Friday, February 27, 2009

Parents: Protect Your Kids Online With PG KEY




Here's a new product that aims to protect kids online. With instances such as cyber-bullying, internet predators and inappropriate social networking becoming more and more rampant online, it gets much more difficult or impossible to prevent filtering what children see unless parents are sitting right beside them. There are many methods to block websites and content, but most of these solutions only address a small part of the problem.

According to a recent study, children and teens spend an average of 3 hours a day on the internet - in an online world where you, as a parent, are mostly excluded. The FBI and parenting experts have been very clear on the subject - parents MUST become more involved and aware of what their kids are doing online.

PG Key plugs into any USB port on the computer in use. Similar to a car key, the key must be inserted in order for the child to "drive" onto the internet.

When PG Key is in the computer, a combination of content filters, activity recording and alert notifications are enabled for the internet session. These features allow parents to enforce the rules they set for their kids' safe computer use.

Such concerns as Key's unique recording feature allows parents to playback any internet session. PG Key puts the "parent in the room" even when they can't be there. It's like breaching your child's privacy. Available for $59.95 at www.PGKEY.com

My question here is, what prevents the child or teen from just unplugging the PG key from the unit?

Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Solar Powered Phone by Samsung




Here's an interesting gadget from Samsung with a model made from recycled plastic with a solar panel on the back for charging. Samsung said in a statement its "Blue Earth" solar-powered model had a touch screen and was made from plastic taken from used water bottles. It did not give pricing information or say when the phone would go on sale.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Hotness of Barbie - even at 50

Did you catch the Barbie Valentine Fashion Show? It was apparently the first ever runway show but also one of the hottest fashion shows around - showcasing the ultimate stereotype for women - the hot sexy leggy blonde!

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