

See, hear and read some of the press PC Pandora has generated below...
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-- Shannon Wolfson at KXAN-TV (NBC) --
It's tough to find a teenager who doesn't know his or her way around the internet these days. The online world can be informative and educational, but also dangerous. Now, technology allows parents to watch and record everything a child is doing online in order to look out for potential pitfalls.
-- McClatchy-Tribune News Service --
One of our press releases was taken and turned into a feature piece distributed on the McClatchy-Tribune News Service wire! Find out how you can keep your kids safe online this summer while they are home alone on the internet and you are at work!
-- Radio America Presents Popular Science Radio --
Ken Shallcross talked briefly with Alan Taylor and his crew on Popular Science Radio about the benefits of monitoring your child's Internet activity and how the technology helps to keep kids safe online.
Listen to the show below in the audio player.
Click HERE to visit Popular Science Radio's website.
-- Newington Town Crier --
Officer Mike Webster said the first sexual assault case arising from social networking to gain national attention happened in 2005. Because of these online sex predators and other prevalent dangers on the Internet, he urged parents to invest in "nanny software" that will allow them to monitor their child's online activity and recommended our PC Pandora.
-- PCMag.com--
From online bullies to perverts to the lure of time-wasters like YouTube, there are far too many ways unsupervised kids of any age can get into trouble on the Internet. We look at a baker's dozen ways to keep your kids out of trouble online-whether they're toddlers or teens or thirty-something return-to-the-nesters.
-- BlogTalkRadio --
Ken Shallcross from Pandora Corp. made his 4th appearance on the CyberHood Watch radio show to talk about the release of PC Pandora 6.0, PC Pandora LIVE! and The Office Software (theOS). Ken was joined by a special guest:
Dana, a father who used PC Pandora to find his daughter who had run away with a 21-year-old boy she met on the Internet. Click HERE to read the story and click below to hear the full show (90 minutes!)
-- KCBD-TV/ NBC 11 --
LUBBOCK, TX - We live in a connected world. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, instant messages, you name it, and I bet someone in your family knows all about it. At the forefront of the technological push to the future are teens... But there is a solution. See what our own Jamie Leasure told parents in Lubbock TX.
Read the full story and watch the video HERE
-- PCMag.com --
Our new PC Pandora 6.0 just got reviewed by PCMag.com's Neil Rubenking. We went from a 3-rating with our 5.0 release to a 4-rating (out of 5) for our new and improved 6.0! Click HERE to read the full review!
-- PRWeb Press release --
Pandora Corp. Announces the launch of PC Pandora LIVE!, a new service that will let you monitor your child's online behavior from anywhere, including your iPhoneT. PC Pandora 6.0 is also released with a list of new features and upgrades that make monitoring child Internet activity easier and more convenient than ever.
-- El Lider USA --
Co-founder Jamie Leasure was quoted and our PC Pandora was mentioned in a short piece that illustrates the necessity of monitoring your kids online.
Click HERE to read the story...
Summer 2009
PC Pandora is thrilled to sponsor multiple giveaways and contest this summer in parenting magazines across the country! Check out the list below of magazines - and even one great online resource for parents - that are doing a summer giveaway promotion with PC Pandora...
Houston Family Magazine (Houston TX) - The folks at Houston Family featured PC Pandora in a piece on keeping kids safe online in their May issue. Click HERE to see the spread. They also did a giveaway to coincide with the magazine's newsstand appearance.
Sacramento Parent (Sacramento CA) - Columnist Sharon Miller Cindrich did a piece in the June 2009 issue on Safe Summer Downtime that features PC Pandora. Click HERE to read the piece, click HERE to see it online, and click HERE to see the contest!
Ohio Valley Parent (Wheeling WV) - OV Parent covered safe surfing in their Summer Survival Guide and featured PC Pandora. Click HERE to see the article and click HERE to enter the contest!
PluggedInParents.com - This great online resource for parents. They did a review of our PC Pandora HERE (in Michelle's Picks) and are doing a big giveaway HERE! Check it out!
-- Technical Tidbits on BlogTalkRadio --
Ken Shallcross was featured on the 30-minute Technical Tidbits BlogTalkRadio show. From parenting ethics to keeping an eye on your employees, Ken and host Debbie discussed all things monitoring. Click the player below to hear the interview and go HERE to visit the website.
