Parental Controls

Gaming

New Campaign To Teach You About Gaming Parental Controls

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5:00PM December 8, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Given that we are potentially on the verge of getting a new adult classification for video games, it makes sense that the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association is being a little more proactive about education parents on the parental controls in this generation of consoles. More »


QOTD: Do You Use The Parental Locks On Your Game Consoles?

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12:30PM March 23, 2010 | Nick Broughall

One of the key arguments in the fight for an R18+ rating for video games is that each and every next gen console has parental lock settings to make it much harder for your kids to play your copy of Modern Warfare 2. But how many people actually use them? More »


Entertainment

ACMA Plan On Developing A Parental Lock Standard For Digital TV

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1:30PM February 24, 2010 | Nick Broughall

ACMA doesn’t want the kiddies to be able to watch TV that’s meant for adults, so they’ve decided to develop a parental lock standard for digital TVs. Huzzah for technology! More »


Software

IPhone 3.0 Features Clueless “Objectionable Content” Warnings

2:30PM June 18, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Amidst all the great stuff in iPhone 3.0, there’s bound to be a few oddballs that just aren’t as impressive or useful as we’d like—for example, “objectionable content” warnings on such harmless apps as Shazam. More »


Software

Why iPhone 3.0′s Parental Controls Could Secretly Be Its Best Feature

9:00AM May 5, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

With parental controls and “explicit” badges, dirtier songs came to the iTunes Music Store. It’s increasingly looking like it’s gonna be the same way for apps, with the expanded parental controls in iPhone 3.0.

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