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AT RAPLEAF, YOUR PERSONALS ARE PUBLIC
By Stephanie Olsen, CNET, 8/31/07
In the cozy Facebook social network, it's easy to have a sense of privacy among friends and business acquaintances.
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BLUE COAT TEAMS WITH AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO TRAIN FAMILIES IN ONLINE SAFETY & INTERNET PARENTING
Blue Coat Systems Provides K9 Web Protection, Training and Resources to Low-Income Families Receiving Computers with Their New Homes
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 5, 2007 —Blue Coat Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced it is working with the Austin, Texas affiliate of Habitat for Humanity to educate and train new home recipient families that have also been given computers with Internet access. The mandatory Internet training program about online safety measures and effective Internet parenting strategies meets the requirements of the AT&T; AccessAll Computer Partnership, the nation's largest program designed to provide in-home Internet and technology access to low-income families across America. Under its Community Outreach Program, Blue Coat will provide Austin Habitat for Humanity with the necessary tools, materials and resources, including the Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection filter, to provide to its families.
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BLUE COAT AND INDIANA PTA TO EDUCATE MEMBERS ON INTERNET SAFETY, INCREASE COMMUNITY ACTION
In recognition of Internet Safety Month, joint initiative dedicates efforts to raise awareness on the impact the Internet has on children, community, and parenting strategies
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 26, 2007 —Blue Coat Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced a joint initiative with the Indiana Parent Teachers Association (PTA) that will encourage and educate its member organizations on how to create a safe, family-friendly Internet environment within their homes and communities. Through Blue Coat's Community Outreach Program, the Indiana PTA will distribute the necessary tools, materials and resources to its member organizations, including the Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection filter. The U.S. Senate has officially designated June as Internet Safety Month.
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ELECTRONIC TALKING IN TONGUES
Tip of the Week - By David Einstein, San Francisco Chronicle , 6/11/07
Are you looking for software to control where your children go on the Internet, and when they can use it?
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Web Surfing Watchdog
By David Shamah, The Jerusalem Post, 4/26/07
Today I would like to salute a creature without whom life would be much less secure. Of course, I'm talking about the canine, who works endless hours patrolling the Internet, making sure that all who surf on your PC's browser stay safe. He will loyally prevent your kids - or you - from getting themselves into cyber-trouble, bark when danger approaches and even chase down and scare off Net intruders who get too close to your cyber-fence.
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BLUE COAT K9 WEB PROTECTION EARNS AUSTRALIAN IIA FAMILY FRIENDLY FILTER ACCREDITATION
Award-winning Internet filtering software now recommended by Australian ISPs
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 14, 2007 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA) has accredited Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection as an IIA Family Friendly Filter, effective for all age ranges. The IIA is a national, non-profit, industry organization in Australia that develops best practice solutions for businesses so that people of all ages can enjoy greater confidence in being online. Accreditation by the IIA enables K9 Web Protection to be listed as one of the recommended filtering solutions available through Australian ISPs. K9 Web Protection enables parents to block and manage unwanted Web content such as pornography, violence, and hate speech. K9 is offered through the Blue Coat Community Outreach Program (www.k9webprotection.com), which provides materials and resources to educate this first generation of Internet parents about the impact of the Internet on children and on parenting strategies.
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NO SAFETY LOCKS FOR THE WIRED GENERATION
By Stephanie Olsen, CNET, 3/30/07
The fast-growing mobile Internet, meanwhile, may pose even tougher challenges for parents because it adds portability, as well as richness and risk, to social networking, and makes rules such as "keep the home PC centrally located" seem quaintly archaic. Not only can kids get online at their friend's house, they can access the Web via browser-enabled cell phones and game devices.
Even gadgets such as the Sony PSP portable game player include chat capabilities via Bluetooth technology, which gives kids the ability to connect wirelessly to other players within a 300-foot radius. Nintendo's new game console, the Wii, includes a Web browser too.