-- PRWeb Press release --
COLORADO SPRINGS - It's tough protecting your kids from the dangers of the Internet - so what do you do when your kids won't listen to your warnings?
Police recommend talking with your kids about the dangers of the Internet. But when that doesn't work - there's another option for you to turn to. There are dozens of Internet monitoring software programs available for you to buy. NEWSCHANNEL 13 put one of the programs, "PC Pandora" from Pandora Corporation, to the test.
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-- Coffee with Tracey on BlogTalkRadio --
Ken Shallcross was on the excellent Coffee with Tracey show, alongside fellow Internet Safety advocates Heather Steele (our friend from Innocent Justice) and Mary Kay Hoal from YourSphere.com. The topic was Internet predators and how you can keep your child safe online. There were three great answers: monitor what they do online, help your local law enforcement, and encourage your child to play on very safe sites and avoid the dangerous ones. Listen to the 1-hour show below in the audio player.
Click HERE to visit Tracey's show's website.
-- CyberHood Watch on BlogTalkRadio --
Ken Shallcross made another appearance on Bill & Dave's CyberHood Watch show. This time the topic off discussion was the forthcoming PD Pandora Internet Safety Symposium and the upcoming webinar featuring the symposium split into two parts.
Click HERE to visit the webpage or click 'play' below to listen to the show!
-- KTRH Radio 740AM --
Ken Shallcross did an interview with Michelle Merhar of NewsRadio 740 and gave tips to parents on how to keep their kids safe on the Internet this summer... Even when they can't be around. Click play below to hear the news story or visit their website here: NewsRadio 740AM.
click the play button below to listen.
-- XETV-TV/ CW 6 --
It may have been April Fool's Day, but Internet safety is no joke. Co-founder Jamie Leasure was on San Diego's channel 6 to talk about Internet safety, PC Pandora and a special giveaway to channel 6 viewers.
Click here to read the story and be sure to watch the video below!
-- KURV 710-AM --
Ken Shallcross phoned in and talked Internet predators and child online safety with the infamous Colonel Ray in McAllen TX. Audio file pending...
-- PRWeb Press release --
..."Parents can play a critical role to ensure a situation doesn't come out, but it's really a partnership between parents and legislators," Nichols said.
In addition to monitoring children's activity online, there is various filtering software available for parents. The Pandora Corporation makes a monitoring software called PC Pandora. It works like a TiVo for your PC and records all content, this will allow parents to see exactly what their child has been doing online. The software also has a screen capture of activity, logs of IM chats, emails and websites. The program focuses on giving parents knowledge rather than solely focusing on filters.
To read the full story, click HERE.
-- PRWeb Press release --
Most people will tell you that nothing in life is free. "Everything has a price," as the saying goes. But for the holidays, Pandora Corp. is changing the rules. Beginning at 12:01 AM on December 25th, and through New Years Day, the company will be giving away its signature computer monitoring software, PC Pandora, absolutely free.
To read the full story, click HERE.
December 17, 2008
-- PRWeb Press release --
Pandora Corp. has released an upgrade to their flagship software, PC Pandora 5.2 computer monitoring software, which includes upgrades in technical support, as well as one essential feature for parents: Facebook Messenger monitoring.
To read the full story, click HERE.
-- CyberHood Watch on BlogTalkRadio --
Ken Shallcross of Pandora Corp makes his 3rd appearance on Bill Wardell and Dave Ballard's CyberHood Watch BlogTalkRadio program. Listen to the discussion that covers Pandora Corp.'s year, as well as the year for online safety.
Click HERE to visit the webpage or click 'play' below to listed to the show!
-- Hendricks County Flyer --
As the digital age rolls on, parents have more and more things to worry about when their children go online... Parents are left wondering how to keep their children safe from sexual predators, identity thieves, and even their own classmates, as social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have become an outlet for online bullying... One company, Pandora Corp., has software available to parents called PC Pandora that records all content on their computer and enables parents to see exactly what their children are doing online.
To read the full story, click HERE.
-- North Platte Telegraph --
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, one in seven children who use the Internet on a regular basis have been sexually solicited and one in 11 have been harassed or threatened. With the start of a new school year, kids will be spending more time doing homework on the computer. So it's important for parents to monitor their children and make sure they don't drift while surfing the net. ...Parental monitoring software such as PC Pandora can help parents to make sure the Internet remains safe for their children by tracking online activity and blocking access to certain programs or Internet sites.
