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Cracking the code of teens' IM slang

November 14, 2006 special feature Want to know what PAW, MOS and CD9 mean? A growing list of Web sites can help parents find out. TAGS: teen, margin, acronym, parent, IM, code

'Turok' maker plays the name game

August 27, 2002 Acclaim hypes "Turok: Evolution" by offering $10,000 to parents who name their newborn after the game's hero. It's just one of many over-the-top ploys being tried by the industry. TAGS: stunt, promotion, parent, Nintendo Co. Ltd., video game, Microsoft Xbox, console, games, Microsoft Corp., video

MySpace developing parental-notification software

January 17, 2007 "Zephyr" is designed to give parents access to their children's names, ages, and locations as listed on their profiles. TAGS: Hemanshu Nigam, MySpace, teen, parent, News Corp., age, profile, children, monitoring

Child's play on the Internet?

October 11, 2006 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says a recent case could ultimately make parents legally liable for the Internet misconduct of their kids. TAGS: parent, MySpace, student, complaint, children, kid

Keeping an eye on MySpace

June 29, 2006 special feature Service alerts users to changes in member profiles, login history, comments posted to particular page. TAGS: MySpace, margin, parent, kid, consultant, eye, monitor, IM

Wi-Fi gives kids access to unchaperoned Net

September 12, 2006 special feature Wireless cities combined with kids' mobile devices may spell trouble for parents' Internet controls. TAGS: margin, kid, parent, wireless broadband, Wi-Fi, Nintendo DS, wireless device, mobile device, Internet access, Sony PSP, Nintendo Co. Ltd., city, P2P, broadband, games, PC

Protective parents: Gold for cellular services?

April 7, 2006 Disney's new mobile phone service for kids and their parents highlights an important market for the cell phone industry. TAGS: Disney Corp., parent, mobile operator, leasing, The Walt Disney Co., kid, cell phone, limit, U.S.

When the PC becomes a parenting problem

October 11, 2007 About a third of parents believe the Internet sucks up too much of their child's time--so what do you do about it? TAGS: margin, parent, kid, study, TV, PC

AOL goes digging for spammer's gold

August 16, 2006 Company, owed $12 million by a spammer, gets permission to dig for gold and platinum bars in his parents' garden. TAGS: garden, spammer, America Online Inc., parent, Time Warner Inc., Massachusetts

Going green, one crib at a time

November 27, 2007 At Zwaggle.com, parents can trade in their kid gear. It's one of a growing list of sites encouraging people to swap rather than ditch their old stuff. TAGS: goods, parent, co-founder, kid, family

Microsoft aims to make Xbox more family-friendly

November 7, 2007 New feature lets parents set a daily or weekly limit on how many hours children can use the game console. TAGS: Microsoft Xbox, console, parent, game console, Xbox 360, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sony PS3, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation, Microsoft Corp., games, Sony Corp.

MySpace reaching out to parents

April 11, 2006 Social networking site and other groups are trying to address concerns that kids are being set up for trouble. TAGS: margin, MySpace, teen, parent, social networking, kid, president

Parents shaky about kids' safety online

August 10, 2006 special feature Most parents say they use monitoring software or content-filtering tools, according to new study. TAGS: margin, parent, kid, poll, safety, teacher, school, social networking, monitoring

Ad Council unveils V-Chip campaign

July 27, 2006 Ads aim to show parents that they can control kids' exposure to sex, violence on TV via decade-old tech. TAGS: parent, campaign, TV, satellite, children, programming, multimedia

Police blotter: Secret recording inadmissible against bus driver

April 25, 2007 Parents of 9-year-old put recorder in his backpack when concerned about abuse by school bus driver. But recording can't be used as evidence. TAGS: Police Blotter, interception, appeals court, Wisconsin, police, parent, law, child, recorder

Parents group derides V-Chip ads

July 27, 2006 Group says broadcasters' rating system for V-Chip isn't sufficient, supports bill offering alternatives. TAGS: parent, satellite company, bill, programming, satellite, campaign, broadcaster, telecommunications, TV, channel

The false choice of a-la-carte TV

August 20, 2007 FCC chairman wants to give TV watchers a fairer shake, but FreedomWorks' Peter Suderman says he's going about it all wrong. TAGS: parent, channel, government, chairman, pricing, programming, rate, TV, video

New dinosaurs: Spelling, conversation skills

January 26, 2007 As digital tech becomes a household fixture, it's time for parents and kids to bid some old-school skills adieu. TAGS: Nickelodeon, margin, parent, study, cell phone, TV

Year in review: Digital kids grow up

December 11, 2007 Child's play turned into serious business online in 2007, from Club Penguin to Facebook. TAGS: teen, parent, kid, virtual worlds, Disney Corp., children, Facebook, brand

Microsoft tests parental-control software

August 30, 2006 Windows Live OneCare Family Safety to help parents keep certain Web content from reaching their children. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Live, beta, parent, children, Microsoft Corp., U.S., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
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