I know how it is. You don't have time for a "real" girlfriend. Way too busy to spend all that time actually going to dinners and taking her shopping.

So you troll the 'net, having cyber flings with dozens of (purported) women who are satisfied with just a little late night chat.

When you're ready to see what HornyVixen694U actually looks like - and have a real conversation that doesn't involve shorthand and emoticons - hook up an Alibi to your system.

Boynq's answer to the typical boring webcam, the Alibi is a sleek, modern cam/speaker/microphone combo that's ideal for VoIP calling, comes in four designer colors, and sits comfortably on your desktop.

The two minute installation is completely plug-and-play. Once hooked up, press the top and a tilting and rotating camera pops out of its base, turning the cam on and making it look like something out of an H.G. Wells novel.

Running completely off USB power (one less power cord in the growing tangle under your desk), the Alibi shoots a 1/3 megapixel image at a respectable 640x480, and is designed with Echo Cancellation Technology to make those free video calls echo-free. And the small, bottom-mounted 5 watt speaker let's you hear her clearly enough to tell if that's really a female vixen you've got on the line.

$59.99
Available at Target.com
www.boynq.com