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Unfortunately, in " Closing Arguments in Child Protection Law Trial," an IDG News story, it appears as if not much progress is being made on that front.
As you've probably guessed by now, though, I prefer the DIY method. Here are some how-tos and other ways your can take things into your own hands.
A friend of mine, Larry Magid, created SafeKids.com, a worthwhile site with ideas and tools for, as Larry says, keeping the Internet "fun, safe and productive."
The FBI's " A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety" is also useful, though I wish the site was a tad more reader friendly.
If you want in-depth help in making a child's online experience safe, you really need to look at iSafe and Staysafe.org; and don't miss Scott Spanbauer's " Easy Ways to Keep the Internet Safe for All Ages."
Dig This: Here's a "natural language" search engine with a twist. Visit Ms. Dewey and you can have your Web searches delivered with a personal touch.
I have a tad more space and I don't want those of you without kids to protect to feel deprived.
By now you probably know I get letters, lots of them, and it appears my fix in a recent Hassle-Free PC column confused a few readers. (Not you, of course, other readers.) One confused reader got excited after reading " Smart Fixes for Audio and Video Hassles."
He thought he'd found a solution to a problem--wanting Windows Media Player to open when inserting a music CD, but instead having Windows Explorer appearing: "I tried to follow your tip about displaying the properties of my CD drive, and then clicking the Recording tab, but my property window is missing the tab. I'm running Windows XP Home, SP2 on a Dell Dimension. Did I misunderstand?"
Windows works in mysterious ways and sometimes the Recording tab disappears. You can get it back by intimidating Windows into recognizing the drive. It takes a simple Registry tweak and Ed Bott's " Windows XP CD Burning Secrets" explains how to do it.