To read the full story click HERE.
-- KBJR-TV/ NBC 6 --
Now that we are in the twenty-first century the concept of bullying has been taken to a whole new level. As kids become more technologically savvy some are using electronic means to bully others. More than 40-percent of kids admitted to having been bullied online. This behavior most commonly occurs when children aren't being monitored...
...There is also a software monitoring device for parents, called PC Pandora. The system works like a TiVo for your PC and records all the content on your child's computer so you can see what they're doing online. For more information on this device log on to www.pcpandora.com.
To read the full story and watch the video, visit the northlandnewscenter webpage; click the play button to watch the video below.
July 14, 2008
-- Tele Madrid --
Para los pedófilos internet es un terreno propicio para captar a sus víctimas. Aunque un nuevo programa de software se lo va a poner más difícil. Graba todo lo que los niños ven en internet. Una forma para los padres de controlar y asegurar que sus hijos no se meten en problemas. Desde que se puso a la venta en España en el mes de mayo ya hay más de mil usuarios. Haga click aquí para leer la noticia y ver el video.
-- CyberHood Watch on BlogTalkRadio --
Three month's ago, Ken Shallcross appeared on the CyberHood Watch BlogTalkRadio show. It was the start of a great friendship and relationship. A lot has happened in those three months. Click on the player below and take a listen to this new interview that discusses updates to PC Pandora, Cyberbullying as a peer-related epidemic, online predators as a threat to young users, and being a parent in the 21st century.
Click HERE to visit the webpage or click the player below to listed to the show!
NOTE: It's 90 minutes long! But worth putting on in the background while you work...
May 15, 2008
-- PRWeb Press release --
Despite popular social network website Facebook's commitment to increase security for its users, PC Pandora reminds parents that the best protection this summer is inside the home, not on the web. PC Pandora allows parents to see everything their child does and opens the window for a conversation and chance to correct the potentially risky or dangerous behavior. The first and last line of defense is and always will be at home, not on a social networking website with millions of world wide users. Read our press release HERE.
-- Daytona Beach News-Journal, Daytona Beach FL --
We've pledged to give away a lot of software to parents in exchange for a small donation to the not-for-profit MySafeKids.org, a web-based destination of resources for life saving, safety, accident and crime prevention tools and methods for children and adults. MySafeKids.org endeavors to provide the latest research and strategies to protect children from criminal behavior, natural and man made disasters. This front page Saturday edition article features Joe Sammartano of MySafeKids and Ken Shallcross of Pandora Corp.
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-- CyberHood Watch on BlogTalkRadio --
We are so pleased to present the first part of what we expect to be a long and fruitful relationship with the guys at CyberHood Watch. Click on the player below to hear an extensive interview with Ken Shallcross and "Jewel," a PC Pandora mom who shares her story and gives advice.
-- pcmag.com --
Software reviewer Neil Rubenking, who also did our PC Pandora 5.0 review, wrote an online safety piece for parents. It's called 12 Tools to Keep Kids Safe Online and covers a variety of terminology, options and products - PC Pandora was named a few times in various categories. Read the very-well-written article HERE.
-- Forbes.com --
Director of PR and spokesperson for Pandora Corp., Ken Shallcross, gives his comments on the rise of toy companies integrating the Internet into their brands, and companies creating and encouraging a web environment for children. Click the picture to watch the story on the Forbes.com website!
-- PRWeb Newstory --
We've finally released PC Pandora 5.0! This is a big step forward for us, as we've strengthened our established first-rate monitoring capabilities, therefore providing parents with an unparalleled eye into their children's Internet activity. Click HERE to read the full release!
-- PC Magazine (online) --
Neil Rubenking (a senior product reviewer) gave us a favorable review on pcmag.com on our new PC Pandora ver 5.0, slated for release in Q1 '08. Though we didn't score high in parental "control," our monitoring capabilities are "first-rate." Click HERE to read the review online and compare us to the competition!
-- News-Leader.com, Springfield MO --
Dean Asby, the Tech Talk columnist for News-Leader.com gives parents some helpful technology solutions for keeping their kids safe online. Check out what he has to say about PC Pandora in his column HERE.
-- KFVS/CBS, Monroe LA --
Though we were not the main featured program of this piece, at the very end a "computer expert" recommends our software! This is great news, as it is a mention by reputation and is a clear example of how great our PC Pandora software is. Obviously people like it and are telling their friends! We are at the end of the story found HERE.