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USER-GENERATED VIDEOS CHALLENGE PARENTAL CONTROLS
Jan Zindler knows how easy it is for children to stumble across pornographic photos while they surf the Internet. Now she has to worry about pornographic videos, too.
By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET, 3/30/07
A mother of three from Austin, Texas, Zindler got a jolt several years ago when clearing out the "sent" folder of an e-mail account she shared with her teenage daughter. One of the e-mails in the folder contained a pornographic image.
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BLUE COAT ANNOUNCES UPGRADE TO AWARD-WINNING K9 WEB PROTECTION SOFTWARE
New version of free Internet filtering software supports Windows Vista; features enhanced protection for social networking, email/password management and Web category protection capabilities
SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 26, 2007 – Blue Coat® Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today released an update to its free, award-winning K9 Web Protection Internet filtering software. New features include Windows Vista support, additional safeguards for “social networking” sites and new Web category and email/password management capabilities, giving parents more protection and control over their family’s use of the Internet. K9 Web Protection is automatically upgraded for current users, and is available free for home users at www.getk9.com.
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WI-FI A NEW CHALLENGE FOR PARENTS
By Will Oremus, Palo Alto Daily News, 12/23/06
It's at Starbucks, Happy Donuts and Best Western. It's at 26 Peninsula libraries. In Mountain View and Foster City, it's everywhere - and it could soon cover all of Silicon Valley and San Mateo County as well.
Free wireless Internet access is booming in the Bay Area, bringing with it a host of benefits such as better communication for public employees in the field and expanded access for people who can't afford to buy their own service.
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BLUE COAT K9 WEB PROTECTION EARNS THE NATIONAL PARENTING CENTER'S SEAL OF APPROVAL
 Free Internet filtering software/community outreach resource wins over parents, children and educator
SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 28, 2006 - Blue Coat® Systems (Nasdaq:
BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today
announced that the National Parenting Center has awarded its 2006 Seal
of Approval to Blue Coat Systems' K9 Web Protection, a free Internet
filter that enables parents to block and manage unsolicited Web content
such as pornography, violence and hate speech. K9 Web Protection is
offered through the Blue Coat Community Outreach Program
(www.k9webprotection.com) which provides materials and resources to
educate this first generation of Internet parents about the impact of
the Internet on children and on parenting strategies.
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KEEPING KIDS SAFE ONLINE
Expert Recomends Setting Boundaries on Internet Usage - By Cheré Coen, Acadiana Parent, 10/06
Ask a mother if she provides a safe environment for her children and protects them from harm, and undoubtedly she will say yes.
Ask that same parent if she curbs her child's Internet usage and installs filters to block potentially harmful Web sites, and the answer may be different.
But the dangers are the same, says Internet parenting expert John Carosella, who has produced software to filter Internet usage.
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WHY MOM ENLISTED AN ONLINE SLEUTH TO KEEP TABS ON CHILD
By Daniel B. Wood, The Christian Science Monitor, 06/21/06
LOS ANGELES - Author Vicki Courtney in Texas keeps close tabs on her 13-year-old son, Hayden, by monitoring his instant messages (IMs) from a computer in the next room. Sometimes Hayden knows. Sometimes he doesn't.
Carolina Aitken, a mom in Santa Rosa, Calif., took her two teenage sons on the Dr. Phil show after she exposed their Internet misuse. She had contacted them via e-mail as "Candy Sweetness," a fictitious 16-year-old girl, to see if she could get them to give up their home phone number. One did.
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K9 WEB PROTECTION WINS IPARENTING MEDIA AWARD
The Only Web Filtering Product to be Recognized, K9 Receives Award for its Ability to Block Offensive or Potentially Dangerous Sites, Including the Popular Website MySpace
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 24, 2006 - Blue Coat® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that K9 Web Protection has won an iParenting Media Award. K9 Web Protection is a free Web filter that gives parents control over their family's use of the Internet. K9 won the award because it enables parents to monitor and control what sites their children access, and provides them with the ability to block offensive or potentially dangerous sites, including the popular website MySpace.com. K9 is the only Web filtering product to receive this honor.
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