Cure for Internet Addiction.SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1997--Solid Oak Software Inc., publishers of CYBERsitter, Wednesday announced the release of CYBERtimer, its newest program for Windows 95 Internet access See how to access the Internet. control. "We are seeing numerous stories appearing in the media about children and adults alike who are spending way too much time online," said Marc Kanter, vice president of Solid Oak. "In fact, the problem is at such a level it has even been given a name." (IAD (Integrated Access Device) A device that multiplexes a variety of communications technologies in the customer's premises onto a single telephone line for transmission to the carrier. It also demultiplexes the incoming streams into their respective channels. -- Internet Addiction Disorder internet addiction disorder Internet misuse Psychology A maladaptive pattern of Internet use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress Internet addiction disorder– .) Internet addiction or dependence has gained credibility among mental-health professionals. Some indicators of IAD are the inability to cut back on your Internet time In the early days of the public Internet, Internet time referred to the breakneck speed with which companies scrambled to gain traffic and market share on the Web. A new business could come and go within a matter of weeks. , you're constantly anticipating your next online session, you check your e-mail constantly, and you find yourself skipping meals, classes or appointments to get on the Internet. CYBERtimer addresses these problems by allowing parents to specify a maximum amount of time online a child can spend on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Additionally, parents can specify a time period when Internet access will be allowed. CYBERtimer was developed primarily at the request of a great number of Solid Oak's CyBERsitter customers. While CYBERsitter does an outstanding job of restricting access to objectionable material on the Internet, many of the company's customers have reported that their children spend far too much time online and have become "Internet junkies." Others report finding that their children have been spending half the night in chat rooms while their parents thought they were asleep. Additionally, in some parts of the world, time online is billed as a telephone toll charge, and maintaining reasonable time limits is essential. CYBERtimer is part of the CYBERsitter family of products designed to help parents, educators and other adults responsible for children's Internet access to better manage their time online, as well as protect them from objectionable material. CYBERtimer is available for download directly from www.solidoak.com and is free for personal use. It requires Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 95 Internet software or America Online See AOL. 3.0 or higher. CONTACT: Solid Oak Software Inc., Santa Barbara Marc Kanter, 805/967-9853, ext. 55 mkanter@solidoak.com |
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