fun of instant messages. Now Yossi has teamed with a second son, Oded, in an attempt to spark another revolution.

- Smart shopping -

Deadly nuclear foes from another era plan to ring in the new year together to make sure the world survives the 2000 technology bogy known as Y2K.

- Better safe -

Like SilverLakeTech.com's Print Screen Works CaptureEze Pro from Application Techniques Inc. offers flexible Windows screen captures at the press of a button. Unlike Print Screen Works, however, CaptureEze also offers some nifty editing tools.

- Freeze! -

The beginning of interactivity.

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