Microsoft tests parental-control software
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Slightly later than planned, Microsoft on Wednesday released a trial version of a free parental-control tool for Windows XP.
Windows Live OneCare Family Safety is designed to help keep Web content that parents deem inappropriate from reaching their children. The beta version of the tool, available to the general public, updates an earlier preview version of the tool made available to about 3,000 testers in March.
"Child safety parental control is really a top-of-mind issue. It just keeps getting bigger with all the coverage around social networking and MySpace and things like that," said Alan Packer, a product unit manager at Microsoft. "There was an expectation from our customers that we should be doing more to help keep them safer online."