Charles Montgomery Burns, the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, believes in productivity. "A well oiled machine", he is often found saying, "is made up of one part human resources, two parts quality equipment, and three parts soul-crushing surveillance." He is known to have his long skinny fingers in every pie in Springfield and the surrounding boroughs.

"A good worker", he elaborates, "is a monitored worker. Also non-unionized mind-controlled automatons do a fine job." So, until he perfects his R&D's department's work in cybernetically enhanced capuchin helper-monkeys, he'll have to settle for keeping a close eye on his employees.

"Those nincompoops think I'm giving them a nifty doo-dad that lets them communicate with acquaintances over the Internet-o-phone," he says conspiratorially, "but really I'm watching their every move." His finger, then, wavers precariously over a button marked, "Hounds."

A high-quality webcam shaped like Monty Burns at his desk includes a large clip that allows it to be attached to your flat-panel monitor or laptop screen.

Features 30 fps @ 640 x 480 with built-in microphone Supports USB enabled machines running Windows 98, 2000, XP and Vista Runs with Skype, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and AOL messenger 140cm long USB Cable Optional removable clip included