Safe Web Browsing for Kids With Pikluk

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Most parents are concerned to let their children use computers over the fear that they’ll either stumble across something their innocent eyes shouldn’t see or they’ll find a way to render your computer useless.  Pikluk helps restrict your child’s online exploration and keeps the rest of your computer applications safe and sound.

Upon download, the Pikluk Browser will allow children to only access Websites that parents have deemed appropriate and added to a safe list.  When in full- screen mode the browser will take over your computer desktop, keeping applications and files inaccessible for children.  This mode cannot be exited without a parent entering a password or holding down the CTRL+ALT+HOME keys for 10 seconds (a fail-safe last resort).

Pikluk also offers e-mail that works off the same premise.  Children can only e-mail people that their parents have approved.

A privately held company based in Austin, Texas, PikLuk aims to let children use the best of the Internet’s resources for their growth and education.  They are currently looking for investors and hope to fill a void that other Web browers have not addressed comprehensively.

Minimum requirements: 1Gz or faster processor; at least 256MB of RAM; Windows XP or Windows Vista; Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher; latest version of Flash.

The company has a tight privacy policy that guarantees your information (and your child’s) will never be shared with any third party.