-- Green Bay Press Gazette, Green Bay WI --
In the "NEWs in Northeastern Wisconsin" section of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, you'll see a mention of our $15,000 donation to the Sturgeon Bay School District.
Greenbaypressgazette.com-- WSAR-AM/ 1480, Somerset, MA --
Host Donna Montalbano talks about secrets that can damage a family, including the online activity of teenagers. From chatting with sexual predators to cyberbullying, this show explores how PC Pandora can help! Hear the full interview HERE.
-- WEAU/ NBC, Eau Claire WI --
A follow-up story to local law enforcement efforts discusses PC Pandora's SAFE SCHOOLS as an available solutions to educators in the fight against online predators. Click here to read the full story and here watch the video!
September 26, 2007
-- The Advanced Radio Network --
Today's "Into Tomorrow - Everyday with Dave Graveline" Daily Feature is about our PC Pandora SAFE SCHOOLS program! Dave gives the details on how easy it is for schools to take advantage of this free resource.
-- KHNL/ NBC, Honolulu HI --
Our SAFE SCHOOLS program was highlighted in a piece about student safety on NBC in Honolulu. James Leasure did a phone interview and discussed the program. Read the story HERE or watch the video HERE.
-- WHDH/ NBC, Boston MA --
Ken Shallcross of PC Pandora was invited to appear on the Urban Update sunday morning show in Boston. The topic was child internet safety. The show's other guests? Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Cybercrime Trooper Matt Murphy! It was an honor to discuss the important issue with such high-ranking officals. See the video HERE.
-- THEJournal.com --
Dave Nagel talks about our SAFE SCHOOLS offer in the Technological Horizons In Education Journal (aka T.H.E. Journal). THEJournal.com was created as a forum for educators and administrators to share their experiences in the use of technology to aid with instruction and management in the classroom.
-- Altoona Mirror --
By Walt Frank, reporter
Years ago, children would head to the nearest playground to enjoy their summer vacation. In today's age of modern technology that isn't always the case. With more children spending unsupervised time on the Internet during summer vacation, they have a greater chance of coming into contact with sexual predators.
altoonamirror.com-- KRQE/ CBS, Albuquerque NM --
James Leasure of PC Pandora was invited on air at CBS 13 in Albuquerque to talk about PC Pandora as one tool parents have the option to use in protecting their kids from Internet dangers.
See the video HERE.
-- The Ithaca Journal --
By Jessica DiNapoli, Special to the Journal
When children are out of school for the summer, they have more free time. And, to many kids, free time means online time, according to Ken Shallcross of PC Pandora, a children's cyber-safety program... There are a number of computer programs designed to protect children online. These include PC Pandora, which can take screen snapshots of a child's time online and send parents e-mail updates of their kids whereabouts on the Web.
-- piedmontparent.com --
June is National Internet Safety Month
Congress has declared June as National Internet Safety Month (S. Res 205) for the third year in a row. Perfect timing! Because when kids are out of school, they are online. So, obviously, summer is going to see a spike in child Internet usage, much of which will be unsupervised. We're also sure to see a spike in persistence of online predators. It's with this in mind that the folks at pcpandora.com are spreading three keys to Safe Summer Surfing: Educate. Discuss. Protect.
-- The Hour Newspaper --
MySpace to Give Up Sex-Offender Data
By Jill Bodach, Hour Staff Writer
Sex offenders seeking anonymity on the Internet may soon have a more difficult time hiding behind screen names. On Monday, MySpace agreed to comply with the written request of several attorneys general to provide the names and addresses of the thousands of convicted sex offenders with profiles on the site. MySpace was also asked to release the number of sex offenders it has identified, how many profiles have been removed and how the site plans to alert law enforcement and other users who communicated with the offenders. To read the full article featuring PC Pandora, click HERE.
-- Philippine Daily Inquirer --
By Cathy S. Babao-Guballa of the Inquirer
The recent uproar over the social networking site MySpace made me think about Internet safety once more. News reports say that the website MySpace has discovered thousands of sex offenders on its site, prompting attorney generals from eight states to write and ask the social networking hub to reveal how many registered sex offenders are using the site...
How safe is your child from the dangers of the Internet?
