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Parental Control with Windows Live Family Safety
Posted on August 12, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control.For Windows 8 and above, you do parental control through Windows Live Family Safety, which requires you to have Windows accounts for both the monitoring and monitored. If you are using Windows 7 and want to use Family Safety, you need to install Windows Essentials. How to use Family Safety on Windows 7: Download and […]
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How to set up Windows 7 parental controls
Posted on August 11, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, Parental Control.The built-in Windows 7 parental controls tool allows you to do three things: Control when a child can use the computer. Control games by rating, content or title. Allow and block specific programs. Setting it up is pretty straightforward: Launch the Control Panel, click “Set up parental controls for any user”. Click on the […]
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How do I set up parental controls on iPhone
Posted on August 7, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, Parental Control.On iPhone, parental controls is called Restrictions. It provides pretty detailed control over apps, features and contents that can be accessed on the phone, protected by a four digit passcode (or would you rather call it PIN?). The following is a step-by-step guide on how to set up parental controls on iPhone. The same procedure […]
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How to put parental lock on YouTube
Posted on August 7, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, Parental Control.I assume that you don’t want to block YouTube entirely. You only want to block videos on YouTube that might be inappropriate for children. If that’s the case, read on. Apparently, Google also noticed that some videos might not be appropriate for children, or might be objectionable to some adult viewers too. To filter out […]
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How to set up parental control for Google Play Store
Posted on August 6, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, Parental Control.Parents, if you are paranoid when you hand over a new shining digital gadget to your children, you are not alone. Nowadays, digital artifacts are produced with blinding speed. In 2013, TechCrunch reported that there were more than 250 million registered domains on the Internet. Every minute, 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. […]
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The cybersecurity industry is a billion dollar scam?
Posted on July 4, 2015 by pcwrt in News.An article on TNW claimed that the cybersecurity industry is a billion dollar scam. Now that’s something new. Something I’ve never thought of. Something sensational. But to call a whole industry scam you have to back your claim with substance. The fact that the security industry exists because of increasing security threats does not make […]
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What is OpenDNS? Why should I use it, and how?
Posted on May 6, 2015 by pcwrt in Technology.When you type in a website name in your browser (for example, www.google.com), it is translated into a numerical address (i.e., IP address) that is used by your computer to communicate with the server. The piece of software that translates the name www.google.com (the domain name) into its numerical counterpart is called the Domain Name […]
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Parental control: is something better than nothing?
Posted on April 24, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.When it comes to parental control software, something is not always better than nothing. If your kids won’t actively seek to break out of your content filtering “jail” and won’t try to stay on the Internet throughout the night, then you need nothing more than the free OpenDNS service. Otherwise, you probably need something beyond […]
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How to avoid crowdfunding fraud
Posted on April 23, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, News.Just two days ago, Yahoo! reported that the second most successful campaign in Indiegogo history was plagued with a lawsuit and questionable claims. That is by no means the only such incident in the crowdfunding game. In 2013, the Kreyos Smartwatch raised $1.5 million with nothing to show for its supporters. Instacube, which raised more […]
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Best Parental Control: Software or Router?
Posted on April 21, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.There was a time when you have one or several computers at home, and the only way to get on the Internet is by using a browser on one of the computers. You would install parental control software on these computers to prevent kids from seeing inappropriate material, or spending too much time “surfing”. Nowadays, […]
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