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Dual Page Display and Pin Page Features
Use the Dual Display feature to simultaneously display two Notebook pages on your screen. You can draw, write notes, import files and insert links on either page. Select the Pin Page feature to keep a page visible when you select other pages in the Page Sorter tab. The Pin Page feature is great if you want to keep an outline, math problem, or other main idea on the left and write on or scroll through various pages on the right. (All desktops have this new feature installed. If you have a laptop and you would like to download version 9.7 Smartboard software, download it here: http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/SBS/Windows/SBSv97Win.htm )

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A Ypsilanti company called OnlyMyEmail Inc. this week announced the introduction of a Web-based e-mail system, OME-kids.com, which will offer children protected e-mail service.OnlyMyEmail says it will not accept payments from direct marketers to bypass its filters. That means the system will protect children both from Internet predators and e-marketers that conduct direct marketing campaigns to children.

OnlyMyEmail provides e-mail services for consumers, corporations and Internet service provider.

“We did not create OME-kids.com as a significant revenue-generator,” said Stephen Canale, president of OnlyMyEmail. “In fact, we are offering the solution at a cost-of-operation value in order to help other parents who are struggling with the same kinds of concerns.”

With the desire to provide a solution that is easy for parents and children to use, OME-kids.com creators made sure no software or hardware is necessary. Parents can subscribe and kids can access the Web-mail system using any standard Internet browser. Parents can also manage multiple OME-kids e-mail accounts on one screen.

By filtering and analyzing the complete content of a child’s e-mail and every facet of the communication — as opposed to only simple keyword or sender analysis that other companies offer — OME-kids.com provides parents with a turn-key filtering solution with advanced filtering techniques not available anywhere else.

Besides the pledge not to accept money from direct marketers, OME-kids.com also offers:

* An optional “lockdown” mode intended mostly for younger children that only allows e-mail delivery from senders who have first received parental approval.
* An optional “parental review” that saves copies of all e-mail delivered to OME-Kids.com addresses.
* An optional “kids carbon copy” setting that sends the parent copies of all outbound messages sent from child’s OME-Kids.com account.

All blocked messages may be easily released for delivery upon parental review and approval.

OME-kids.com is priced at $24 annually for up to two children’s accounts and $12 annually for each additional account.

Canale founded OnlyMyEmail in 2002, doing corporate and personal anti-spam work. Earlier, he was a technology consultant to small business owners and associations. For more on the company, visit www.onlymyemail.com.