-- The Hartford Courant --
We Must Teach Our Children How To Make Intelligent Choices When Using The Web
By Phil Hall, Special to The Courant
In-home online usage should not be considered a one-way street with parents dictating and kids obeying without dissent. Conversation regarding the Internet's hazards should be encouraged. "Start early with your kids on Internet education and talk to them," says Ken Shallcross, director of media and public relations with Pandora Corp., a New York-based software provider. "Tell them what they need to know. Kids should be just as educated as the parents, which of course implies that parents need to be educated themselves.
Ken Shallcross of PC Pandora was interviewed on April 28th's episode of "Reporter At Large" with John D'Andre. Hear the full interview on child online safety, including a Connecticut-specific incident, HERE.
-- WSAR-AM/ 1480, Somerset, MA --
Weekly local show, "Speaking of Adoption," tackles all subjects on the welfare of children. Pandora Corp. Director of Public Relations, Ken Shallcross, discusses the dangers on the Internet and some tips to help keep kids safe. Hear the full interview HERE.
-- Wapakoneta Daily News --
Software monitors children's online activity
By MIKE BURKHOLDER, Assistant Managing Editor
As the prevalence and popularity of online social-networking sites continues to boom, an official from a San Diego-based firm says his company hopes to arm parents with the necessary tools to keep their children safe from online predators and other dangers lurking on the Internet.
-- The Advanced Radio Network --
Today's "Into Tomorrow - Everyday with Dave Graveline" Daily Feature is about us. Broadcast worldwide, there is a chance you have heard this!
-- WTOP-AM/FM News, Washington DC --
Hear what Washington DC news radio has to say about us in their daily newslinks feature...
Audio 1 Audio 2-- WGTD/ 91.1-FM, Milwaukee WI --
Breakfast Bytes airs every Saturday morning at 9:45 in the 'burbs of Milwaukee. Even though the show tilts a bit towards the technologically savvy, host Felicia King and Ray Koukari are more than happy to address any computer issue. On March 10th, Pandora Corporation talks to Ray and Felicia. The company has some new software that not only filters out websites but records where your kids have been.
Listen to Audio-- KDKA/CBS 2, Pittsburgh PA --
In Greek mythology Pandora opens a box releasing into the world all the miseries of mankind, greed, vanity, slander, envy, and more. PC Pandora was designed to protect our children, but once it's out of its cyber box the program has all the potential of its namesake.

School officials at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Plum say they heard about PC Pandora's offer of free software for schools to monitor the cyber travels of students and they had it installed.
Kdka.com-- KQTV/ABC 2, St. Joseph MO --
Some parents are ready to put privacy aside and spy to keep their kids safe online. There is now software that allows parents to keep tabs on their kids` every online move.
Kristi Garver has five teens who are always online at school and at home.
"My oldest is 18, 15 soon-to-be 14, 11 and nine," Garver said. "We have the computer in between our kitchen and living room so I can see what they`re doing most of the time."
-- WIFR/CBS 23, Rockford IL --
One in five kids have been sexually solicited online, and most of them don't tell their parents. Now there's a way to secretly monitor everything our children are doing on the comptuer.

Imagine being able to monitor every keystroke, every e-mail and every instant message our children send. All mothers wish they could have eyes in the back of their head, and now they really can. It's called PC Pandora. It's a computer system that monitors everything our kids are doing on the internet. Sean Montana, the Director of Public Relations, says it's a lot like recording a show on televison...
"It's kind of like a Tivo for your computer. It'll basically record everything that is being done on the computer as the computer is running.".
-- KHOU/CBS 11, Houston TX --
Pandora Corp. co-founder, James Leasure, shows Houston parents how to keep their kids safe...
-- KFMB/CBS 8, San Diego CA --
Every day, parents do things to protect their children from harm, but when it comes to the internet children are at risk because of sexual predators. Now, a local company has developed software that lets parents monitor everything your child does online...

"If you're worried about your child chatting on myspace.com, PC Pandora can help".
-- Union Tribune, San Diego CA --
Manny Coats is managing partner of Pandora Software, based in San Marcos and Las Vegas. The company makes PC Pandora (www. pcpandora. com), a program marketed to parents and jealous spouses, who can use it to monitor computer use.
What does PC Pandora do?
It's like TiVo for a computer. It records everything on the screen. It takes snapshots of all the Web pages, all instant messages and e-mail, any programs that are used. It creates a log of all Web sites that are visited and allows Web sites to be blocked.